Book of Days
BOOK OF DAYS: A POET AND NATURALIST TRIES TO FIND POETRY IN EVERY DAY
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Posted with BlogsyMay 30: Maple leaves like fat green hands
Kristen Lindquist
Warbler sings unseen
from behind the screen of leaves.
I've waited for this.
from behind the screen of leaves.
I've waited for this.
May 29: Nest
Kristen Lindquist
I was wrong in my May 26 post. The Blue Jays really did build a nest over our front door while we were away, and now she's up there brooding on eggs! I think of the classic haiku poet Issa, his compassion toward the spiders and other creatures that lived with him...
Please use the back door.
Mother jay is sitting tight
on three eggs out front.
May 28: Pedicure
Kristen Lindquist
Three weeks till summer--
bare feet in wet grass,
freshly polished toe nails.
bare feet in wet grass,
freshly polished toe nails.
May 27: Rain again
Kristen Lindquist
In this greener world
it's easier to bear
more rain.
May 26: Home again
Kristen Lindquist
May 25: Rare bird
Kristen Lindquist
This morning a Brewer's Sparrow flew in to the island. This bird breeds in the west, nowhere near here, and has never been recorded in Maine--it's only been seen seven times in the entire Northeast. We got good long looks at it down by the Ice Pond, along with many other birders securing photographic evidence.
calmly eats dandelion seeds
as the cameras whirr.
May 24: Day's end
Kristen Lindquist
May 23: Monhegan twilight
Kristen Lindquist
Woodcock's sky dance--
lighthouse beam sweeping over
the two of us, the bird.
lighthouse beam sweeping over
the two of us, the bird.
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| Monhegan Island, view from the lighthouse |
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| Monhegan Island Light |
May 22: Lawnmower, Early evening
Kristen Lindquist
May 21: Trillium
Kristen Lindquist
Led a bird walk this morning for Coastal Mountains Land Trust at the Ducktrap River Preserve: drumming grouse, gobbling turkeys, warblers, and spring's early wildflowers--which are as much a joy to see again as the birds.
While birds sing above,
faces of old friends
shine on the forest floor.
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| Painted Trillium |
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| Red Trillium |