Icy Milestone Bog, March 6

Sankaty Light in the distance

Sphagnum moss 

 Milestone Bog is covered in skim ice,  limiting the waterfowl's range of resting spots.  The northern harrier and red-tail hawk  hunted.  A flock of American pipits surprised me bobbing up and down in the short grasses before the bog, and whirled away in unison.  

Inspired by my reading of Basho's The Narrow Road to the Deep North,  I  composed some Milestone Bog haiku:

Barking geese aloft

Winter’s frozen bog below

Ravens on the dike

             Skim ice  on the bog

Open water  diamond shine

Breath of Northwest winds

Rustle in the bush

Savannah sparrow jumping

Yellow eyebrow winks