FLYING OVER WATER

Not important

To an egret

As much

At home

Gliding through

The sky above

Or, swimming

On water below

–http://frankabbottphotography.com/

FISH: IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER

Intense yellow eyes

Green heron with hapless prey

Skewered on sharp beak

–http://www.frankabbottphotography.com/

PAINTED SUNRISE

Yellow lilies

White daisies

Gray mustached

Valleys–majestic

Mountain purple

–http://www.gsmnp.com/

SILHOUETTED SHORELINE

Closed flower buds

Pointed leaves

Sunset from

Silhouetted

Shoreline

Summer sun

Dropped

Below

Horizon

–http://www.lynnjordanphotography.com/

I SEE YOU/CAN YOU SEE ME?

Above the hedge

Alerted eyes

Erect ears

Ready to dash

In a second

White tail

Held high

–Image, Craig Roberts–

ALL TOGETHER

The “Captain Nic”

Set out to sea

Pilot–in pilot house

Where he was

Supposed to be

With necessities

On the periphery

And a sea bird

Or two or three

–http://www.lynnjordanphotography.com/

FEATHER

It drifted freely

Single feather, blue backdrop

At mercy of wind

–http://www.frankabbottphotography.com/

CARDINAL PUNCTUATIONS

Cardinal flowers

Brilliance in the meadow

Below the foothills

–Warren Bieglenberg, http://www.gsmnp.com/

FROG ON VINYL

More tropical

Than subtropical

Hot, sticky

Rain, several

Times per day

Delighted this

Diminutive

Creature

–Image, Craig Roberts–

THREE BIRDS ORCHIDS

Pure white, delightful

On promontory above

Misty puffs below

–Gail Patton, http://www.gsmnp.com/