hooves on ice
paws in snow
the followed and the follower
Two Tracks
Red Tail Hawk
your signature
high in a tree
declaring “me”
How We Save Each Other
grace surrounded us
as hawk and humans surrendered fear
courage was found and help accepted
DETAILS: We managed to cut the barbed wire fence,
and softly secured the hawk who was picked up by the Fish and Game Warden
and taken to a bird rescue where he/she had surgery and will be rehabilitated
We Catch Eyes
and understand
these woods hold
room enough for both of us
Arrows
turkey’s
two way
traffic
Vantage Point
up
from the ground
looking all around
The Watch
nobility
above the nest
on watch for spring stirrings
Full Voice
never too early
to sing
spring’s song
Bon Appetite
chomp chomp
chubby cheeked
chipmunk feeds
Wild
herd
of birch gathers
in the zebra woods
Heronry
the colony
begins with two
sentinels of progeny
Kit
self possessed
the surety of instinct
edges out all doubt
Communion
gentle look
from a wild friend
all otherness expunged
The Trek
Up to their knees in snow
a trio of turkeys
navigate the rock wall.