michaeljordahl

How Everything Got Here

Once upon a time, there was nothing.

I mean, there was nothing but nothing.

In fact, there was so much nothing,

That that fact became something,

And once there was something,

It quickly exploded into everything.

–Photo by me

change of clouds

all summer, the clouds had their fun,

but now there is much to be done;

in autumn, they race

at a feverish pace

past the featureless face of the sun.

–photo by aaron

walk with me

come on now and walk with me

i’ll show to you the orangest tree

and forest friends, so wild and free–

these are things you gotta see!

–photos by me

pretty in pink (shadorma)

unhappy

that the autumn brings

no colors

to the pines,

mother nature sometimes strings

them up in pink vines

–photo by me

Sunday Thoughts 9/14

What does the spider know of beauty?

When soft morning light spills over

The horizon and illuminates his

Intricate, dew-laden construction,

Is he even able to perceive

The beauty of his creation?

Likewise, when we scurry about

In our “ordinary” human lives,

Are we creating something

Beautiful that we can’t perceive,

But is, perhaps, on full display

To any being of a higher order?

–Photo by me

recast

some think they’re blessed

while you are cursed–

that they’re the best

while you’re the worst,

but blessed and cursed

will be recast

when last is first

and first is last.

shadorma sunday

the fog is

lifting o’er the lake,

yet lingers

in the trees–

soon it all will dissipate

with the slightest breeze

–photo by me

haiku 194

in the wilderness

the swan and his lifemate get

their own private pond

–photo by me

dark omen? (tanka)

now, a thing of dread:

a dark omen overhead–

the crow comes calling!

or is the bird just distressed

because i’m close to her nest?

–photo by me

the hanging garden

when mining ended in the pit,

a path was made encircling it,

and near the path, a fence was strung,

and soon all kinds of plant life hung…

…upon the wire, all around–

now, even wild hops are found;

there are berries, plums, and apples, too–

all hanging there for me and you!

–photos by me