There once was a lass lived in Awe,
Whose passion for Earth was so raw.
She roam’d beaches and woods;
Sought their bounty of goods.
Her pockets filled up with –
…spider webs
a dragonfly
leaves
blue jay, heron, crow, eagle, osprey chick feathers
sand
stones
exoskeletons
coyote scat
barnacles
moss
a rabbit’s foot
cones
seaweed
lichen
pine needles
twigs
sage
a root tangle
bones
a butterfly and moth
snail shells
creatures’ teeth
a nest made of my hair
bark slabs
bark curls
seashells
a sand dollar
flowers
agates, and…
– a claw.
(Orig. posted in July 2016.)
