Angel's wings

This is an egret found in the canals of Venice, CA

Transcendent Rider

Transcendent Rider

Rolling, rising, fog is climbing, over hilltops,
forest blanket, blowing upward to the sky.
Flowing clouds are driven upslope, peaking, cresting, and then they are falling, clouds are gravity’s prisoner, too.
Slipping downward, ever faster, water’s sliding, creek or fog bank.
Streaming, crashing down through forest, here is Rider in the current.
Clouds are rushing, capes and tresses, bouncing, flowing, stallion’s steps.
Up once more to distant hilltops, pounding, climbing, flowing further, cresting peak, then slide again.
Horseman’s diving, leathers follow, reins are ribbons in the eddies.
Fabric flowing, saddle’s blankets, wind blown prisoners, following, chasing changing cloud's shape.
Image fading, coming, going, mist is rider, hooves for gusts and visions fading.
Rising, falling, down the hillside, misty stallion, rider’s fading, rippling cape off in the clouds.
Over hilltop, down the gullies,transcendent rider, descending the canyon, heading home again to sea.
Gravity’s prisoner, mist or current, Mother beckons, sea is anchor.

Red Tail Glowing

Red Tail Glowing
Red tail glowing, talons ready
Wings on power-dive, lunch is below.
Hawk is hunting, high in the meadow
Squirrel or rabbit, each a meal.
Quick, it’s over, talons piercing
Hooked beak is slicing, lunch is fresh.
Ripping, tearing, hawk is a butcher.
Today there’s lunch, tomorrow, hunting.
Back home, are the young ones, nestlings still, always hungry, always screeching
Mother's provider, without her, no lunch,without her, no dinner,
until then, they watch and wait

Wuffing Whale

Leviathon’s Breathing

Big Sur greeting, leviathan’s breathing, ocean’s edge is deck side seat.
Right out in front here, not far down the slope,
we can feel her, the ocean’s present.
In our night, perhaps she’ll wake us,
with leviathan snoring, mid waves gentle rocking,
coastal companions, whale in her cove and us in our covers .
Morning light brings farewell sadness, out to sea and southwest bound
Early departure, hoping for Mauii
Distant wuffs mark ocean pathway