Kingfisher's rattling psalms ... Earth Day

Paying homage to Mother earth is something I enjoy often as a nature poet.   We can never be reminded enough to appreciate the delicate balance and symmetry of this planet's ecosystem.

 In this offering I have linked a collection of nature based poetry I enjoyed from a collection at Hello Poetry, where I am a regular contributor...These are other fine poets I enjoy and I hope you will as well ... the link is noted as writers notes just below  this poem or just click the black & white Kingfisher below... thank you for visiting please come back :)     

"Kingfisher's rattling psalms" by Harlon Rivers...

painting by Vic Erickson      

Kingfisher's rattling psalms

Belted Kingfisher perches atop leaning alder branch throne

just watching the river flow over shallowing pea gravel shoal 

Swirling crystalline waters reflect unturned stones 

shielding tawny Crawdad depths , only known 

by those who look beyond that which veils aneath 

unfaceted agates sheared from the roots of cut bank carved mines

Metamorphic rocks gathered and gravity drawn 

falling from Mt Hood headwaters to Zigzag, 

                       below Ripplebrook..,                                beyond...

bright banded agates smoothed by time and perpetual motion, 

vestige from majestic mountain miles high

Fiddlehead ferns unfurl
beneath crested blue top notched eyes

creation sculpted with the amazing grace 

of nature’s babbling headwater songs 

Swelling river tail out’s undulating riffle 

holds the Kingfishers' silver hope

Conspicuously  hovering over 

sacred salmon smolt filled waters flow
ennobled by unbounded innate purpose

abruptly diving for renewed sustenance
singing willful rattling psalms 

Fuzzy feathered continuum nesting in riverbank holes 

intently communing with the rivers' rippling anthem;

keenly apart to the parity of higher visions of grandeur 

perched above the river margin's
delicate murmuring symmetry 

where Alder latticed roots cling in hopeful harmony

with the faith that moved mountains 

unto this distant rocky shoal ...

harlon rivers © April 19, 2015   #Earth Day

Notes:  Paying Homage to Mother Earth ... Earth Day 2017