Friends of Trail Wood recently gathered there to pen haikus that captured a moment in time, at the sanctuary and beyond.

 Time twists vines and veins

Searching, seeking, supporting

Bittersweet aging.

                Philippa Paquette

 

Planks cross Seven Springs

Where tall ferns crowd dark muck and

Flyers buzz with glee

                         Anne Christie

 

The perfect cloud forms.

It delivers life or death.

Farmers make the call

                          Sherri Vogt

 

Here and Now, Near and

Far reconcile marble halls

Country breeze, peaceful place.

                         Anne Gruenberg

 

Fluttering butterfly

Breeze waves grass and shimmers lake

Quiet movement soothes.

                  Susan Zimmerman

 

Sun scorched, sharp, prickly.

Dusk’s cool blades, cushions of moss

soothe such weary soles.

                     Dayna McDermott

 

Tormentors circle

Sounding out an evil threat.

Be still. They are gone.

                Laura Tedeschi

 

Cat bird, tweet, tweet, tweet

One, two, three – all calling now

Why, why, why so much?

                      Marcia Kilpatrick

 

First sip of Guinness

Folks say “an acquired taste”

Kind of like wet mud.

                    India Arriola