Sinewy tendrils push Apart a crack, Minute and invisible Moving closer to a surface Of air, and water, and sun Tender hairs wiggle Soil into small canals, Stretching out, reaching for Space, and nutrients, and life Spindles of green shoot Upward straight trajectory Toward the…

soft sand cooling water blue sky breezes treacherous path to reach the sea beauty Is veiled by missteps  

To Serve and Protect A young mourning dove seeks police protection, nests on the windshield of a parked cruiser. She gets umbrella coverage, and as many fresh worms as the officers can find. Mom and chicks are well. ©Ardelle Hollis Ray

I sit in my room penning nature poems The morning sun filtering through the chintz curtains Oh the walk around the park With my dog on a leash The counted minutes on the manicured lawns Its hot,kind of humid The AC will take care of…

World over, flowers grew The storys told must be true In colors grand, expansive Now, the seas are black with tar Trash fills what used to be forested Why am I telling you this? Well my little friend, you might save us Your unknown sprout…

From an array of scattered flowers, one by one, the fresh ones are chosen The petals are gently caressed, before placing them in a bouquet With care, the bunch is arranged attractively, ready for display The combined fragrance of the floral selection entices strangers to…

Watching my goldfish, I wonder about his natural habitat imagine his gold tail swishing in crystal clear water, mouth opening and closing on exotic cuisine not flakes of brown, orange and green. They say a goldfish has a 30 second attention span. Terrifying idea, that….

Drifting on the sea was a tin can with silver gleam. I simply sigh, thinking I’m one inch high so I can sail off to lands in a dream.    

I took my kids to the beach to collect sea glass greens and blues from glass tossed into the ocean then tossed about in the ocean before being tossed up by the ocean onto the sand broken, yet beloved edges softened, touchable kissable resurrecting in…

Smart and sassy with a Liza Minnelli smile The girl could light up a room Beauty school was just the beginning She had stars in her eyes Big dreams of bright cities and fancy places Small towns couldn’t hold her down She had her walking…