2021 Revisited Via Haiku

by Drea Dangerton, Winter 2021

photos by John F. Williams except as noted

Mount Rainier

2021 Revisited Via Haiku

by Drea Dangerton, Autumn 2021

photos by John F. Williams except as noted

Today I awoke
Asking what adventure is
In store for this day..

 

 

 

 

Snowy meadow paths
Reveal its residents
Secrets come to life!

Winter adventure
Observing solitude
Wild life sojourn

 

 

 

blue turkey tails
photo by Nicole Metzger

 

 

Nature paints canvas
We wade through her bright palate
Awe struck by her skill

 

Blue turkey tails rings
Regeneration sings
Forest has new wings!

old Douglas fir

 

 

 

 

Tall man guards drainage
Silent in his vigilance
Never tells tales

 

Grand ole survivors
Hurricanes, floods, droughts, bugs, winds
Can they survive man?

Gloopy mud pushed high
Cooked under heat and pressure
Sea floor makes mountains

Earth’s crust takes new form
Ridge top Fossils reveal
Ancient water worlds

Stomping over hills
Feet smashing wildflowers
Wonder, “Am I next?”

Time takes care to crush
The mountain ranges to sand
Recycling all

Flowing to water
Destination Ocean
Refueling planet

Dead shellfish on beach

Global weirdness rules
Weather patterns ass backwards
Not asking what’s next

Cold water absent
Drive belt for water masses
Frayed, hardly churning

Storm cycles idle
Winds, calm or hurricane strength
Both catastrophic

Warm surface water,
Record temps, boil tide pools
Salish Sea clam bake

Andrea Jessoe

Drea Dangerton: I don’t feel the need to explain me. There’s  8 billion of us.

Table of Contents, Issue #14, Winter 2021

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Poetry 14

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Berries

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Let’s Try It

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Visits Underwater

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Pink Salmon

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Birds Catching Stuff

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