31 May 2026 (redstart's song)
Kristen Lindquist
redstart’s song
from a beachside spruce
the perfect heart rock
Book of Days
BOOK OF DAYS: A POET AND NATURALIST TRIES TO FIND POETRY IN EVERY DAY
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30 May 2026 (a catboat)
Kristen Lindquist
a single catboat
tacking up the sound
wind-trimmed spruces
29 May 2026 (wild azalea)
Kristen Lindquist
wild azalea
a deer trail crosses
the hiking trail
30 April 2026 (hairy cap moss)
Kristen Lindquist
hairy cap moss
the doe watches me
walk away
29 April 2026 (raven's call)
Kristen Lindquist
raven’s call —
the cracks of cobbles
rolled by a storm surge
18 November 2025 (spruces)
Kristen Lindquist
spruces darkening as twilight deepens coyote howls
16 November 2025 (scarves of mist)
Kristen Lindquist
scarves of mist . . .
gold of a tamarack
at the bog’s edge
2 June 2025 (touching each blossom)
Kristen Lindquist
touching each blossom
as I pass
rain-wet rhodora
1 June 2025 (distant foghorn)
Kristen Lindquist
distant foghorn . . .
she crushes the sweetfern
to share its scent
31 May 2025 (scenic highway)
Kristen Lindquist
scenic highway
my car drives over
a crow’s shadow
30 May 2025 (slow awakening)
Kristen Lindquist
slow awakening . . .
a mourning dove’s coos
in morning fog