Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

The Nurse Tree   2 comments

Dead Nurse Tree at Sunrise — Image by kenne

I can’t prove it—
But these young Saguaro cactus
stand there, steady in their twenties,
as if the dead nurse tree still lingers in them—
a memory of shade,
a shelter that did its work
and then let go.

Eastern Collard Lizard   Leave a comment

Eastern Collard Lizard Sunning in the Morning Sun — Image by kenne

Wind threads canyon walls,
yet the lizard stays anchored—
sun writes on its back.

Dragonfly In Black and White   Leave a comment

Dragonfly in Black and White — Image by kenne

brushstroke dragonfly,

spine like a reed in wind—

the artist knew

what the marsh knows:

balance is a brief agreement

Hiking Into The Morning Sun   3 comments

Hiking into the Morning Sun — Image by kenne

The desert does not hurry us.
Even the sun takes its time
climbing the ridge,
spilling light into every hollow.
We hike, and something in us
loosens—
as if the day is not something to conquer,
but something to meet
with open arms.

Red-tailed Hawk Over Tucson Skies   4 comments

Red-tailed Hawk Over Tucson Skies — Image by kenne

Morning lifts on quiet thermals,
and there you are—
a single intention
written against the light.
Not striving, not hurried—
just the slow agreement
between feather and wind.
If I could learn anything today,
let it be this:
how to trust what carries me.

Sonoran Blue Sky   Leave a comment

Sonoran Blue Sky — Image by kenne

The sky lays itself down
across the mountains
like a second world—
blue poured into stone.
No sermon here,
just light telling rock
what it already knows.

Wild Senna   Leave a comment

Wild Senna On the Slope Behind Our House — Image by kenne

Sunlit blossoms nod,
each one a small declaration:
I am here, I bloom. 

 

Brown Pelican   Leave a comment

Brown Pelican Taking Off  — Image by kenne

There’s a hard-earned lift in him—
not the easy grace of a gull.

He runs the length of the lake to get free,
one wing touches into a broken rhythm.

That last touch, that trailing wing—
that’s the past reaching up, then letting go.

Raseate Skimmer Dragonfly   1 comment

Raseate Skimmer Dragonfly — Image by kenne

In motion, it measures motion—
wingbeats, shadows, the slight wrongness
of something closing in.
Eyes like a net of light
cast in all directions.

 

Blue-eyed Darter   Leave a comment

Blue-eyed Darner at Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kennne

Where reeds bow in wind,
your brief, shining pilgrimage
outlives ancient song.

Shore Along The Outerbanks   Leave a comment

Shore Along the Outerbanks — Image by kenne

At the Outer Banks pier—
tide working the posts.
Waves come in
with no plan.

Dune line,
ocean breathing beyond.
Sand moves slowly—
stillness in motion.

Waves break,
and break again.
Nothing carried forward,
nothing left behind.

Bee On Lemmon Blossoms   2 comments

Honey Bee on Lemon Blossoms — Image by kenne

The lemon tree breathes light,
each blossom a small lantern,
and the bee moves among them
like a keeper of secrets.
What it takes, it gives—
though not to me, not directly.
Still, I stand in the fragrance
feeling included
in a mystery I do not own.

 

A Row Of Mailboxes   3 comments

Mailboxes in a Small New Mexico Town — Image by kenne

Each box is a story painted over rust—
names fading, but never gone.
Abuela still checks hers at sunrise,
like the sun might bring a letter from yesterday.
We are a people of waiting,
of holding onto envelopes like prayers,
addressed to hope.

 

Shadows On The Floor   2 comments

Shadows on the Floor — Image by kenne

We mistake the shadow for evidence
when it is closer to fiction.
It proposes a structure
the room does not possess.
And yet, once seen,
it is difficult to return
to the unmarked surface
without feeling something has been lost.

— kenne
 
 

McCaws In The Amazon   2 comments

McCaws In The Amazon — Image by kenne

In the vast green breath of the Amazon,
three macaw travel together—
not by chance, but by trust.

The universe does not send
companions without reason.

It teaches us, through them,
how to journey without fear.