Snow White in February

The Winter storm has abated
leaving behind feet of snow in places
rain falling now like bits of ice
not penetrating enough to cause
much needed melt

yet the tiny nuthatches and sparrows
are not minding as they leave
tiny footprints across snowy white
landscape

where some blades of green grass show
left from snow shovels pushed forward
to leave room for small canines
who might disappear from view

yet melt increases in equal measure
with the depth of snow left deep
flood watch will soon ensue
whilst rivers rise as Nature’s
gateway to the sea

© February 2021 Renee Espriu

Photo Below Taken by Myself

Small Villages

tiny hooded mushrooms                              tiny mushrooms
clustered like small
villages popping up
amidst blades of grass
giving shelter to
microscopic life
sheltered beneath them

© January 2013
Renee Espriu

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This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com. This is Small Stone #4.

Small Stone: Glass Beads

Tiny droplets of water      
like fragile glass beads
settling on blades of
grass pure life giving
sustaining a future

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

This is my submission for January 9, 2012 Small Stones on Writing Our Way Home at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com

Small Paws

Fireflies in a night sky
beheld by two sparkling eyes
Butterflies drift on the air
small paws to capture there
tall grass to seek its’ prey
all within the light of day
cardboard boxes to hide in
now a lion’s lair and den

© July 2011 Renee Espriu

 

Dedicated to curious cats everywhere including my own.

 

Something More

Fresh smell of newly mown grass still
wet with recent rain leaving drops of
water glistening in the afternoon
with May flies hovering about not
yet the month of May, the deep
green of the grass offering up
renewal and something more

© April 2011 Renee Espriu