The first leaf fell today, lacking even grace of color, to lie quiescent on the sidewalk ‘til wind-blown travel claimed it. Soon millions more will throw themselves to willing death, flaming brightly before reduced to crackling beneath feet in futile protest. Days grow shorter, nights stretch longer, nights where passion once flamed brightly, now passing also into death, unwilling on my part, kamikaze-like on yours. The fire that now burns devours all the love and leaves not even embers that soft breath could coax back to life. Autumn's harbingers Lie dying before my eyes Love once green now dead
Posts Tagged ‘nature poetry’
Nature waiting
Posted: March 15, 2014 in PoetryTags: haiku, Nature, nature poetry, poetery, seasons, spring
Seagulls
Posted: February 14, 2013 in Nature, Photos, PoetryTags: Anne Frank, E. Nesbit poem, Nature, nature photography, nature poetry, Otto Frank quote, photo, poetry, seagulls
“How could I have known how much it meant for her to see a patch of blue sky, to observe the flying seagulls, or how important that chestnut tree was to her, when she had never shown an interest in nature before. But once she felt like a caged bird, how she longed for it. Even just the thought of the open air gave her comfort, but she kept all these feelings to herself.”
–Otto Frank
Storm–a haiku with alternate endings
Posted: January 30, 2013 in Nature, Photos, PoetryTags: haiku, Nature, nature poetry, poetry, rain, storm
Winter–a haiku
Posted: January 26, 2013 in Nature, Photos, PoetryTags: haiku, Nature, nature poetry, photos, poetry, poetry about snow, snow, snow haiku, tea, winter