On Earth, They Flourish

Daily Note

Every day, a photograph, a poem. A few days ago I wrote a poem about nature– a gift to visit and relax away from the busy life in the city, “In Spring, Leave.” I wrote it after a road trip through the Okanogan Highlands in Ferry County along the Sanpoil River and across Keller Ferry.

I get pretty sentimental about all the lovely natural creatures and plants on this earth when viewing such scenes, including the one above, since so many people and governments are not doing enough to slow down our change in climate which may devastate life on this beautiful earth. So I wrote that poem and a bit about the creatures to be missed. I turned that paragraph into this poem and found a view of a lovely meadow near Conconully, Wa.

Poetry

On Earth, They Flourish

A butterfly darts here and there
A bee crawls on the yarrow
A slug leaves his trail on the sidewalk
A bullfrog croaks in Fiddle Creek
Arrowleaf Balsamroot bloom all spring
on the sunny slopes outside of town
Mule deer eat my flowers
A rabbit darts across our path into the rabbitbrush
A coyote pauses, then disappears into the sagebrush
The deep swoosh of the breeze sings
in the Ponderosa pine forest
A chickadee chatters and squirrel answers
A chipmunk dashes across the fallen log
And above all, cumulous clouds bump together, darkening, growing into cumulonimbus
thunder clouds ready to drench the land
with nourishing rain
so on earth, they flourish.

Sheri Edwards
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Poetry/Photography

Photo: near Conconully, WA July, 2019