Nature Poems (1,977)

Her Hair sways,
She dances in the sun
Her eyes sparkle ,
She glances at the sun
Her heart beats,
She feels the heat of the sun
Smile dances upon her lips,
Beads of sweat drip,
Skin bronzed,
She basks in the sun.

Feral words that demand freedom
Strain against the trap of my heart;
Wild eyed and stomping,
They quiver, whirl and falsely start.

They struggle in their confinement
Jostling, circling they seek escape;
Round the perimeters
They somehow form and shape.

Feral words that demand freedom
Have charged and broken down the gate;
Bucking and snorting,
They run blindly into their fate.

A great abyss swallows them whole
They run through the bit and it's pull;
Never to be seen again
Words escaped from a heart too full.

Heron still, watching
Rippling water hides dinner
Head dipped gotcha

In Platteville, Wisconsin the weather is sunny and 37 degrees fahrenheit
In Brooklyn, New York the weather is partly cloudy and 39 degrees
In Phoenix, Arizona the weather is partly cloudy and 69 degrees
In Arcata, California the weather is partly cloudy and 56 degrees
In Yellowstone National Park the weather is snow in three hours and 30 degrees
In Seattle, Washington the weather is rain and 47 degrees
In Tampa, Florida the weather is cloudy and 76 degrees
In North Pole, Alaska the weather is partly cloudy and -3 degrees
In Rivervale, Arkansas the weather is partly cloudy and 46 degrees
In Portland, Maine the weather is partly cloudy and 31 degrees
In El Paso, Texas the weather is partly cloudy and 63 degrees
The coldest place in the United States is Fairbanks, Alaska averaging -16.9
The warmest place in the United States is Death Valley where it can reach 130
The hottest city is Dallol, Ethiopia with highs at 105 degrees fahrenheit
The wettest place is Mawsynram, India with 393 inches of rain a year
The driest place is the Atacama Desert in Chile with .6 inches of rain a year
The driest city is Aswan, Egypt with .3 inches of rain a year
The average temperature where I live in Platteville, Wisconsin is 46 degrees
Platteville, Wisconsin gets 36 inches of rain of year on average

Voices chattering in my garden
The soil and lawn have hardened

Flower petals had dropped down
Leaves have swirled all around

Veggie patch empty and bare
Caterpillars and grubs, nowhere

Anticipation is in the air
For what? I stand and stare

A peace reigns for this time
Waiting for white frosts to be kind

The wild garden is like the soul of a woman - mysterious and wild

Here grow the most beautiful roses - but be careful, if you break them they hurt you.

Here grow the beautiful Belladonna, whose fruits bring healing as well as death.

Here grows the little Bellis Perennis, which is so small but strong and indestructible.

Here grows the fragrant violet that makes beguiling promises.

Here grows the red poppy, whose seeds euphorize and aphrodisiac, but if you use them without measure, you lead yourself to the realm of the dead.

Here grows the beautiful blue cornflower that enchants everyone with their sight on the way.

Here the yarrow that heals your wounds grows.

Here the lady's mantle grows, from whose leaves you can drink the dew in the morning and whose tea helps you if your throat is sore.

Here grows the dandelion, which like the daisy is indestructible and indispensable for your health.

Here grows the lily of the valley, which has a delicate fragrance and is beautiful to look at, but can also kill you as it enchants you.

Here grows the wild mallow, which has many healing properties and used to be used to determine if a woman has conceived a child.

Here nasturtium, which has such beautiful red and yellow flowers, tastes good and at the same time heals your body.

Here, the nettle grows, which is not easy to pick, but if you have done it, it will serve you well with many ailments.

Here grow the wild strawberries that bear small lovely flowers at first and whose fruits have a taste where you can feel the sweetness of love on the tongue.

Here grows the calendula, which brings sunshine into your life with its orange-yellow flowers and makes your pain easier.

Yes, and trees grow here -

Like the willow that envelops you with its long arms and sings lullabies.

Like the lilac, which intoxicates your senses with the scent of its flowers.

Like the oak, if you lean on its trunk, you can feel the power and the strength and give it to you.

Just like the cherry, the love tree, because their fruits always appear as a couple and taste as sweet as the kiss of the loved ones.

Just like the chestnut, whose flowers shine like candles and whose fruits revive your tired legs.

Like the lime tree, which is a popular place to meet in the evenings and whose scent of flowers will accompany you all night.

You see, the garden is as varied and mysterious as a woman. Here and there there is beguiling, but also disastrous. It always depends on how you use them.

If you are mindful and respectful of them then they will heal, pamper and beguile you, if you are raw, greedy and disrespectful with them, they can be dangerous.

So be careful with the plants in the wild garden and also with the wild soul of a woman.

©Jutta Velten

Demon of the world
Havoc you cause
Life expelled
You float
You lurk
Your the intruder
Man's greed Thier creation
Alway seen discarded
In open seas
Under the waves not to be seen
Your still there lurking man's greed
Never ending always there
You don't hide
Always seen on top
Beneath your always there
Floating on the open seas

The heart of the sea is a mother's heart
She is the great ancestral mother of all life on the planet
Deep within the dark mysterious waters of her womb
She conceived and gave birth to the first life form
which evolved into more complex organisms
that live on the land and in the air

She is an essential part of the planet's ecosystem
feeding the clouds which bring rain and snow
that sustain life on the earth
Through tiny ocean plants and photosynthesis
she removes carbon dioxide from the air
and converts it to more than one half of the oxygen
in the earth's atmosphere

She is the great food provider to the planet
having her own internal food chain
with tiny phytoplankton at the lower end
and enormous sharks and whales at the upper end
She feeds creatures from the land and air
that venture to fish in her waters

She is a thing of beauty even in her enraged fury
with massive waves towering over a hundred feet
and the seething white foam of her waters
This has been her action
even before the advent of man on the planet
Man must respect her behaviour
or suffer death and destruction if he does not

She is a thing of beauty in her calm stillness under the setting sun
which lights up the evening sky in its glorious splendour
and paints a glistening beam of light on the water's surface
in line with the sun and surrounds it
with brilliant colours of the rainbow

October winds tell a story
Through the naked limbs
What sounds like an old fiddlers
Bow drawn across violin strings

Leaves we watch them tumbling
Bouncing along the ground
End over end like something
Burnt and crisp by a fading sun

Floating down into the stream
Their fallen comrades depart
Embarking on a passage many miles
To a waiting coastline by the sea

The hard edge and sharp spikes
From the tall maples strikes your face
Bounce off and swirling around
Us as they slowly drop drifting one by one

Their passage now a testimony
Spoken how in time of tender spring
Now lost and largely forgotten
With all its promise and past glory

All this season is swept away
It too will eventually rot and decay
Pressed under by many of its own kind
A whole canopy of fallen debris

Until a giant mass of nature’s litter
Strewn around and tossed about
Now lies haphazardly and eventually
Each will find a final resting place

Until once again all is covered
Asleep there is a quiet blanket
Of winter snows that roll across
Both fields and forests under its giant cloak

Naked winter tree, backdrop of fire
Sunset so beautiful, never will tire
Watching a red glow, rapidly change
Twilights often similar, never the same

Before darkness, as a full golden sun
Haunting evening sky, before it runs
Into the darkness, leaving vacant sky
Silence over-whelms, until stars on high

Add changes rapidly, from molten to black
Nature's beauty, man-made scene lacks
Silent silvery moon, will dazzle eyes
As change-over completed, smile-sigh.....

Night may settles, until a waking dawn
Until dew glistens, on foliage and lawns
Reminder: nature can never stands still
Progression continues, moments to fill....

Rarely do we stop, wonders to behold
Accepting nature, so subtle and yet bold
Taken for granted, yet we understand
Disappearance possible, by human hand.....

Time for humans, to consider what follows
World deserves better, not empty- hollow
Abusive treatment, must leave its mark
Nature struggles, earth shakes, floods-fire-dark......