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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do new world fairies Cause mischief Like their brethren in the old Or, are they, like us Hunkering down Against the late autumn heat #poem #poetry #fairies

A few small mushrooms, some barely emerged

Two mushrooms amidst a backdrop of lord litter and small leafy vegetation

Low angle of a lone mushroom with a flat top. Perfect for a fairy to have her yea under.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is Frank. He likes to jump scare me.

Frog under some grass. I call them Frank

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The fairies are setting up their vacation home. #mushrooms

Some mushrooms growing in the grass. No visible fairies. Stay on guard.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Dancing darters Glints of light Shimmer in the sun The dragonflies Have their fun #poem #poetry #naturewriting

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Gentle rain Real manna Echos of gravity On oak and ash Porch sitting weather #poem #poetry #naturewriting

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In the sunny shallows The fish gather Subsurface silhouettes emerge from below A hopeful heron waits nearby #poem #poetry #naturewriting

Calm water dappled with spots of sun. Hazy reflections of the plants and trees. In the distance, an old concrete bridge. As I type this, a duckling is going for a swim with its mother. Soon I must move though, the geese are encroaching. I hope the hummingbird finds some flowers, the aborvitae isn’t going to work. The blue and white herons wait patiently. The duckling says hi to the white one.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Little rabbit munches on the clover Ducklings paddle at the water’s edge Summer slowly comforts With its warm embrace I hope they find their new world Full of wonder and adventure #poem #poetry #naturewriting

Grass field with some trees. A rabbit munches on something in the middle.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The one time I decide to not trust the weather app it turns out to be accurate. #nature #rain #lake #video

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Lake Rain

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The young hawk glides through the air The sparrows take umbrage with it being their The mob descends To defend This patch of earth and air #poem #poetry #naturewriting

Looking out from the bank of the neighborhood lake. The water is mostly still with small occasional ripples. Trees rise from the left and extend out over the water.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Sunrise obscured By the raging storm Two geese stand Vigilant At the waters edge Unfazed by the deluge #poem #poetry #naturewriting

Picture of a concrete bridge over the spot where creek meets lake. The ground has eroded underneath the concrete slab from years of water rushing over the top during the rains. Trees grow on either side. Unrelated to the poem.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Far side of the lake On a bench The water barely at a ripple In the soft breeze In the distance The hen guides her two ducklings This lake has not been kind For mother fowl #poem #poetry #naturewriting #duck

View from a firepit out over a small lake. On right, and assortment of trees

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A chill day In late May I bring binoculars So I can clearly see… …much more detailed leaves… Where are you Eastern Wood Pewee? #poem #poetry #naturewriting

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Carolina Wren At midnight your call Harrowing and haunting Unlike in daylight What difference the hours make #poem #poetry #nature #bird #wren

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Overnight It rained again On this walk My shoes are wet Once more #poem #poetry

Looking through the trees of a partially wooded area towards the distant shoreline of the lake. The beginnings of a path being worn into the grass emerge.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The pond’s still waters A mirror of above The sun breaks through A small patch of light Illuminates The brown decay of leaves Peacefully below #poem #poetry #nature #naturewriting #pond

Still water reflecting the leaves and sky above. Small patches of sun reveal the stillness of brown leaves sitting still below the surface.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Some days have past Since it rained last The creeks have slowed to gurgles On water’s slow wander To oceans far and yonder The bale cares not A lazy turtle morning Of float and sun #poem #poetry #nature #pond

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The clouds came through overnight Weeping across the lane Dry creeks now swell, pool, and flow Domestic ducks, sheltered from the storm Now freed, rush to join their wild brethren Many worms to be found Upon the sodden ground #poem #poetry #nature

Looking out from the bridge over the neighborhood lake after a heavy rain

View of the accidental forebay of the neighborhood lake after a heavy rain. The pipe under the bridge has long ago been clogged. Now water runs slowly over the top.

The free range domestic ducks search for snacks as seen through the early spring leaves.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The first ducklings of the spring Little bumpy tail of mother duck Floating on calm and placid waters Welcomed by the avian choir #poem #poetry #ducks #nature

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The #ducks are getting quite brazen. They’re now coming right up to the door to judge me. I’ve got soliciducks side-eying me to remind me to keep the feeder full. #doortodoorsalesduck #duck

Male mallard duck on my porch giving me the stink eye. The feeder has food in it. His ire is unnecessary.

The mallard duck couple headed over to the neighbors bushes to relax before heading back to the lake.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Daffodils in brilliant bloom Vibrant yellow harbingers Drooping sad in the cold #poetry #poem #naturewriting

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Dear goose Honk What are you Honk On about? Honk Seriously Honk It’s midnight Honk #poem #poetry #naturewriting #goose #geese

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Ducks “play” In the early morning mists Of a sun warmed lake Are they friends I think not #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I would be an excellent choice for the Snorlax costume at a Pokémon theme park. I would excel at laying down wherever I feel like to take a nap and ignoring everyone.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

AI: for when you must absolutely and confidentially get something wrong, but quickly.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

My attempts to get a good picture of the “leucistic” ducks in the neighborhood lake. Sadly, I have a strong suspicion that they were dumped by a homeowner who had ducks and recently moved out. #duck #ducks #waterfowl

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Watery sheen on top the ice bound lake The geese return too soon And trudge across the frozen plate The sun strains to free from winter’s grasp #poem #poetry #geese #winter

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Eagle aloft Frozen water below Like the hawk in flight Holding out hope For better times after the snow #poem #poetry

Lake in the winter. Starting to freeze. Bare trees in the background.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The grand heron holds court Over the unwashed goose masses As snow decorates the world The ducks do what they want #ducks #poem #poetry #heron

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Down by the river On my little mental health walk Vain attempts at sanity The gulls circle overhead #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hawk perched on the porch table Black cat lounging on the swing This is not the place For songbirds to come and eat #poem #poetry #birds

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Grey skies and chill winds These things are not my friends The heron returns Soon too the sun #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Plane of ice, still and flat Keeping the depths imprisoned below Slowly breaking free In the mid-morning sun. #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

You can really tell the difference between local pond ducks and those on vacation by how few shits they give about humans nearby. I’m pretty sure this duck just gave me a “what the fuck do you want mate?” look. #ducks

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A cold, uncaring universe Errantly labeled cruel The table chairs grow empty Year after year One remains, then none The table moves on Refilled to dwindle more An heirloom of the unremembered #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

All saints’ eve A hallowed sundown Before the real day Skeletons dance In a spooky town Cats listen sleepily while old bones creak Round the campfire #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The sun hides beneath the horizon Planning its triumphant return Two owls cry out In the middling dark A last hoot before the day #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Just beyond the rocky falls Where the water returns to creek The minnows swim In a shallow sunlit pool #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

High above a sinking creek Looking over echoing bluffs From trails not so traveled By people down below I’d put pen to paper Journal nature that I see Owls, skunks, lizard, turtle And a random cat But no time, I have a toddler on my back #poem #poetry #echobluff

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Lake, a ghostly white Ethereal smoke rises Heralding the return of the sun god Chariot peaking over the far trees #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Sun’s First Light Kisses water on cool autumn morns Fickle wisps of fog Dance aimlessly in the mist Across the reflection of the world #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The egret arrives And sits upon the top of the heron tree Vibrant white atop the green Surveying the watery domain On its journey from place to place A fine hotel for avian migrants #poem #poetry

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Two herons Stand by the lake Wings raised to bolster their plumage I don’t think they are friends #poem #poetry #lake #heron

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