Storm
Jagged lightning Sky it severs Thunder rolling loud Clouds are boiling Dark and threatening Rain upon the ground Muddy rivers Forming torrents Flooding land around Farmers standing Still and shell-shocked Watching life Being washed
Man & Tree
I often take long walks at night and love seeing the details of the seasons. In winter, it`s the snow on the trees and the way the light plays tricks with my eyes. Or how soft snow can follow a moving car on the road for a long time. I wrote this on the afternoon of 12-28-10 the day after a nice long walk in deep contemplation. My 1st poem in 4-8 weeks.
Call of the River
my love of the river and forests
The Hermit
Alone he lives with no friend or foe far from civilisation Animals come and eat from his hand Know the gentle soul within him A rough bark hut for shelter he has And leaves to make his bedding Roots and berries for food he'll take For meat's
The Major Star (haibun)
The major star who was hundreds of centuries old was finally dying yet not in vain, for with its death comes new life and new planets formed as it splinters Water so cool and clear life giving to all our worlds stars birth formed you As a s
Life
Like sand; through a hand It scatters on the wind. Like leaves; Floating down the fall will end. The swirling, spinning, ride can fill you up inside. Can't make it last, love it now before it's past. Try to take control, and it cuts like a
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
Your Place in the family of Things.
“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
CHANGING SKY.....
Beauty of changing colours....mesmerize and haunt.....and so often taken for granted......until they are past...never to be seen again
the perfect woman
say it in a sequence of silent lullabies say it in the echoed phrases of goodbye say it a way that one day makes me care say it so I kayak through the rapids of your hair say it without speaking without thought or conscious guile say it
Zero Or Less
winter
Seasons
Seasons go seasons come. The warmth of summer has fallen the leaves are going red and falling of the grand old oak. The day is colder my resolve is stronger to get thru this coldness.And not be twisted by life and times of pains encountered.
clouds
to all survivors of the septmber flood that hit colorado,canada,mexico etc. may you find peace and courage and receve gods blessings in your troubled times.
A Soldier Died Today
I do not know the author but this is a favourite amongs my ex service mates....
A Day
Driving to work
The Salmon
To illustrate the all creatures great and small have feelings and have a family to rear. So, unless its food for the table leave nature as it was intended. Free
Ambleside Park
North Vancouver = just sitting and thinking about the future
Shifts
The wind shifts the ground beneath my feet as if to make it all new. To show a different side of the land underneath your feet. Watch the colors move across the field as if to invite you in. Do you really want to just look from the outsi
Burmese Summer Rain
wet wet poetry
for the love of Life
On a cold, windy Autumn day Stared fallen Maple leaves Witnessed a golden ray Disguised in old clay; Heat of the chills Brought arousing thrills Sparking dimmed ashes Never burnt as if; Far i see some Life Fire in belly still survive For th
red squirral
Inbetween the graves The red squirral dash Collecting the nuts she buriued the fall before Tenderly she sit on her hind feet Licking her lips to feast on her treat Watching knowing she being watch ed And her watching you On the look out
>>>>>> Just a walk of nature >>>>>>>>
To have the chance to walk is a chance some do not get....
MORNING CALL
Ok so I'm not normal, but I do so love the mornings when everything starts to come alive.
~~~~~~~The shadow that follows the stairways~~~~~~
Well as we walk we never know when we have a shadow to follow this was a fun write and hope for others to enjoy.....
Paradise drive
1.7 miles down an old gravel road Where the deer keep the grass cut just like it was mowed Driving down paradise drive Makes me feel free and reminds me I'm alive The river is my therapist it gives me peace of mind! It's the closest thing
winters sharpend edge
Ooo sweet mist from darkend mountains,roll in my forest of twitherd twine, seep in my blood like ruby wine. Blue ice eyes that rip the skin of ice capped lakes,my fire burns for for your touch,your touch. my chest thick with crystal cut deep in ste
~~Seasons with Reasons~~
Just love the four season we have.....
How To Die
How to Die Beings hurry by, no time to enjoy what they witness. Never notice the sun how it shimmers through trees that or this accentuated. Few care to tiptoe into the swirling eddies. Careful not to find the magnificent hidden creat
human nature
hmmmmm.....
Spring of forsythias
Written in april 2010 (forsythia-- shrubs live on the Huabei Mountains in the north of China)
my soul a salt bit
feel my love from miles of tales
A Piece Of Me
The sacred river flows to the unknown lands The undying feeling of pain and remorse A chilling wind blows by destroying life Through the valley of death and shadow To lands unknown my spirit goes A piece of me wants to go back A piece of me
~ I want answers now! ~
world and mind are same.. I think all our surroundings are just illusions. but mind show them as objects! but actually they are just collections of particles..
Cry of the poet
Its about the chaos in the world.
Yesterday...Today....Tomorrow...
Yesterday we don't understand why it happened The many things in life too hard to explain Joy laughter failures misgivings That in our memory still remains There are times we can't control the systems of our lives Which leads us to experience
Blessed Sleep
Peace .....when the candles go out…….and sleep….
The spring storm
The spring storm comes suddenly dragging clouds along the night. Calms the leaves whispering surreptitiously, joyful birding voice. And starts a rainy dance first, slightly for four p. To suddenly strengthen madness, to be a waterfall that k
Stars
Yep!... I like stars!
~~~~~ Reflection ~~~~~~
What can you or I really see.
Canvas of Color
The ground is filled with colors as if the leaves were flowers decorating it with different colors to show the beauty it poseeses. Can you pick out what makes you feel warmth from this scene. Letting us know it is mother's way of bla
Beauty In Nature
Snowing outside
"Departing"
What would you do if you held a piece of heaven in the palm of your hand? Would you pray that it would forever stay in the midst of your grasp and intimate gaze? Why do these tears fall? Is there some sort of affliction of grief upon my heart? If