Alaskan Wildlife

Wildlife spotting on open water

Birdlife, deer, whales and bear 

Catch a glimpse of movement quickly

Lest your eyes deceive you there

Black bear near the edge of river

Young one hovers bravely near

Awaiting gifts of mothers hunting

Fish a plenty, fallow deer

Flotsam casting hopeful shadows

Make believe a whale you see!

Ever sanguine of the sightings

Revealed this moment watch in glee!

Orcas, Humpbacks feeding frenzy

In fish-rich cold Alaskan sea

Replenish blubber lost when birthing;

Few months before returning there 

Oh the glory of the waters

Vast the ripples of the sea

The wake revealed by sailing vessels

Wonder of nature's family

My soul at home so close to ocean

Drifting thoughts my mind does see

Peaceful, mountains, forests, icecaps

Nature's beauty there for me