a photograph by Ethel Mortenson Davis
Tag Archives: nature
Lake Michigan as the Sun Goes Down
a photograph by Sonja Bingen, our daughter
Filed under Art, Photography
Threatening Storm
a photograph by Sonja Bingen in Southern Wisconsin as Severe Storms Threatened the Midwest
Filed under Art, Photography
Winds
by Ethel Mortenson Davis
The desert spring
does not come
in warm, dark thunderstorms,
but in relentless winds
that carry the precious nitrogen
to thirsty pines–
like the cosmic winds
that once brought
seed to our earth
a long time ago,
starting a chain
of endless life.
Endless winds
that blow everything
that is not bound or attached,
uncaging last year’s seeds
for the strange new birds
that have come for spring nesting.
Winds that loosen
the cords and strings
that hold us,
freeing us so we are ready
to accept the holy seed.
We place it in Her darkness
there, together on hands and knees.
Filed under Ethel Mortenson Davis, Poetry
Wolves
by Ethel Mortenson Davis
The wolf has been reintroduced
throughout Europe.
In the Northern regions
a woman from the Scandinavian countries
said, ”We have a right to shoot an animal
that kills our sheep and cattle.”
In the Southern Regions
of Italy, Spain, and Romania,
an old woman of Romania
said, “We don’t care if the wolf
takes a sheep once in a while,
because we like to see them—
they are part of our culture.”
The wounded wolf
crawls behind a waterfall
as a man takes aim.
Filed under Ethel Mortenson Davis, Poetry
A Path Below a Tree with the Early Leaves of Spring
a photograph by Sonja Bingen
Filed under Art, Photography
Lake, Moss, Forest, Clouds, and Sky: A Reflection
a photograph by Sonja Bingen
Filed under Art, Photography
