Mind the Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes
10/26/22 - Rain clinging to a limb, reflecting the trees.
The tree in autumn
I feel
cold water
sliding
over my bare skin,
clinging briefly
to my outstretched limbs,
then falling -
soaking the earth
beneath me.
Nourishing
my roots.
I drink
deeply,
drunkenly,
falling asleep.
10/26/22 - Bare trees held by a raindrop.
All winter long
I rest,
naked and cold -
dreaming
of beautiful green garments
i will wear
in spring.
10/26/22 Clinging
The evergreen clings to the raindrops in its needles.
10/17/22 - Rain falling in the stream
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
John Updike
10/26/22 - Acorn Cap
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
Loren Eiseley
I stopped for the sky this morning. It was raining but the sun was shining in the east and the light was golden. Parked my car on the shoulder. to look and get a picture. The wet pavement reflected the whole sky - doubling the magic.
When I turned back to get in my truck - to the west - this is what I saw:
Of Monsters and Ghosts
A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope.
Neil Gaiman
09/30/22 - Crouching
Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind
Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,
Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,
Above, beneath, betwixt, between.
Neil Gaiman, from the Graveyard Book
Happy (almost) Halloween! I decided to do things a little differently this week - No poem from me; because I found this beautiful little verse by Neil Gaiman from the Graveyard Book (which is a fantastic book to read and/or listen to, by the way) which was just the right mood: a little fanciful, a little dark. Hope you enjoy it and the pictures.
10/14/2022 - Gravestone on the Front Lawn
08/31/22 Sparkling
10/13/2022 - Faded Flower
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. Tolkien
10/13/2022 - Dragon Skull
10/11/2022 - A silent walker on the sand
10/23/2022 - The Lady of The Tree - Arms outstretched
10/27/2022 Another Tree Creature - ensnared by a vine
10/21/2022 - Waning crescent moon
October 21, 2022. I love all its phases, but I particularly love to see a bright crescent moon; because if you look closely, along the edges, where the darkness meets the light, craters are more visible than when the moon is full.
Unpredictable October
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
- E. B. White
October 10, 2022 - Reaching out to the Hunter’s Moon
in the dark before sunrise,
in the cool october morning,
the hunter's moon is lowering.
i try to catch it in my hand-
but it falls into the lake
as first light breaks
and the hunters’ rifles rise
October 11, 2022 - Dusk
Sunsets are earlier and dusk light is softer. The dried, wispy grass brushes the sky … sigh…
October 13, 2022 - Lake Michigan is roaring
In just a few days, the weather has turned cold, and the lake is roaring.
October 17, 2022 - storm blown leaf
October 18, 2022 - Came home to a wild storm after a weekend away. Wind whistling. Trees creaking and bending. Lake Roaring. Terrifying and Exhilarating at the same time.
The power went out around 9 and I woke up at three a.m. worrying. Found a single leaf clinging to the front glass door. A sassafras leaf: like a three fingered hand pressed against the pane.
October 14, 2022 - The wild spread of leaves after the storm.
October 20, 2022 - Trees down and deer worried on the Pier Cove Trail.
October 20, 2022 - The colors of Pier Cove
In the aftermath of the storm, some things are so much more beautiful, like the trees and fallen leaves darkened by rainfall along the dark dirt road to the Pier Cove Ravine Trail. And here, away from the open air - the wind is a little quieter…
October 20, 2022- Morning Moon
The moon is just a sliver now, and in a few days it will disappear completely, but today i got to see it early in the morning. I remembered why i love mornings outdoors. Darkness. Just me and the trees and the moon, and all the wild animals i can’t see.