Nature – Carrie Birde

Robins — A Poem

A photo of a trail through the spring woods, trees soaring skyward with as-yet-leafless limbs. — “Tourne” — C.Birde, 3/25

My approach shuffled

the leaves

of last Autumn &

unearthed

new Spring robins.

— C.Birde, 3/25

Nature observation photography poetry Spring truth

Chains — A Poem

“Chains” — C.Birde, 3/25

If you must wear chains,

my dear,

about your neck,

your wrists,

let them be of spring Andromeda —

light, lipped, sweetly fragrant,

& tinkling with wind’s caress.

— C.Birde, 3/25

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Knowing — A Poem

“Sprouts” — C.Birde, 3/25

She knows —

deeply knows & remembers,

all & always —

while we stumble into forgetting,

ever in need of timely,

earthly reminding.

— C.Birde, 3/25

Nature observation photography poetry truth

White Oak — An Image

An old white oak, bare of leaves, against a brilliant blue sky. — “Great White Oak” — C.Birde, 2/25

Weave me

a cloak of ivy &

a crown of feathered light,

& we’ll walk together

beyond this glade

into the tree-hugged

night.

— C.Birde, 2/25

flash fiction Nature peace photography poetry trees

Snow — A Poem

“Snow Over Reservoir” — C.Birde, 2/25

Enough for a fresh start,
to restore the whole,
to fill in the marks made
yesterday,
& to start over —
again.

–C.Birde

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Song

“Norway Maple in Winter” — C.Birde

Song of dormant flowers,

of bare-limbed trees,

of winter light stroked

in rainbows across

the ceiling.

— C.Birde, 1/25

“Rainbows” — C.Birde, 1/25

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Humm… — A Poem

“Bee Tongue” — C.Birde, 9/24

Humm of a hundred

bees…

My garden is a mess…

Contentment lives

here.

— C.Birde, 10/24

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Moss & Rain — A Poem

A close-up photo of a moss-covered dogwood.

Dressed

in green-moss velvet

I’ll drink soft rain,

limbs lifted toward

its falling.

— C.Birde, 8/24

creative writing Nature photography poetry trees

Eyes — A Poem

“Dragonfly-Eyed Coneflower” — C.Birde, 7/24

Eyes

dragonfly wide

peering

asking:

why stand idly by

when with hearts

hands

minds unified

in kindness &

compassion

our world

we might entirely

redefine?

— C.Birde, 7/24

Solstice — A Poem

“Norway Maple, Crowned” — C.Birde, 6/24

Time slips

through fingers splayed

ray after ray

a corona glowing

The longest day’s light

collected,

cupped,

swallowed.

— C.Birde, 6/24