Greenfield Park, West Allis
Sunday was one of those magical days. Big, fluffy snowflakes
floating out of the sky. Weekend lassitude. A walk in the park. A walk in a
forest in a park. A forest thick and silent with new fallen snow. And,
mysteriously, after the first few minutes I had it all to myself.
Here is what I saw, along with a couple of haiku for good
measure:
solitude
in the snowbound forest
Packer game today
the silent forest
surrounding me somewhere
the city
Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Monday morning I went out early, partly to beat rush hour
traffic but mostly because I was afraid that the snow would melt off the trees.
And it did, very quickly. Again I had the place to myself. After nearly two
hours I finally met a dog walker on my way back to the car.
I love the solitude, but I fear for a society that has no
time for nature. Here’s what I have of it to share:
woodland stillness
…a train roars by…
soft growl of traffic
in the fresh snow
coyote tracks
sunless sky
over the prairie
Cooper’s hawk
first snowfall
already the trail
puddles
To see a selection of Milwaukee’s parks in all seasons go to
my Flickr
album.
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