30 April 2022 (immersion)

immersion . . .

following the deer trail

into a marsh

29 April 2022 (vernal pool)

vernal pool . . .

dark wriggling larvae

of frogs or mosquitoes

28 April 2022 (siskin)

the siskin’s song

unzipping

a flap of birch bark

27 April 2022 (grey day)

another grey day

the chipping sparrow’s

monotonous song

26 April 2022 (speeding up)

speeding up

so I can’t pass

B MNDFL

25 April 2022 (spring rain)

spring rain

the river bank releases

an old bottle

24 April 2022 (maple flowers)

maple flowers . . .

a kinglet’s song reaches

its crescendo

23 April 2022 (never alone)

never alone

on the forest trail

rustling leaves

22 April 2022 (kinglet)

a kinglet swings

from a willow catkin . . .

scudding clouds

21 ApriL 2022 (rain-wet)

rain-wet sleeves . . .

one pair of leaves open

on the viburnum

20 April 2022 (flowering maples)

flowering maples . . .

a pair of phoebes

adds mud to their nest