South Stream Wildlife Management Area / 15 Aug 2021
Pileated woodpeckers far off, ducks startled to flight; wingbeat of a great blue heron, squawking herons; sparrows chipping, orioles across; twig snap; territorial kingfishers, red squirrels; passing goldfinches; catbird mew, singing chickadees, blue-headed vireos; fish touching the water’s surface, distant crows and cars; goldfinches in call and response; barking red-bellied woodpeckers, robin cuckoo, cardinals; insect chirr, and some unnamable bird calls
Fallingwater; sibobi; It must be the brook / Can trust itself to go by contraries; In you is the argument of freedom; as free to come and go as the zephyr; We push through / the falling / silky weight; The river just showed through the trees; and the current will unlearn us; This stone tells the story of what happened here; They are always en route to / Their own nothingness; The tongues of water, creeping in, quietly; All streams flow to the sea; My soul has grown deep
Insect chirr of late summer
the woods, rainwater
dripping intermittently
rock, wind, ravens
Mônadenok