Tranquillity
Poetic prose (wrote this in 1968 in Winnipeg, Canada)
Beauty never touching the ground
Sun shining bright Life feels alright Leaves all green Flowers in bloom Colors bursting Birds chirping away, Hummingbirds dancing around Making musical sounds Butterflies floating in the sky Leaving their dust behind Bees buzzing around
The Secret Glade
Within a forest in a glade, Is Nature's finest green brocade, It's nestled by a secret stream, Inside the mirror of a dream. If I should pause, to change direction, Go to that place of soft reflection, To sit beneath a sylvan bower, Some dap
Polar Bear
You may see him standing, In the white glare of the Sunlight, On wind-blasted panes of ice;- A Winters' Sea compressed, To float across the salty emptyness. Now the Bear stands as a symbol;- As solar light returns to white;- Above a lat
Haiku v Senryu
The subtle difference between Haiku & Senryu.
Glitter Stars
Stargazing
Jacaranda trees at night
The purple petals darken in the gloaming;- In their flowered elegance, belles' dresses, Fall in a slowly darkling Summer night;- To the fecund loamy softness of the earth; Where the purpleness dissolves into the air;- And creatures stir. Sof
Blue Mountains
The famous Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, about 60 km west of Sydney. The "Blue" colour is caused by the refraction of sunlight through a very fine vapour of eucalyptus oil given off by thousands of trees in the heat of the day.
Mother Nature Speaks.
Mother Nature is unsettled. Is the world in disbelief ?
A Beautiful Day
One breezy day suddenly this simple idea came in my mind about the day. I had some sort of tranquil and ecstatic feeling at that time.
Firefly
I love those brief early summer nights when fireflies so delight my childlike curiosity.
INNER PEACE LONGED.
A few years ago I woke surrounded by a harbour, not living at the side. I had 4 Great Danes and 2 New Foundlands, and sat on comfy couch amongst my dogs. We were raised out of the water, as we waited the water level to subside. We'd moved the horses and stock in time, just incase.......but sadly recent floods came with no warning for so many......
THE OCEAN AT NIGHT
I experienced this...So can you! (added 2 lines 7/2/17, and 2 more On 7/7/17 Originally wrote in 2006.. edited significantly! Changes always possible.
PLACES TO BE - St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia
St. Basil's cathedral is a magnificent architectural piece!
PLACES TO BE - Easter Island
A most isolated place on earth with intriguing giant stone statues..
Mountain (haiku)
Like a fish bone knife Patiently gutting stray clouds For silver lining.
The universe doth spin
pretty random but good to get a poem going on a cool day here
',' , Ancient Sounds , ', ',
minimalism Inspired by: Creedence Clearwater Revival "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
Petrichor
Man it rained hard a couple days ago... After a bit of a dry spell Love that after smell...
Elegy to an Irish Springtime.
Banshees and Faeries are huge figures in Irish folklore. The Banshee is associated with heralding a person's passing to the spirit world.
ANOTHER DAY
Every beginning will reach its end add 2 lines 9/16/17 twk/3/31/22
Daydreaming!
Alone, being alone, colourful visions, deep in my mind, Eyelids flicker in wonderment, from what my eyes have seen, Yet those dreams of mine are lost in time when I awake, And though I try to recite for to remember the night, my dreams are
Crow Black above the Green
picturing birds on watch as the farmer tills..
Linear way?
So we live our lives in a linear way, we are born, we live, we die, nothing more to say? First Spring, wonderful and new, then Summer appears, brings happiness and fears, seems to last so long, but then its gone, and Autumn takes its rightful place
Tropical Splendour
This is my signature piece of writing, as conveyed in the last three paragraphs: "At such moments alone with nature one can feel a strange unity .with everything around. Unity that is so strong and overpowering that one loses consciousness of one's individual self; one has no consciousness of time and space but only of that moment - the infinite eternal NOW. One's consciousness seems to merge with a deeper consciousness of the unity of all things in nature and the cosmos. One experiences an awareness of a deeper reality that is impossible to describe in words. One makes contact with one's cosmic roots in a dimension where time and space are irrelevant. It is the synchronisation of one's consciousness with the absolute and ultimate reality of the cosmos." As a young boy, around nine or ten, I used to love to be in the sugar-cane fields in my native tropical island, Trinidad. I got a natural high, being dazzled by the brilliant sunshine and listening to the sighing of the sugar cane leaves as they swayed in the breeze like the waves of the ocean. I felt that Nature was speaking to me, transporting me to another world where I connected with my cosmic roots, becoming part of the unity of all things.
Memories
Writing about memories in relation to a garden, the garden in our minds where memories abide
Sound
The song pertains to a little bit in everyone. The past, present, and future tense of what we had, what we lost, and regaining the strength to live on; but, also, to remind ourselves to never give up the thought of possibilities. I wrote this one 8-26-2021
Silence Molds Clouds All Day
inspired by Beatle's: - Julia - Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, Touch me, So I sing a song of love, Julia
RAINY DAY
Pretty much how it really unfolded on this particular day...... 2006/28/08 added/rearranged 10/17/21
Autumn Blushes...
Inspired by Autumn colours...
GIFTS FROM NATURE....
Some say it's...finding themselves.....and accepting it.....
CHANGING SKY.....
Beauty of changing colours....mesmerize and haunt.....and so often taken for granted......until they are past...never to be seen again
ESCAPING THOUGHTS....
Hokianga Harbour....
HEALING NATURE.
A scene can change from peaceful to violent.....nature must be respected....
MORNING HOPE.
who can doubt the positive start of a new day....
Summer fireworks
The ball of lightning passed next to me. Luckily, I was not hurt, just shaken enough to write a poem.
AN AUGUST POEM
Some lines for August.
Strawberry Moon Born In June
A sunset followed by a full moon in June.
Muir Woods
HaiKu
Do you feel the breeze
Do you feel the breeze Wind envelopes sways the tree Branches now blown away Dancing in the breeze Birds hold on tight Blown from their peaches That wind howls tonight winds gather up Rain facets paces darkened skies night and day da
Blossom
Green leaf branches stretching The sun's glinting eye Awake the sleeping Barren branch Now blossoms in the sun Bud's open to the glow The rays of sun Life blossem to make The leaf grow Rise up into the sun Glistens from the heat A
A Healing Woodland Stroll...
The woodland stimulates my senses. ( Enclosed rhyme scheme.)
RE: PUPPET
When you love someone so deep,so bad,you will cross the seven seas,even if in the process you fall,hoping that you will never stop falling in love with them,but there is a time to let go,sometimes letting go is the best thing. I enjoyed reading this,...
RE: Dear Margie,
wow i like it!!!! good style to it and well put together.......nice dusho669!!!!! i like!!!!!...
RE: If I Could (1) ( A Trilogy)
Magnificent my friend. One to ponder my wonder on...Jesse...
RE: kisses
Peach your too funny thanks for you silly comment much appreciated I think gonna keep him hidden from you...
RE: Submit and Surrender
beautiful poem...wish you all the best inyour journey....you're right sometimes the heart has reasons that reason does not know......
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