happenings

 rustling of a

  raven's wings
trilling, as a
  sparrow sings

scratching as a
  mouse hides things
segments of a
  bat's brown wings

look at how the
  green lichen clings
& lust imagines
  lavish flings

memory hears
  faint echoings
each day: infinite
  happenings

hans ostrom 2024

Lichen, Sierra Nevada

pale green lichen
on blue rocks, top of mountain.
a patient form of life.


Hans Ostrom