Faversham Creek

I don't know how long these flood gates

have been working to control

intertidal Faversham creek

in the United Kingdom.

But Faversham Creek has been serving

King and Country since the 1400's 

when flat boats under sail

transported gunpowder down the creek 

to the Royal Fleet.

The latest gossip in Faversham 

suggests that the Chinese are interested 

in the fine clay silt of the creek

to make dinner ware.

Gossip, like the tides, comes and goes

in Faversham

and elsewhere.

Rhubarb

Every once in awhile

you have to stop what you're doing

and bask in the beauty

 of rhubarb on its way

to the pie.

Tidal Shells and Writing

We were walking along the tidal zone

enroute to sunset

when the scripting began to appear

The sun going down, the tide moving out

the stirring of ancient ones

 writing scripts in the sand

Look! Even the ancient ones

struggle for direction &

tire of their burdens

There are no answers
only countless tides and
countless stories

written in the sand



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Roseate Spoonbills

Ajai ajaja

32"  (80cm)

Habitat Range:

Gulf States to Chile, Argentina

 

Myakka, Florida

David's Blue Lily

My eyes hunger

for sights of innocence

 and simple beauty

and for

perspectives that might

feed a soul

I am enchanted by

the way eyes

feast upon the world 

with or without prejudice

soft-eyed or sharp

I entertain these modest needs

and confess

I am a sucker 

for that which 

 eyes need 

now 

...

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The Watering Hole

Let us not argue

about the shape of color

at this watering hole. 

Shapes change. Colors shift.

And we will be gone

soon enough.

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Touring Back Yards

The Jasmine is beginning to bloom

just in time to distract me

from wherever it was

I thought I was going.

We are awash in colors here.

Greens and reds wear magenta bibs.

Nothing more need be said.

When history is written in a moment,

Post hole yield or Rune Stone?

runes like this
and lovers of dirt
find each other
as if by accident.

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