klmerrifield@yahoo.com
After Birdwatching: Stargazing in Central America
Some birds I first enumerated in Amazonia now orbit me independently again in Costa Rican cloud forests, in Panama rain forests like so many solar light collectors arrayed in outer space around a tropical star where I survive as human at the bright center of an avian Dyson sphere woven in wingèd light by circling yellow-rumped caciques, yellow-rumped caracaras, and greater and lesser kiskadees of glowing yellow breasts. Raucously the gilded illuminated icons welcome me home to our native galaxy, another rara avis of the Milky Way’s wet seasons.
In tonight’s déjà
vu, the Universe spins on
yellow-spun feathers.
in appreciation of EarthSky News
for Michael G. Smith
Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond
Santa Fe Literary Scene, Poetry, Land Art, New Mexico
Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond 
Thank you, Miriam. I’m eager to share this is my fellow Costa RIca travelers…and the FB world of “Friends.” Happy, happy holiday. I’ve been enjoying your trip across country — the mini Graceland was a hoot. Be well, dear Miriam.