Friday, August 18, 2023

Ripples

 


In the dry garden
we contemplate raked ripples
around the rock.

In the pond
turtle raises her head.
Look! More ripples!


©Mary Lee Hahn, 2023

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Hunters

 






The photo of the hawk is via Unsplash, and the photo of the “lion” is our very own Hemingway (aka Hem).

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Love Really Is the Answer


This poem was written in response to this quote by Robin Wall Kimmerer in BRAIDING SWEETGRASS.

“If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness again.”


Love Really Is the Answer

The world is broken.
We have done it.
No dissembling –
we must own it:

global warming
mass extinctions
plastic pollution
deforestation.

Damage done;
blame accepted.
Now next steps:
how to fix it?

Many challenges: 
multiple solutions.
Some are obvious,
others unproven.

Proceed with a love
that fuels all decisions
to save species, biomes, 
habitats, and oceans.

Love your yard,
your street, your city.
Love with science
and responsibility.

Love takes commitment,
collaboration, and work.
Exactly what’s needed
to repair our Earth.


©Mary Lee Hahn, 2023

Thursday, June 1, 2023

No Vacancy


 

I saw this Sudoku poem in the Rattle newsletter, and I knew I had to try one.