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

Neighbors

 

Pool Time

 

Hunters

 

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

You Might Need to Hear This

Grow Something Beautiful

 

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

No Vacancy

 

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

Ghazal For the Lake

 

Identity

 

Stories

 

In the Style of Neruda

 

I cheated a little on the challenge to write in the style of Neruda. This poem is inspired by Neruda’s BOOK OF QUESTIONS and my garden.

Mutualism

 

Ode

 

Insomnia

 

Leaves

 

Frost

 

Superbloom

 

Relocation

 

Earth Day

 

Shade

 

Time

 

Nothing Red Can Stay

 

Emperor

 

Stuff

 

Redbuds

 

Tree Bones

 

Open

 

Analog

 

Crowd

 

Stories

 

That Light

 

Watercolor

 

Secrets

 

Flip side

 

Delicious

 

Plus All the Ones I Could Hear But Not See

 

Chives

 

My Favorite Part of Swimming Laps?

 

Lap Full of Cat

 

Heron Over High Street

 

A Glimpse