The Luna moth is the largest in North America. They are precious because they are rarely seen. Their name comes from the circular shape on their wings. They only live for 7-10 days, and they don't eat. They don't even have a mouth. They live on the fat they acquire from their cocoons. They lay … Continue reading Luna Moths Mating
Category: Creation
A Visitor
Yellow legs plump with pollen movewith steadfast zeal to each snowy bloomOccupying her spring business by eyeingpridefully her beauty in the reflection ofmirror image rather than this star, a rare breedKnown for her salient clusters of scarlet berriesvivid male Bluebirds come to feast uponHer tangled web of thick branches heavythese hunted berries are a delicacy … Continue reading A Visitor
White Flower
To you who give your love to Him unseen, unknown His love aboundsDrifting from your locks, hues of ruby, golden wheat and reddish brownsAdulation, knees red from our supplication drift up to God, Our LordTo smite the enemies of His devoted with the Authority of His SwordAngels with coronets of Sacred Blue Lily and the … Continue reading White Flower
Outdoor Cathedral
Pressing past the rock with fist opened yielding with the crevices Joy touches my content heart like little feet stomping ripe grapes Flowers liberate pollen as their songs melt into a stew of hazy dyes Red-bellied Woodpecker yearning for love lets out its shrill cries Glorious maiden is the Willow oak as I hug her … Continue reading Outdoor Cathedral
Haiku
benches of stone stilllion gazing upon earthsweet the breath of God By Joni 02/25/20 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA - Photo by Joni Caggiano
Blue-Green Algae
A patch of dandelions sway with rhythm down by the murky old pondFor the north wind blows breezes of olden days and mysteries bornTheir long thin necks hold round cottony seeds for new life to spawnLike endless weeping willows wailing to the fish telling tales of scorn Those catfish hunters don’t come around anymore in … Continue reading Blue-Green Algae
The Luna Moth
By Joni 02/01/20 - Photo by Joni - Reading time one-minute and 5 seconds Gazing out my window, I am thankful for an abundance of treasures. Two squirrels are scrapping for upside downtime on the bright red bird feeder. One gives up and begins to eat the seeds that are dropping steadily underneath. The moss … Continue reading The Luna Moth
Psalm to Twilight
Sweet the twilight tears of yesterday where hope exist in our glorious worldGod illuminating the nighttime, the moon and stars light the corridor of our pathMoonbeams kiss the dark hours bringing forth the white MoonflowerNocturnal moths drawn to its scent to pollinate the center of the five-pointed starSynchronizing their flashing as they dance while feeding … Continue reading Psalm to Twilight
Merpeople
(A Follow Up to A Tale of Two Widows https://the-inner-child.com/2019/11/22/a-tale-of-two-widows) Reading time for this piece one minute and thirty-three seconds. Dark Crimson is mindfully mingling withthe full moon’s daunting and luminous light.As my clotting blood was slow to tricklefrom my slender ring less fingers tonight.An enigma of my existence to theMerpeople which I did so … Continue reading Merpeople
The Angel Oak
Giant was the fearless Angel Oak whose roots grew down deepWatered by God’s creatures who safely came to her to weep.Her massive and twisted branches lie softened in green mossTo ease the burden, she gladly carried with every single loss.She bore the weight of tragedy for hundreds of earthly years,Instead, she clapped and sang at … Continue reading The Angel Oak
