Eastern Phoebe Fledgelings

Perched on feeder bar

Two youngsters begging for worms 

Father teaches them 

~dkm 45/52

Chapter Five

Writing in a storm

Waxing waning waves of rain

Throughout the morning

~dkm 44/52

 

Adamant Wren

 Are you mad or glad, 

noisy Carolina wren?

What means your loud song?

~dkm 43/52

 

Ee-Oh-Lay

Came the magical

calls of a wood thrush today

from inside the woods 

~dkm 42/52

Feeders Cleaned, Refilled, Returned

 Gift of choosing to

make peace with the pine siskins:

Rose breasted grosbeak

~dkm 41/52

Pollen Season

Pollen and petals 

swirling in a rain puddle

bring to mind the verse

“April Rain Song” by

Langston Hughes, the poem we

said from memory

each day of April

on the first grade rug for our

poem-of-the-month

~dkm 40/52

                “April Rain Song”

Let the rain kiss you

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops  

Let the rain sing you a lullaby 

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk

The rain makes running pools in the gutter 

The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night 

And I love the rain

                                                      ~Langston Hughes

Yoshino Cherry Blossoms

A moment of Zen

when spent pink petals drop to

carpet the driveway

~dkm 39/52

 

Gardening Pleasure

Dip and lift of beak

I watch a mockingbird drink

Perched on birdbath lip 

~dkm 38/52

Tech Truth

I apologized 

to my grandson for needing 

technology help

He excused me with 

"But Omi, you were born in 

the nineteen hundreds."

~dkm 37/52

For Jacob

Thundercloud plum tree

Planted with a bottle of

Muccigrosso red

Chosen for its leaves

The color of pinot noir

And for its March bloom

~dkm 36/53