Entries by Loren Zemlicka

Autumn Shade

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]S[/dropcap2]lip into the autumn shade I could sleep for days But I like the sun when I can hear another sound It’s a long way down Keep my head up Who am I to be this way Dreamin’ so insane But I like the sun when Fallin’ through another plain Never one the […]

Wishing There Was Only a Fence

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]B[/dropcap2]arbed wires on rusted nails can’t hold lone bulls at home when they smell pasture. They thrust their bone skulls under barbs, tongues quivering for a taste of strange and shove until the post gives way. Days later, we find wires sagging, reset the post, and tighten bent wires like a fiddle and […]

A Crown of Autumn Leaves

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]Y[/dropcap2]ellow fall roars Over the ground. Loud, in the leafy sun that pours Liquid through doors, Yellow, the leaves twist down Glowing in wind and change, The orange leaf tells How one more season will alter and range, Working the strange Colors of clamor and bells When autumn gathers, the tree That the […]

Stations

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]T[/dropcap2]his park in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, is on the site of St. Raphael’s Cathedral, which burned down in 2005. The 1.3 acre park contains a Catholic devotional “stations of the cross” walking path. The 14 stone crosses are meant to denote scenes from Christ’s suffering and death. [divider] © 2012 Loren Zemlicka Flickr | Twitter | Facebook

Purpling Grapes and Sky

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]O[/dropcap2]h, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun, The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run, And the rock and the tree and the cottage enfold, With broad leaves all greenness and blossoms all gold, Like that which o’er Nineveh’s prophet once grew, While he waited to know that […]

Drought Hay

[divider] [dropcap2 textColor=”#ffffff”]D[/dropcap2]ue to this summer’s drought in southern Wisconsin, the Wisconsin DNR has opened up about 160 public areas, comprising about 11,500 acres of grassland and marsh to farmers for haying and grazing. The land is being offered to drought-stricken farmers on a first-come, first-served basis at no charge. This bale is one of […]