June 26: Cathedral Woods

Cathedral Woods
a conclave of doves
rises from the trail

June 25: Trail

after the rain
clouds of tiny moths
rise from the trail

June 24: Cathedral Woods

Cathedral Woods

nothing in my head

but the names of birds

October 30: On Trail #9

Cathedral Woods.

Crow makes sure the others know

about the intruder. 

October 19: Warm spell

Indian summer—

even the garter snakes 

are out on the trails.

January 5: For winter

Woodpecker holes from summer

filled now with squirrel's stash:

seven acorns.

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October 23: On the Rail Trail

kingfisher overhead

gold underfoot coin of the realm

each step an homage

 

 

 

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September 18: Cathedral Woods

rainfall in a drought

spruces hum and sigh with it

wet trail smells of joy

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July 20: The Darkling Thrush

Before moonrise
we walk up the mountain.
Far off, a thrush singing.

(Title stolen, of course, from Thomas Hardy.)

June 11: Missed fox

Hiker ahead of us says

our raised voices

scared away a fox.

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May 15: Morning walk

Step off the trail to pee.

Blooming hobblebush

glows under sun's spotlight.

 

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May 2: Before the rain

With pending rain, I decided today's walk needed to be faster than my usual slog up Mount Battie. So I hit the trail at Beech Hill Preserve, which is less steep, and tried to hurry. But then I ran into my friend Brian, who walks there daily; he'd had similar thoughts about trying to beat the rain. (He posts a bird report every day from Beech Hill, in poetry form in the past few weeks.) So I spent more time than I'd planned, in the drizzle, but I didn't mind. And I don't think he did either.

Fast morning hike
trying to beat the rain
til I run into an old friend.

March 13: Trailing Arbutus

Trailside mayflower patch,

green leaves but no buds yet--

we'll hike here next month.

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February 28: Windows to the soul

Dog seen on our walk

looked at me with eyes

of a reincarnated soul.

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December 26: Boxing Day hike

We took advantage of the continued unseasonably warm weather to hike up Mount Battie today, grateful that it's just a short walk from our house to the trails of Camden Hills State Park.

Hiking Mount Battie
under Raven's beady eye--
we can see our house from here.

December 9: Howe Hill

deer track hieroglyphs

marking the blueberry field

the color purple

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November 27: Beech Hill

Along the trail up--

sharing fragrant bayberries

with an amazed child.

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October 31: Halloween walk at Merryspring

The child carries around

the chestnut husk

as if it were a new pet.

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October 29: In the face of loss

incandescent leaves, lit gold

golden-crowned kinglet

singing, "I'm still here!"

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October 26: Walk at Merryspring

three turkey feathers

flagging the path through the field

where I'm meant to go

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