He flies in ribbons like my hair undone
loosely in this arctic breeze
like a kite in the wind his …
Jaeger Bird, Barrow, Alaska Read Post »
Like a queen’s downy bed fluffed up for the loving
featherlace wings drifting aloft
they glide with the wind
two graceful lovers sweep over Cook Inlet
calling to the snowbound range.
It echoes back beckoning
they sway over scree
brittle legged…
Cranes, Cook Inlet, Alaska Read Post »
He hangs out his wings to dry
s…
Cormorant on the Westman Islands, Iceland Read Post »
Cup in hand I take my tea at midnight
down a darkening track
lush chestnut oak and elm hang heavy
wheat field hushed, summer breeze between the husks halted.
Silence is a darkness too familiar.
Breath of cattle huddled by the fence
shadows si…
It’s the call over still water
echoing round the bay of my mind
some yearning, undefined
A loon owns this lake
at dusk and at dawn reminding us
of things unresolved.
We row out to find him
smooth grey feathers impervious to rain.
King of …
Loon (on Lake Denise, Soldotna, Alaska) Read Post »
like a crease in the mouth of your womb
you are melting in sighs
I hear breath and the wrench of the first opening
as you yield to the world’s warmi…
Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska Read Post »
Razor clams here are the size of babies’ hands
opened up to catch the midnight sun.
They roll in with the tide and lie on sand
full and fleshy, their tumbling journey done.
Above, a Russian church, its golden dome
a gleaming refuge for those who…
Clamming in Ninilchik, Alaska Read Post »
Thrilling through basalt rock
gushing from ice-sea to moss-lined ravine
virginal water once channeled now spreads
in a calm sheenflow
wide her sweep across stone
silk-lace in layers, her wedding dress
in white folds descending
sunbeams celebra…
