Wildfire haze
Obscures one beauty
Creates another
Obscures one beauty
Creates another
Smokey atmosphere
Acrid in my nose
Stinging my eyes
Clogging my lungs
Tag: nature
Hoodoo Sentinel
I have weathered aeons
Storms and
The gentlest breath of air
Stripped me down
To barest essence
Through all that
Have I watched
The comings and goings
Of the living
My Muses: Geology
My Muses: Geology ~ In the best moments, like on the edge of the San Juan River gorge, that is the transformation I take with me, that feeling of personal divinity, as if I had touched the hand that makes perfection.
Leap of Faith
There is a place in Zion National Park. Angel’s Landing awaits you at the peak of a narrow band of rock thousands of feet tall. As exasperatingly beautiful as the view is, the hike … the hike is neither for the faint of heart, nor the squeamish of heights.
Sentinels
The stout white sentinel
Stood watch in the valley
A phalanx of clouds advancing
Ahead of the coming storm
Stood watch in the valley
A phalanx of clouds advancing
Ahead of the coming storm
“Don’t worry”
Said the stubby, tenacious conifer
“I’ve got your six”
His platoon murmuring support
Who reminisces the foggy days?
On a bright sunny day
Under cloudless cobalt skies
A cool sea breeze
Taking the sting off the heat
Under cloudless cobalt skies
A cool sea breeze
Taking the sting off the heat
Bird song, children’s laughter and a bicycle
Reflections
The sun falls
On the Andaman Sea
Kicking up reflections
Of a day’s moments
On the Andaman Sea
Kicking up reflections
Of a day’s moments
Nature’s Paint Brush
Nature has this way
Of letting creatures who think they control her
Know she is always there
And how ephemeral their efforts really are
Of letting creatures who think they control her
Know she is always there
And how ephemeral their efforts really are
The Tantalus Range
Tantalus
Earth’s icy saw blade
Cutting into cobalt skies
Earth’s icy saw blade
Cutting into cobalt skies
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