Nature Poems

Nature Poems : Nature Poems By David Henry

Dynamic Positioning : Dynamic Positioning The sparkling swirl of Herring-Gulls marks out the hunting-ground where tongues of earth-stained river wrestle with the open sea. A dirty-looking mottled rock jutting from a point mid-stream has taken on the qualities of grace – Suspended in opposing forces by its muscle power, the glistening arch-backed curve of Seal is a standing-wave. You almost forget that it’s a pose, when - without the slightest warning he lets go … shrugs off the illusion of being anchored – slides on down amongst the waters a twisting-turning killer in the flow.

The Splash Zone : The Splash Zone This is where the tension is: a push-me-pull-you balancing upon the edge of oceans. Close to being the sparks of life - a strangely familiar elasticity to amphibians like us. This is where they etch their lives; the one’s who’re not quite killed by salt or dried to death by air, tolerating the best and worst of each. No streamlined hunters of the deep, they are forced to be magnetic, eclectic gatherers pulling habitats to themselves, eking out a cussed presence in this neither-here nor-there, drawing nourishment from the mists - a fine alchemy of elements seeded by the crashing waves.