snippets of Sitka

i.

The salmonberry practically

falls off the bush into

my outstretched palm, 

tasting of tart mist. 

 

ii.

Plants are so cool!

They grow out of 

rocks and stumps and things.

 

iii. 

Fog might bother 

the unsuspecting hiker 

Or it can delight, intrigue, inspire. 

 

iv. 

In some parts of the country, 

pigeons pose upon lampposts, 

the occasional seagull

or crow might be spotted there as well. 

 

But in Sitka, Alaska,

    rugged and quaint,

two bald eagles perch above a busy bridge 

stoic, they seem unperturbed 

    by the vehicles passing below

their presence, a stately sign that they were here first.