poetry for the natural world

Why was it     so silent alone in the     dark woods? Not a sound     in the scrub near bluffs,     eerily qu...

winter solstice 12/21/13 A male dove nearby calls 20x in a row, rushed. He gets no  response. Mate gone or rather the signs of known sc...

LANDSCAPE STUDY #2: Stockton 12.7.13 at the levees of the Calaveras River between El Dorado and West Streets CALAVERAS RIVER in ...

LANDSCAPE STUDY #1 downed tree in Oakland, Lake Merritt, November 2013 photo credit: Wendy Snyder 11.25.13 the old blue gum ...

unthanksgiving 2013 (photo credit: Andrew Martin 11.28.13) I shared this poem at a film showing by Ohloneprofiles.org and af...

Tuning in Point Reyes The sliver of five day moon offered paths on sand bluffs clearings in pine woods of otherwise dark ravines dow...

I'm editing this poem right now, so hold on just a moment... June 2014 update: I've lost the original draft of this poem, but...

                           

For the Natties from my graduating class of certified California Naturalists.  

Muwekma, Yelamu, and Petlenuk The golden-crowned sparrows' song of lament Serenades our city all winter long I meant...