The magpie swoops and hovers in the southern spring – panic sleeps and dreams
Tag: nature poems
I stand before the shallow field
I stand before the shallow field And whisper to the dawn And see the sunlight burst to life Before the rabid storm The squalling winter’s day precludes The swallow form her nest And drowns the harvest yet to yield And wakens moonlight’s rest It ought not be so (or one might think) – It ought […]
Haiku poetry XXVI
A sky of emptied tears Nightfall turns warmth into winter – A wan smile – soothing
Haiku poetry XXV
the frog left anger for tranquility the pond turned the corner gently a precursor to the time of autumn leaves
Haiku poetry XXIV
Warm is a log fire Soft is milk with cream Gentle is a butterfly’s broad wings
Limerick XIII
There was a young man named BlewittWho stood on a hilltop in DruittHe measured its heightAnd said with delightIt’s not a hill – it’s a mountain – I knew it!
Joey
Oh, the cloud it turned to dark and the sun had lost its spark and the teardrops, they were falling from the sky Joey felt a droplet fall into his hand – then another fell like sand and the Earth, so short of friends, began to cry The grass had turned to mud […]
Haiku poetry VIII
Hummingbirds float free Oh, time and richest beauty – Sweet design
The Wind
The Wind was taking a break today Unlike the gust it blew in when it came out to playBut that was then – a long time away – Today it lay quiet with nothing to say What’s up; I asked – the Wind didn’t replyI pushed and I prodded, I tried and I triedBut the […]
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