August’s Gift: Fabulous Fungi, An Inspiration for Poetry

A wetter-than-normal month in the Northwoods yields some surprises!

Bear’s Head Tooth Fungi. © Carol Labuzzetta, 2022.

Bear’s Head Tooth

Looking up from the ground,

There you were.

White spikes on a

Brown log

In the forest

Where I now live

But you’ve been here

Before

I just missed you

Because I never looked

Never walked through

The leaves

Covering the ground

Dodging the twigs

Jumping over stumps

Poking the puffballs

Once I looked up,

You were there,

Now you are forever fixed

In my mind

And my belly!

© Draft, Carol Labuzzetta, 2022.

© Bear’s Head Tooth Fungi, Carol Labuzzetta, 2022.