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Shadow Dance

Rick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:41:27 +0000

A spring morning begins with a dance,
a honey bee partnered with her shadow.

Rick — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:30:42 +0000

A young assassin lurks in the green world,
a Zelus nymph with rostrum held ready,
tiny demon death dealer.

Rick — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:36:14 +0000

A fierce winter starling takes advantage
of the last rays of a cold dying sun.

Rick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:55 +0000

Flying between snowflakes,
two songbirds weather a winter storm.

Rick — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:57:35 +0000

In the brilliant green microwilderness,
a lazy little fly plays tag with its
lazy little shadow.

Tag, you’re it.

Rick — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:50:11 +0000

A mayfly from a long forgotten spring,
in some species the adults live only a few minutes.

Richard Wilbur in the poem “Mayflies” found them:

“the weavers of some cloth of gold,
Or the fine pistons of some bright machine.”

Rick — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:11:57 +0000

I’ve done the cover art for an upcoming book
by best-selling writer Cory Doctorow.

Cory’s has a Publishers Weekly column about his unique project.

I’ll post more as Cory reveals all the details.

Rick — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:22:12 +0000

A cold summer turned to a cold fall here,
no place for a spring goldfinch
looking for news from the sun.

Rick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:00:25 +0000

Traffic cop or air-traffic controller?
A helpful songbird knows the direction home.
Do you?

Rick — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:09:17 +0000

A tiny high-wire act in a backyard circus,
burned by sun and swept by small breezes,
no nets in the microwilderness.

Any species information welcome.