image link Lake sturgeon are a long‐lived species. They are the only sturgeon species endemic to the Great Lakes Basin and are the largest freshwater fish indigenous to this system. Lake sturgeon spawn in their natal rivers and prefer rocky areas in freshwater tributaries, usually along the outside bend of rivers as suitable spawning habitat….
Category: poetry
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 14 — Mother Earth
Patient kin Stand tall until We see we are them And they are us. Gaia Spirals finite, infinite loops Recycled bits, when planted at Death, their roots take for life Even our ashes give new life Mother trees watch their Children, patient kin Love stands tall Until we dare To see. Morgan Dragonwillow (with today’s…
Haikai Challenge #108 — Hunter’s Moon (nochi no tsuki)
Hunter’s moon cloaked behind clouds glides soft and stealthy through ice crystal skies Warm breaths and hungry eyes starved For stars. Butter moon pounces. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. Frank says: FULL HUNTER’S MOON Most of our monthly Moon names come from Native American and early American folklore….
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 12 — black — Prince Whom Darkness Prints
Prince Whom Darkness Prints Globe that twists and swirls the depths of globe Needle thrusts at heaven – dark’s needle. Wheedle built from Hell’s dev’lish wheedle Trove of darkness cached as treasure trove Wasted hungry fish, starved, thin-waisted Needs to consume light of life; black needs Freed shadow bites eats bleeds, evil freed Tastes…
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 11 — silence
silence lonely forgotten piercing rejecting echoing accusing mocking spacious potent soothing accepting opening special peaceful quiet Morgan Dragonwillow is the host of OctPoWriMo. Morgan says: What is silence for you? Is it ever silent where you live? Is it a comfortable silence or is the silence screaming? Have you been silenced? Answer some of…
OctPoWriMo2019 — Day 10 — WARM
WARM cozy comforter snuggled in for rest no chilled air touches me except for my brave moon face “winter’s icy sorrows melting” I went out to find a graphic for my poem and came across the following concept. Poetry always leads to serendipitous, delightful finds. Patrick Allen at Life Hacker says: Hygge, which…
dVerse — poetic pop art — Big Hair
Center stage “Here’s looking at you, kid.”* See me — I’m watching you To see you watching My blonde tentacles I want to reach you See red lust and green envy In your eyes I want you to want to be me My luscious lips fill the void In your world of pink butterflies I…
