Minus Tide Clams Haiku

Minus tide clams squirt

Tiny geysers salty drops

Seagulls swoop and sup

Linda Buckley signature

Mergansers Mating Haiku

mergansers mating

feeding, flirting and flapping

female feigns disdain

Mask Up!!

Mask Up!!

There once was a girl from Alaska Whose mom said "you must wear a maska" There is a health crisis We'll eat beans and rices You'll home school and do all your taskas!  

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Friendly Fathom

Friendly Fathom

I wandered lost in the wonder of the indomitable spirit of spring when suddenly a handsome man with shoulder length curls and a wide smile opened his arms and said, ?friendly fathom!”?

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Covid crisis

It was really just a trip to buy flowers and maybe pick up a newspaper. First the bright orange Cheetos package caught my eye. But my inner food filter yelled, NO!!! So I wandered past. > I was looking for coffee when I stumbled into the cookie aisle. Just a small...

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Baleen Ballet

Baleen Ballet

Sound of bubbles the perfect sphere Then at the center eleven whales appear Gulping krill wide mouthed they lunge Skim the surface submerge and plunge We hold our breath as they exhale A bold burst of sound then a tail An echo lingers in the still and waiting day...

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The Robin

The Robin

My mind was cluttered with catastrophe. Churning and turning, Composing and decomposing. Phrases, paragraphs, essays, Dissertations. Words, words, words. Then suddenly, A robin sang her way into The cerebral clamor. Our eyes met. The chatter stopped. She balanced on a...

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