a photograph by Alazano, Kevin Davis, our son
Tag Archives: fall
The Coming of Spring and Butterflies
a photograph by Sonja Bingen, our daughter
Filed under Art, Photography
The Road I Walk
a photograph by Ethel Mortenson Davis
Filed under Art, Ethel Mortenson Davis, Photography
Climber
by Ethel Mortenson Davis
This is the right time
of the year
to be a climber of trees,
trusting only
the youngest
and strongest limbs
with your life,
your cheek resting
on the nook
of a shoulder—
the right time
of the year
for fireball colors.
This is the place
where one can look
back below
to see if mankind
has become a race
of Renaissance men.
Not yet,
the climber says,
not yet.
Filed under Ethel Mortenson Davis, Poetry
Planting the Wings of Monarch Butterflies
by Thomas Davis
In Southern Door an aging man, face fixed,
Pulled up beside a country road and walked
Toward a wooden fence where milkweed mixed
With grass and weeds, fall’s fiery colors stalked
Into a forest’s weave of summer green,
The season’s changing edged into the day.
Beside the fence the man bent down, serene,
Intent on picking milkweed pods, a fey
Gleam in his eyes. He got into his car
And drove until he found an empty field,
Stopped, pulled a pod out of a mason jar,
And freed milk fluff into a wind that wheeled
Time through the winter to a glorious spring
That sprung a summer graced with monarch wings.
Note: After reading an editorial by Peter Devlin in the Door County Advocate.
Filed under Poetry, Thomas Davis
Geese in a Fall Sky at Sunset
a photograph by Sonja Bingen, our daughter
September 30, 2014 · 1:12 pm
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