Anne Bonfert’s Prompt / Looking Up

Up and Again

Haiku series

Dappled sunlight rays colors illuminated fall in Florida

Lunch interrupted teeth holding tight to a nut wishing I would leave

Watchful in the sky searching for today’s first meal the hunt never ends

Curious squirrel not wild, not really tame living in limbo

Last leaves of summer holding tight in fall breezes winter will not wait

Drying his wet wings cormorant on naked limb nature’s laundromat

Trunks, leaves, and branches trying to touch the blue sky always out of reach

Tangled in a dance gliding across forest floor partners in nature

Tree on death’s doorstep murdered one chop at a time soon an empty space

Seed pods holding life carried by the winds of chance Where will you give birth?

When earth is crowded we gather on limbs above ducks of convenience

Anne Bonfert encouraged us to go out in nature with our cameras and look up:

This is my second response to her prompt. Here’s the first one:

We tend to look ahead or down or to the side. Rarely do we look up unless a sound or movement from above catches our attention.

When you look up, what do you see?

© Dennett 2021