Category Archives: Art in Nature

Three Poems From My Natural Science Period

Twenty Years Ago In the heavy forest, My skin bordered the sky, Played with it, Wings probing, Noticing, Eyes turned on themselves. In between I was unprepared, Whirled from almost every year Back to that object of finding gaze And … Continue reading

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Part of a Process

Devastation is Not the End. Life moves everywhere in time, never ceasing its toil to reclaim the blasted land. Dust will be soil. Ashes will be a beginning. Life is process. Hear yourself speak. Listen to the sound, The music … Continue reading

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Garden Shadows

Today was a perfect late summer day, warm but not hot. The creek in the back is just the barest trickle. A fine day to mow the lawn and pile the dry dead branches painted with moss and pale lichen. … Continue reading

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Ingrid Bergman Roses

These roses are named Ingrid Bergman. The deer eat most of them, but they left these. When they are buds they are a deep wine color. When they open the red is so intense that even on a cloudy day … Continue reading

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Wonder World 1

  “How do you to hold a hundred tons of water in thin air with no visible means of support: you build a cloud.” Bob Ross, painter “Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions.” Jacob Bronowski The … Continue reading

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