by Bela Johnson | May 16, 2019 | musings, nature, pagan, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized
The Photo Prompt: Wicker A walk in the forest reveals character, the too-smooth perfect bark of white cedar alongside the pocked husk of a dead relation not yet upended, bustling home to woodpeckers and nuthatches; mossy trunks of ancient fir spirits, rooted then and...
by Bela Johnson | May 14, 2019 | musings, nature, philosophy, Puget Sound, Uncategorized
The wind through the firs sounds like the distant thundering South Pacific from our island home, yet similarities end there, ruddy nose running from unaccustomed chill and fingers reluctant to part from pockets; It has been years since I rooted feet in forest soil,...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 30, 2019 | musings, nature, Puget Sound, Uncategorized
Wavelets snap and turn in the sunlight, deceiving eyes into believing there are creatures emerging from the depths; Strands of kelp curve and twist like the wake of a ship, glinting just enough to hint at sea otters frolicking in welcome brilliance; Markers the novice...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 27, 2019 | Hawaii, inspiration, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
When the silver spool of dawn unravels in languorous wisps, as clouds unfurl low and wide in the overhead sky, my gaze sweeps broadly and what I behold is the artist’s palette come to life, a masterpiece with every dawning and dusky day while the earth spins...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 11, 2018 | musings, nature, perspective, poetry, Uncategorized, writing
There is an economy in words, blunted kindergarten shears in the hands of an earnest student, shaping patterns already memorized in forest and field; A poet’s dilemma as nature herself spreads and grows, chaos becoming her in forest and glade, streams crashing,...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 28, 2018 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Over the precipice I crouch, ready to fly, far from nature’s firm embrace, my familiar; wondering now what remains, how to regain ground if the choice is to stay; I have been here before many times; only jump, I counsel, and you will rise like the phoenix, sail...
