I will make a pathway through the wilderness. —Isaiah 43:19 Thirsting for nature, in search of forgotten hues, we went, bathed ourselves in slow days filled with questions that did not require answers— nestled in wonderment, set free among sleepy ducks and ancient trees, we found a pathway through the wilderness. —C.L. Fisher, May 2023Continue reading “Sleepy Ducks & Ancient Trees”
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The Path
Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it… —Jeremiah 6:16, NASB Photo by Caiden Horton Well-worn stones carved by years of stormwater and wild winds, a slow degradation, our Earth’s eroding ways —these are time markers, silent clocks but for the low Continue reading “The Path”
Wings
Hope is the thing with feathers… — Emily Dickinson I thought I saw a butterfly— open-winged & lofting on a pleasant purple bloom, sunning itself in the early afternoon, but little did I care it was but a petal, fluttering, flirting, inviting me to stay and soak in the beauty, content in knowing that dancingContinue reading “Wings”
The Waking Soil
Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!Let the trees of the forest sing for joy… — Psalm 96:12, NLT When the blooms remind us of the nearing spring, the refreshed roots shooting up through the waking soil, the unfurling leaves, petals, wings — life in abundance, the blessings of living amid God’sContinue reading “The Waking Soil”
Wildflowers
“Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.” – Lady Bird Johnson I spent the day in a field of wildflowers, underneath a moody sky, lazing amid sun-kissed petals, dazed by dancing butterfly wings. —C.L. Fisher, January 2023 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work ofContinue reading “Wildflowers”
Before the Frost
“Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moon rise.” — Gladys Taber I see the sky through the deep red petals and know the blue will ease into gray as these flowers fade and the world sinks into the rest of winter, Continue reading “Before the Frost”
The Monarchs
Two Butterflies went out at Noon— And waltzed above a Farm— — Emily Dickinson I held two butterflies lilting upon lilac mist flowers, each wing a perfect frame, tiny panes of stained glass, displaying autumn’s richest hue. —C.L. Fisher, October 2022 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work of C.L. Fisher andContinue reading “The Monarchs”
Autumn’s Cotillion
Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning The last dance of the butterflies in this mid-October homage to spring, the wildflowers wait for the shift to northern winds, for frost to touch the ground and silence growth, but today there is time to flit and flutter underContinue reading “Autumn’s Cotillion”
Wild Hearts
A thousand horses – the wild – the free – Like waves that follow o’er the sea, Came thickly thundering on. — Lord Byron The sun was nestling above the trees dappling the mountains and dancing across the morning grass as we rounded the bend where we first saw them, majestic, free, beautiful, and weContinue reading “Wild Hearts”
The Golden Hour
By all these lovely tokens, September days are here. – Helen Hunt Jackson The last throes of summer hasten autumn’s first release… Oh, the golden hour before the earth’s fallow sleep. —C.L. Fisher, September 22 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work of C.L. Fisher and may not be copied, used, orContinue reading “The Golden Hour”
Poetic Meanderings 