Becoming Quicksilver
Maya Ellenson is keen on creating unconventional poetry and prose, inspired by what the moment reveals.
The Gopher Tortoise
Becoming Quicksilver
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The gopher tortoise
is getting out of the burrow
shyly
in slow-paced motion
carrying on its hard shell
wisdom of Gaia
***
The clouds swirling
across the sky
remind me quicksilver
never the same--
so Mercurian in essence --
above the St. Lucie River
ready to harbor the sunset
hammering its gold leaf
into the water
***
The pelican on the pier
resembles a wooden carving
amazingly stock-still
I also paused
just another figurine
growing from the sidewalk
Observing
© 2019 Maya Ellenson
Comments
Maya Ellenson (author) from Hobe Sound, Florida on February 27, 2019:
Many thanks, Mark!
Mark Tulin from Ventura, California on February 27, 2019:
Beautiful images in some amazing natural habitats. Love that image of the pelican as a wooden carving! Thanks, Maya.