monarch

The Small Things

I see the large trees but the lichen calls my name autumn woods Color dances its grand finale withering vines In stillness is great transformationa monarch emerges TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 32, hosted by Selma.

Transformation

A caterpillarDoes not question its purposePeaceably munchingIts transformation will comeWithout force or objective Prompted by Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Peaceable and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

I planted Milkweed in my garden this spring and today saw my first Monarch – so exciting! According to the U.S. Forest Service, “[t]he monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do,” traveling as far as 3000 miles south to their winter homes in Mexico and southern California. ItContinue reading “Monarch”