Golden Rays of the Summer

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The island of Asters in bloom.

 With all they bring.

  Affection.  

   Goldfinches. 

    Bouncing among petals. Now I see him, now I don't.

  Along the buzz of bees.

   Happy place... 

About There

Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Massachusetts

Jovial chirps from deep in the branches.
  I can see the yellow, about there.
   Yes

  they are here
    to bring the sunny warmth to our cool days,
   and
  announce the coming summer... 

Of the Ocean

Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

A glimpse of the marshland and cruising Ospreys, makes me sense the ocean.
  I know that this path will bring me to the point
    where I step on the sand and the ripples come in to splash my boots,

   saying in their gentle voices: Stop Here...  

Somewhere in Tree Crowns

Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

A month of May,
 the month of chirps and warbles,
 reshaping tree crowns into melodic scenery to be listened to.

 And THEY are there,
  somewhere among the leaves, talking to each other... 

Summer Crowds

 Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

This place is in the middle of the traffic that goes about and never lets IT be in peace.
 Since the pond keeps water that all of us who live here drink,
    surrounding patches of woods, meadows, and Black's Nook are kept as strainers.

 The pockets of urban sprawl where wildlife comes for a visit from time to time,
   and Nature seems to be striving to reassert herself

  in surprisingly unexpected moments...