The Morning Porch

May 29, 2012 by Dave Bonta

It’s not too hot to fight: a robin drives a chipmunk from the lilac. A minute later, a flicker drives a downy woodpecker off its den tree.

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Half an inch of wet snow has turned things white again, if not for long: the wind blows clumps of snow from the trees. The…
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After a bright sunrise, the clouds move in, one settling among the trees. The creek sounds more sober now, and here and there, the grass…
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Moon low in the west, as bright as a searchlight. Two silent crows fly over the house. The clouds’ bellies begin to glow.
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Back to more typical March weather, gloomy and cold. The stream gurgles low, the wren gurgles high, and two crows wing their way in silence…
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Cardinal song from the woods’ edge, but where’s the cardinal? Leaving the porch, I spot him—in a yard tree. I’d been listening to the echo.