Tag: nature
member name: Betty Dobson
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May 29, 2006 01:27 AM EDT --
Lupins sway by summer's roads
Tossed to and fro by each passing car
Unseen by white-knuckled drivers
Bent on quiet retreats at any price
But the children chant, "Lupins, lupins!" . . .
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June 25, 2006 07:05 AM EDT --
Now that I've learned that I have a clematis vine (see "Name That Bloom") crawling up the side of my garage, it's almost as if I've become obsessed with many and varied plants . . .
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July 04, 2006 11:18 PM EDT --
June bugs flick
against my pane
crave the light
dance the night
not long before
days end
NOTE: Originally published in Sol Magazine.
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May 28, 2006 10:53 PM EDT --
Prevailing American wisdom holds that most Canadians live in igloos, or so we Canadians have been told all our lives. I could probably build an igloo in my backyard this week, but that's beside the . . .
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June 22, 2006 08:52 PM EDT --
My article "A Bunch of Rocks: The Environmental Gutting of Malta", which I posted yesterday (June 21), has been selected as Editors' Choice and will appear on the Gather home page starting . . .
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June 09, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
Okay, all you budding gardeners--pun intended--and nature enthusiasts. I need your help.
While staring mindlessly out my kitchen window yesterday, I noticed two light purple flowers growing from a bush . . .
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May 23, 2006 03:47 AM EDT --
monarch
vivid and true
in kaleidoscope robes
do you envy the hummingbird
his blur?
NOTE: Originally published in AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal.
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May 28, 2006 10:27 PM EDT --
Is there anyone who has not admired nature's bucktoothed beauty for one reason or another? Beavers are cute, resourceful, and--in cartoon world, at least--look mighty impressive in their hardhats. . . .
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May 25, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World is surprisingly interesting--a history lesson tied together by an unusual but effective theme.
Author Mark Kurlansky begins in the modern day, observing . . .
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May 28, 2006 11:06 PM EDT --
For most Canadians, the haunting cry of the Common Loon is a familiar sound, heard at lakefronts and on our television sets. The unmistakable sound is often compared to a yodel or a laugh.
The loon is . . .
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