Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Vanishing Forest

Haunting sounds of an owl enter the room
Mating rituals? Hunting signals?
Conversation?
As the woods begin to disappear, I wonder.
Will I hear the owls again

I met a coyote in our driveway
Not a ragamuffin
A well coifed confident animal
We stared.  The coyote won.
Soon bulldozers will push away stumps and brush
Will the coyote return for a rematch?

Many animals live in our woods
Some tunnel deep into the rich earth
Others bed down on softly crushed branches
Where will they go?

1 comment:

  1. I decided to post this again since the property around us is practically naked. 400 trees were cut down West of us, more on the south. Progress?

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