In my yard
Agave flowers
Lift their blooms above the trees
Reaching for the sun
by Kate Rauner
Find more poetry inspired by science and nature here – every other blog or so. Or read one of my collections of rhyming poetry and a few haiku too.
First roly poly
Creeps from the thawing compost
A true sign of spring
by Kate Rauner
Pill bugs, roly polies or doodle bugs – much nicer names than woodlouse
Bug images licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
I lost control of my scheduel again this week. We’ve been laying a new bamboo floor, and had to deal with a kitty-cat lumpectomy, too. Yes, that’s Harvey, my cover model for Glory on Mars.
owie bad enuf
y we have to go to vet?
humans are so strange
by Kate Rauner as inspired by Harvey, who suffered for this poem
UPDATE: For 2017 I’ve put out a new book cover for Glory on Mars. It’s more science-fiction-y (I hope) and less quirky. So Harvey can retire from his modeling career – but to tell you the truth, he doesn’t seem to care much.
Essence of the form
Buried under flesh and fur
Beauty of the bones
Here in the forests of New Mexico’s mountains, we all come across interesting bones. Everyone has a few on their porch.
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Seeds like banners raised
Flap against my fingertips
On an autumn stroll
Clouds of purple seeds
Each drop drizzles through my hands
Soon to sleep in snow
All kittens can fly
Gravity waits patiently
Till they’re old and fat
Spring time melts the snow
Icy threads weave through dark pine
Braiding white with black
By Kate Rauner
My recent trip through National Parks in the American Southwest has inspired several haiku. This poem and image are from Sequoia.
