NaturesOde

At the workplace before the buzzer. Black Friday shopping. Wallflowers looking for dance partners. Room for selection for Jury Duty. Starting Line for participants in the 400 metre race for the directionally challenged? Farted...who farted? Misty Meerkat has named suspects for paternity testing on the new baby girl. From The Beauty of Nature in Africa FB Group.

  Muskeg Spring Be careful You’ll miss it The hints of the spring. The blooms from the muskeg The geese on the wing. The vast glacial sculptures That trickle and flee. The lichen in colour But nary a tree. The wolf pups now yipping The open Bay rolls. The flukes of leviathan; One looks long for those. And sun at this mid-gray At all kinds of hours; Enough for the bushes and Insects and flowers. Who race through their cycle In furious form, With mercury rising Slim chance to get warm. And this is our country And these are our friends Who course through The tundra Beyond where land ends. And life Is a slim thread That wends through Their earth; And shouts at The challenge Of death and of birth. Of boreal curtains That hang in the sky, Til spring brings The wonderful Midnight sun nigh.

  Bits and bites And hopes and plans Then step right back It’s in God’s hands. You bring your lens And keep ears trim. The critters show With verve and vim.

  From Yasmeen Hussain Stories have been told of Arctic campers being enveloped with streams of migrating caribou. Thousands and thousands of them. For days unending.

  And the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye.

  In magic ways The cold snap plays With brilliant hues  That thrill The Park, the school It’s Autumn’s rule It complements the chill. And geese in Vees Their honks will please. Some harvest trips  For sure Low angle sun For camera fun The full moon Low and pure.