Urban Nature In Three Lines – An Eco-A Walk with Rev. Marti Keller
December 9, 2021
A note from poet and leader of EcoAddendum’s Haiku Walk, Reverend Marti Keller:
A fall Eco-A nature walk through Hidden Cove park in Decatur provided a wooded setting for capturing this experience in three line verses, or haiku poetry. As participants learned about bark and branches, native and non-native trees and plants, they were also invited to record their moments of insight and perception.
From Brian M.:
Languid, slow-moving
Quietly snaking over rocks
Artery of life
Beech trees, silent seniors
Still bearing fruit and anchored
To moist Georgia soil
Sweet scents of decay
Fall colors carpet our path
Spring rebirth awaits
Oak acorns rain down
Pre-wheat nuts fed early Man
Garden of Eatin’
Tulip poplar tree
Forest soldier once stood tall
Upturned, now at peace
From Marcia C.:
hidden cove
blue jay and leaf blower
a competition
From Marti K.:
Native orb weaver
she’s working hard
to tidy web
scouting helicopter
ignores
the wild ginger
October white oak acorns
will not be
ignored
Carolina wren
boulevard traffic
remnant crickets
hard to stop calling
invasive green
green
leaves caravan
down the October creek
tadpoles vanished
From Kashish K.:
crunching through an orange trail
hopping on broken trunks
i walk to Nature.
nasty snaps of branches
shedding away the dead old weight
from green to orange to bare
a thorny womb
gives birth to symmetric
heart pods
acorns in my
pocket.
am i a squirrel?
From Suraj S.:
Jewelweed spreads
waiting for the hummingbird’s beak
my fingers instead!
Hum of crickets
lost in conversation
found in silence
Red oak tree stands
adorning the road with acorns galore
squashed by tires
Fallen trees
old and gigantic on the floor
laying new foundations
From Jeannie H.:
Fall Sounds
Acorns Tumbling
All Abound All Around
As the Seasons Drop
Let it Go
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