Wildflower blue Democratic blue A year of triumphant blue! #haiku #poetry #wildflowers #nature Pacific Hound's Tongue (the leaves look like a canine tongue), a common forest wildflower

I know it sounds trite But may our collective path forward Restore sanity and light #poetry #newyear

I hoped that Bluesky Might be a nice place For a poet who's shy And so it has been The community here A bright spot in my year #haiku #poetry #holidays Thank you and Happy Holidays to everyone!!

As a lover of birds And poetic flights I wish a merry solstice to all And to all a good night! #poetry #solstice

Mountain bikes, hikers Tiny salamander Treacherous crossing! #haiku #poetry #nature #salamander

Red berries, silver bells December daffodils I miss white snow "Toyon" berries, a California native plant. Waxwings love these!!

Pelagic Like magic Soaring over the roiling sea Wind and cold Are your home Your sanctuary The epic poem you inspired Offers us lessons But we struggle to learn #haiku #poetry #ecopoetry #nature #birds #albatross A wandering albatross:

Swish swish! Splish Splash! Squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk!! Scrub jay takes a bath #haiku #poetry #nature #birds #senryu

Seal or sea lion? Bobbing in the waves. Gazing at me Rolling, diving, following North as I walk Wild enchantment! #haiku #poetry #ecopoetry #nature

Balletic scurrying Chasing the surf Sandpipers #haiku #poetry #nature #birds

A one horse open sleigh Winter wonderland Frosty the snowman Magic nostalgia Melting Into Ecostalgia #haiku #poetry #globalwarming #climatechange #nature

Charming gobbling Shimmering feathers How can we eat you?! #haiku #poetry #nature #birds #turkey #thanksgiving A wild turkey shows off his tail (he stopped gobbling when I came along):

Busy birds Back and forth, back and forth From oak to redwood Caching acorns All the way to the sky Woodpecker hedge fund #haiku #poetry #birds #nature

Whispering wood nymphs Fluttering fairies Tread softly, humans #haiku #poetry #nature #art #japaneseart Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui

November I often struggle with you And feelings of blue Short days Hard anniversaries Gloom Yet somehow this year I feel much more cheer In small pretty things #haiku #poetry #wildflowers #nature Milkmaid flowers; always the first wildflower of winter

Election rays of hope Defiant sunlight Repudiating dark evil #haiku #poetry #flowers

Sharp edges glowing Your extroverted side Agave in sunshine #haiku #poetry #nature

Moist leaves on the trail Laurel and Evergreen Perfume the air Gray days of nourishing rain Help to brighten Political darkness #haiku #poetry #autumn #rain

Prickly arms outstretched Embracing the raindrops Agave mandala #haiku #poetry #nature #plants #autumn

Fragrant forest Alive with renewal Autumn's first rain #haiku #poetry #nature #autumn

Scruffy coyote Living in the shadows Of human encroachment #haiku #poetry #nature

Equinox past Sliding toward solstice Morning darkness Dragged to and fro Between opposite poles Trying to stay steady #haiku #poetry #nature #autumn

Ushesh the megafauna bear concludes his story #animals #bears #books #shortstories #fiction #psychology #mythology #spirituality #nature #wildlife #extinction #haiku #poetry #writers

You gave each chimp a name Saw them as individuals We came to see ourselves #haiku #poetry #janegoodall #nature Farewell to an extraordinary woman

Ushesh the megafauna bear continues his story. #animals #bears #fiction #shortsotries #books #nature #wildlife #writers #poetry #haiku #magicalrealism #mythology#spirituality

Ushesh the megafauna bear tells his story in 3 parts. #animals #bears #fiction #shortstories #books #writers #nature #wildlife #poetry #haiku #spirituality #extinction

Timeless summer days Yield to autumn's Falling leaves Nature feathering her bed For winter's slumber And sweet dreams of spring #haiku #poetry #nature #art #japaneseart "Tengu Rock" by Kawase Hasui

My little sparrows With the golden crowns Returned from northern nesting grounds Such cheerful voices Miniature suns Through winter's darkness #haiku #poetry #birds #nature photo: Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Reddening leaves Seed pods ready to scatter Finches delight #haiku #poetry

#haiku #mythology #poetry #psychology #naturephotography #writers #writing

You hug the base of redwood trees Deep shade and moisture Late summer flowers #haiku #poetry #nature #wildflowers "Elk Clover," a beautiful, understated wildflower. Big, bright green leaves.

Orange So lovely in flowers In fiery sunsets In your gentle streaks Trough Dawn's pink light And on a rare night The moon does glow With your pale orange light #poetry #nature #wildflowers

Last days of vacation Time accelerating Red shifting summer #haiku #poetry

Hot summer night Meditative metronome Crickets! #haiku #nature #poetry

On a clear, warm night Under your light Life's strife can seem far away #haiku #poetry #japaneseart #art

The psychopath summit Self satirizing Evil disgrace Dream like disbelief This can't be happening But it's real #haiku #poetry #art "Wake up! It's only a bad dream!", but it's not "The Scream" by E.Munch

Chattering birds Babbling stream Cadences of solitude Deepening thoughts Upwelling ideas Gifts from the unconscious Stillness surrounds me Dreams inhabit me Cadences of life #haiku #poetry #nature #neurodivergent

The alembic Alchemy's melting pot Symbol of transformation America Melting and mixing E pluribus unum Centuries of alchemy Gave way to science Time moves forward, not back Our collective psyche Evolving amalgam Forward, not back #haiku #poetry #psychology

Mid summer No rain, no water All is parched, yet you bloom #haiku #poetry #wildflowers California fushcia

Frenetic Zipping here and there I must eat constantly No airplane, no drone Can equal my wings I am a hummingbird!! #haiku #poetry #birds

Thorny thicket Sweet fruit Hidden raspberry patch #haiku #poetry

Green Mother Nature's satiny sheen Now, as we need you so desperately We're chopping you down Burning you down Our limitless capacity For self-destructive irony #poetry #globalwarming #climatechange #trees

No more funding For public broadcasting But Blue birds will still sing Singing, squawking Blue voices Won't be silenced #haiku #poetry

"But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restor'd, and sorrows end." Shakespeare, Sonnet 30 #Shakespeare #poetry #nature #birds black-browed albatross

A full stomach Less likely to betray Said the whalewatching guide Great ocean swells today Said the captain No problem, thought I The harbor was calm So many birds at dawn! Then the boat lurched It happened so quickly No warning at all My hearty breakfast arose 8 awful hours Lord so naive! #poetry

A tiny ruby crowned kinglet bird offers some lessons. #poetry #ecopoetry #nature #birds

White patriarchy Pink disgust Simmering pink rebellion! #haiku #poetry #women #feminism "... and so the highest blessing in all of creation lies in the form of a woman.." --Hildegard of Bingen

Blue Royal, midnight, sapphire Cobalt, indigo, cerulean So many literary hues of blue Softening, deepening, so accepting Of hair that is graying The perfect shade For middle age!! I love you, blue #poetry

Red My childhood's favorite color The title of my first poem You saved that poem, Momma Though you're both long gone now Within me Red endures Fascinating, riveting, harkening Anchoring me In mystery #poetry

How can a flower Possess such power To cheer us up? Unfolding symmetry Photons of color Snatched from the cosmos Deceptive simplicity A spiritual mystery Of wonder and love #haiku #poetry #nature