Wild Wild Life 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Wild Life 2022

 

Outdoor Adventure
in Dead of Winter 
Lonely are the brave

1.

 

 

 

 

Lakeside Park is fairly deserted

for a Sunday afternoon

second day of the year

Sunshine is brief

and the air temperature is crisp

 

 

 

 

 

The Oaks in Winter

thrilling in their nudity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quietly forest-bathing my soul

 

 

 

 

Jewel in the lotus

heart of the matter

 

 

 

 

Somber sundown

over a woeful City

 

 

 

 Made cheerful by grebes

 

 

 

 

To lift the homeward heart

 

 

 

(home before dark)

 

 

 

 Unsustainable Plastic Society

The party is over

 

 

 

A New Space Race

 

Bus shelter poster

7th & Broadway

 

 

2 January 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 2.

 

 

 

All hail the first butterfly of a new year

 

 

 

 

 

 Bees mostly hunker down at home

sheltering in place in the chill

 

 

 

 

 Breezes move a mad yellow tree

it's leaves don't let go

 

 

 

 

A new Bird of Paradise

unfolds

 

 

 

Approaching purple

 

 

 

 

Recent rock garden

I ponder as I wander

 

 

 

 

A flock of robins

suddenly descends

around my head like grace

Squirrel looks over

 

 

 

Down to the estuarial lake

goes RAY

 

 

 

 

 

 Native woman passes by

 

 

 

Clear as a proverbial bell 

 

 

 

 I am way out on the water today

 

 

 Afloat on a floating dock

 

 

 

In their element

shorebirds are unperturbed

by my peaceful presence

 

 

 

 

Plenty of company 

grebes and coots

 

 

 

 

 

Walking on water 

wasn't built in a day

the temperature starts to dip 

 

 

 

Skaters skate on

but I call it a trip 

 

 

 

 A stirring day in Winter

 

 

 8 January 2022

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

O mighty Monarch

you have a divine right

to survive and thrive

 

 

 

 

 

Color 

irrepressible color

 

 

 

 

 Pass by the bonzai today

Unbeknownst to me

I have a meeting with destiny to keep

 

 

 

 

 

Just as I put out my blunt

look who shows up

Blonde raccoons!

 

 

 

 

They march past with a purpose 

after we instantaneously ascertain

that the other presents no threat

 

 

 

 

Very stealthy as a rule

I had only glimpsed them once or twice

and never had a photo-op before 

My first encounter was with one jumping over 

the Bonzai garden fence as I sat silently 

and if anything more stoned than today

I thought it might be an escaped lemur

 

 

 

 

 

 Yes the Ancient of Days as seen it all

 

 

 

 Passion flowers say

 it will soon be Lent

 

 

 

Seated below a trellis in warm sunlight 

with old time music radio in my earbuds

 

 

 

I am just a station on your way

sang Leonard in "Winter Lady"

 

 

 

23 January 2022

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

Bench

 

 

 

 Burl coffee table

 shop window on Ninth Street

near me

 

 

 

 

Take some advice

even when it's a bit cold

go for long walks out of doors

whenever you can 

You feel quite happier and warmer

when you hop on back to the hatch

 

 

 

 

 

January 2022