catches flies
to pass the time,
dreaming of his princess’s kiss.
Tag: pond
Perched
In the cattails
the blackbird
ponders his song.
Debut
Next year’s chorus of peepers
waits and gestates in the watery wings.
Rising
The sun’s warming rays
reach the depths of the pond
summoning fish to the surface.
Frosty Morn
The pond has broken winter’s icy hold
but the land struggles to shrug off the frosty morning cold.
Beneath
A thin blanket of snow covers the pond
concealing the secret lives of fish.
Metamorphosis
The freezing pond
becomes a verdant marble.
January Thaw
Only shadows dare
skate across the pond.
Connection
The bench by the pond
my meeting place with God.
Entirety
rain drops into the pond
ripples merge
into the whole.
Open Door
The pond frogs serenade the cows
with an early evening lullaby
when the barn doors are open.
Summer Snow
Water lilies adorn the pond
Summer’s snowflakes
The View from Heaven
Nature will keep the pond’s promise that the world will green itself in Spring.
Things may appear upside-down, but everything is as it should be.
Math
The winter term is in session.
The pond provides a lesson in icy geometry.
Pond Side
Dusk sweeps in on a sparrow’s wing.
Freezing Reflection
The ice erases
the sky and trees
as it creeps across the pond.
Sunlight
Sunlight
tiger stripes
the pond.
Pond’s Edge
As a delicate morning melts into day
for a brief moment the tree tops are in reach.
Shadow
The pond shows me how
to see the thing that is least visible.
Whispers
If you listen closely
at the edge of the pond, shortly after dawn,
you can hear the fish whisper their plans for the day.
