Rivers

23 Jan, 2026

Animals in Winter: as large as fog, as warm as bread

Nancy Admin2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00Categories: Magical Realism, Poetry|Tags: delta, Mammals, Rivers, Tule Fog, Winter|

Polar Bears, fragrant and prickly,crouch in the coldlistening for the echoof flute notes in crystal caves.Fiercely, fiercely bread bakesdefying the bitter stingof tule fog.Follow the riversfollow their floating trails of [...]

23 Apr, 2021

Life on the Flood Plain

Nancy Admin2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00Categories: Children, Families, Grace, home, Hope, National Poetry Month, Pets, Poetry, Possibility, Rain|Tags: California, cats, jack rabbit, Rivers, Saint Francis, wild life|

Another original poem for National Poetry Month! This week's offering is a tale of my California childhood, back when the rain was plentiful enough that we'd often watch the winter [...]