Brewster's Woods, Concord, Massachusetts
Wood Ducks are hard to see.
They come here for the summer,
find their homes in overgrown swampy ponds,
where lilies like to settle and bloom at the same time.
I wonder how it may feel to be in their place?
Obscured by the bushes.
Relaxing on the fallen tree trunk.
Floating in silence, through reflections.
All is so close to the eyes and touch.
Must be a paradise...
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Our old maple tree,
with leafless branches stretching into the skies,
and a hole in the trunk.
Where raccoons love to spend their sleeping hours.
This morning,
on the balcony, and there you are,
looking at me from the above.
I wonder...
Does she know me well enough to be at peace with my eyes ?
Allens Pond, Westport, Massachusetts
I see a mother swan with her little ones, all around.
Looks, steps, swims into the world.
With the eyes on guard...
Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester, Massachusetts
This place
is named after a brook that passes through unnoticed.
WHY?
Ferns, ferns...
in all their beauty,
mingle with trees in the freshest creations.
Then this meadow, overgrown in joyful sways.
Just watch and feel!!!
Grass, grass...
and the brook. I don't see him but I know he is HERE...
Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester, Massachusetts
Dragonflies animate in sparkling flutter.
Looks like the work of a beaver.
The trunks of dead trees are the posts for herons to land on and observe.
Not much water.
Enough for the swan to paddle, plucking out duckweeds.
Other than that,
grasses, leaves and flowers. The colorful hideouts.
Red-winged blackbirds sing their songs...
