River blooms green
Between water lily stars.
Swans nibble
Tender water moss
While minnows
Dart amid the bobbing
Carpet of green.
Water striders flee.
A hush falls as
The great blue heron
Lifts its wide wings.
He beats the air from his
Driftwood perch.
A redwinged blackbird
Flashes red and yellow stripes
Among the elderberries.
Mrs. Mallard pecks at
Arrow Arum.
A Canada goose stands
On one foot in the shallows.
The current carries us
Ever onward
Toward the sea,
The light in our eyes.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: I’ve been boating with the kids for three days straight. They took to stand-up paddle boarding. They might never canoe again.
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Thank you for liking “Post A Quote Challenge: Day 2.” Nice post! 🙂 You created a lovely scene with your words, and the water lily photos are beautiful.
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Thanks! I like your blog. Expands my mind. 🙂
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You are welcome. I appreciate your kind comments about my blog, and thank you for following it. 🙂
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Brenda!!!!!!!!!! Very nice!!!!……”River Drifting” & 2 photos!!!!!!! Nice website!!!! Thanks for the “Like” on my latest on excuseusforliving.com Phil
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Thanks for the enthusiastic comment! You have a great blog. Warmly, Brenda
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I love waterlilies…yours are beautiful…so is your poem:) Hope you’re working hard on your books and that things are going well.
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Spending most of my time with my kids. 🙂 I’ll be back to work full-time this year, now that my daughter will be in 1st grade. 🙂
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beautiful poetry Brenda, loved to see the vivid imagery of nature painted in your words…wonderful photos as well 🙂
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Thanks! Nature is so inspiring.
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Everflowing river of beautiful words… Thanks for sharing, dear Brenda. Happy week ahead to you… Aquileana 😀
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Thanks, Aquileana! Have a great week yourself!
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“River Drifting” transported me to a tranquil and beautiful spot. (Paddle boarding is the current rage and looks like fun … but not for me! My next step from boating will probably be kayaking not paddle boarding.) Thank you for liking and commenting on a post and for following my blog.
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Kayaking is fun and even easier than canoeing. 🙂
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Beautiful imagery.! Love it. Thanks for the blog follow too 🙂
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Thanks, I hope you get to drift on a river sometime soon. It’s good medicine. 🙂
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I couldn’t agree more.! Anything water related is good medicine 🙂
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Yes, true!
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Reblogged this on रंगमंच and commented:
A great one ! I will simply add
” Green was my dream and green the ink of life ”
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Green tinged my skin with the ink of dreams.
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The wisdom of creation and the message of salvation. Green it was, green it is.
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Renewal, as green sweeps aside the brown wilted ghosts of last year’s growth.
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Brown acknowledging the dreams building thereupon, let green reign or remain rigid unperturbed to life.
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Brown uplifts and underscores the green. It’s the earth itself.
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So in peace the carpet rests, on a faithful element of creation.
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Wonderful!
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Cheers !
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Have a wonderful day! My daughter is up, and breakfast calls. 🙂
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Enjoy your day Brenda. Keep in touch.
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Likewise!
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I liked when you met birds along the way, Brenda. I can imagine all your creative thoughts, popping into your mind, while drifting and pulled by the current towards the open sea.
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There I am, wondering what the aquatic plants are called. 🙂
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This may take a botany book or some research, Brenda. You always have your mind turned on.:)
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I found lots of references online. 🙂 My kids and I noticed an aquatic plant that looks like large shamrocks floating on the water. I haven’t id’d that one yet.
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Brenda, a spectacular poem. So much happening in nature, a breath of fresh air.
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If only life could always be peaceful. 🙂
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I spent a magical day last week with my grandson at Lochwinnoch Bird Sanctuary, just outside Glasgow.
You have somehow put it into words.
Superb.
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What a nice thing to say. And what a great day with your grandson. They are the most precious memories.
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This is the first poem I’ve read that has a variety of fauna and flora! It gives off a tranquil feel!
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It was a tranquil day. 🙂
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Wonderful calming images for the season … and a good read for those in mid-winter who are tired of the cold. 😉
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I plan to look back and remember. 🙂
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Lovely , Miss Brenda. Spending time with your family is so special. The years fly by too fast. My son is getting married Saturday, so I’ve been visiting here in Chicago for over a month. Special moments. Enjoy your moments… But, I know you do.
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They are precious. I’m so happy you are enjoying yours, too! Congrats to you and your son.
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Wonderful poem Brenda…you had me at “minnow.” I love them:) The waterlily is beautiful.
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Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.
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You bring a very peaceful image to mind.
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Thanks, Dan!
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Wonderful water lily photos. They surround your lovely poem so well.
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Thanks!!
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Felt like I, too, was drifting between “water lily stars”! We like to canoe but stand-up paddle boarding sounds fun too 🙂
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It’s all fun! 🙂
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Utterly Enchanting 🙂
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A magic summer spell. 😀
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Beautiful picture, lovely poem! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Love the way you constructin words.
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Thanks!!
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Welcome
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I wish I was drifting along…..
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Arrange it… 🙂
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You paint the most peaceful images in my mind 😊
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So glad you liked it. 🙂 We’ve been having a great time.
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For sure! I can see through your beautiful writing 🙂
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😀
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Love the poem!
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Thanks!
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