Collective Poem

On Friday, April 30th 60 people came together at The FIRST Changent Circle. From this gathering, each individual contributed a word or key phrase when we asked, “In your mind’s eye, call forward an image of Earth’s natural world with a sense of love and appreciation. What is the first thing that comes to mind?” This creative exploration brought forth At First Sight. Enjoy!

At First Sight

Grand Canyon
Lush forests
Sunbeams through forest leaves

Baby geese
Spring flowers
Clean, sparkling water
Peace

Weeping willow
Tree
Cormorants

Mountains
Loons
Songbirds
Wind

Quiet peacefulness
Ocean tides
Sparkling rivers
Fertile fields

Smell of ferns
In the forest

Free-flowing water
In the open seas

River stream
Next to a grain field

Rippling waters
In a lake

Open ocean
Calm blue waters
Sparkling waters
Waterfall

Tree
Forest
Trees
Wind

Trees with light trickling down through the boughs

Wind bent branches

A hawk swooping off a pine tree

Geese flying together in a sunset sky

Red cardinal flying to top green branches-
Strutting and singing to all

My dog
Balance
Roots on a rock

Green, breeze, waves, blue
Openness, space, oasis
Trees

The tiny peeps of the new buds
Poking through the newly thawed ground

Forest with river
Running through
With mountains in the background

A grand waterfall,
Lush forest surrounding it
And animals all around

Wide open vast oceans
Beauty in the drop of rain

Bulrushes against a sunset

Fawn

At First Sight is a collective poem created by all the participants of The FIRST Changent Circle, “Seeds of Change” on April 30, 2021. (Titled and arranged by Tanya Porter)