Wild At Heart

A modest blush adorns her weary face

Her timid mood belies once youthful vigor

Her essence longs for life of faster pace

Her heart craves dances worthy of wild river

© Ilija Lukić 2016

Wild At Heart
(Haw River in late summer north of Pittsboro, North Carolina)

Butterfly Kisses

Oh, renown aerialist alight in peace

Near the end of your summer journey,

Your carefree days of delightful dance

And butterfly kisses on wild rose briar,

Where amid wood and flowered meadow

You give time without end new meaning,

Find seventh heaven in ambrosia flows

And abide your destiny on the circle of life

As enduring paladin of flowers far and wide

Devoted to beauty under celestial sphere.

© Ilija Lukić 2016

Butterfly Kisses
(Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

Sons Of Perseus

One hour past midnight I'm out and about woodland environs on a steamy Carolina night. I pursue the sons of Perseus who rivet mortal attention to their annual August escapades across starlit skies above the Piedmont Plateau. Lend ear and let your imagination soar.

Tree frogs chirp love songs

Sultry airs envelop witching hours

Perseids shower the Milky Way

© Ilija Lukić 2016

Roads Of Old To Santa Fe

When sun-drenched prairie

denies moments of respite

And cactus candelabras

Bode grim trails ahead,

Find repose in scant shade

Which loiters under chollas,

Those paragons of solitude

And winsome mile markers,

On roads of old to Santa Fe.

© Ilija Lukić 2016

Llano Shade Trees
(Rockin' R Ranch near Broadview NM)

River Dance

A train of thunderstorms barreled across Chatham County last night. The torrential rains are a good start to drought relief. Today sultry Carolina summer days continue. More rain is in the forecast. Just before sundown I stop at the Old Bynum Bridge just north of our neighborhood. Muddy waters dance joyously below the aging concrete span. The lively mood of the rain-swollen Haw River belies the stifling humidity which typifies dog days of summer. I long to shake summer lethargy on purposeful strolls in cool autumn evenings.

© Ilija Lukić 2016

River Dance