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River Peaces
Category: Photography
Night Lights
It is the full moon, and the clouds glide past overhead, buoyed by winter breeze. Continue reading “Night Lights”
Into Thin Air
Jacana’s Jaunt
Lime
Curlews of Stone
Great thick-knees are distinctly odd birds – a combination of a shoebill stork, a sandpiper, an ostrich, a bustard, with a hint of a brief, scandalous dalliance with a chessboard around the eyes. They move stiffly and slowly through the days, breaking out into short runs if hurried, moving deliberately, as if trying to hold all the different pieces of themself together.
The IUCN lists them as near-threatened due to the rapid disappearance of their riverside habitat. This one appeared on the bank like a ghost, landing silently, staring at us carefully for moments as we drifted away across the river.
Shattered Statues
I am thinking
about the lost things.
About the shadows
interspersing
the dappled light.
About overgrown temples
and shattered statues
and stolen jewels.
About the depths
of where we came from.
About the heights
of where we might go.
