State Road Covered Bridge, Ashtabula County, Ohio

 

 

Life in the Slow Lane, Amish Buggy, Holmes County, Ohio

 

Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse, Lake Erie, Ohio

the wild geese splash down 

and will stay here this winter

while others fly south

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amber garden snail

slowly builds her spiraled shell

slow art, a refuge

birds are oddly still

cold winds sweep across the pond

suddenly it's Fall

June's goslings are grown

they drift on the pond and wait

for signs to fly south

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rain spatters treetops

frogs below whirr, croak, and cheep

birds chatter in nests

 

first golden leaf

whispers that fall is coming

with its red splendor

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I see just one bird

but a dozen hidden birds

sing all around me

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the great blue heron stands

motionless at water's edge

fish stay deep and safe

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so effortlessly

do the green leaves float and bob

around submerged logs

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two bumblebees hum,

and drift among phlox blossoms

gathering nectar

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quiet morning walk

startled rabbit startles me

both wide-eyed, trembling

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maple seeds twirl down

softly landing on fresh earth

spring’s new life begins

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ominous shadow

sweeps along the ground

unseen hawk hunts above

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under the tree bark

larvae write curled messages

in their ancient script

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