Five Golden Finches
Frequenting the green birdbath
Flashy visitors
Haiku
Tag: nature
Oregon’s Evergreens – Arbor Day 2020
Stately they stand
Strong branches holding new life
Sheltered from storms
As wind and rain beat
Steadily upon their mossy boughs
Stately they stand
Green giants waving
Strong branches holding new life
All across our land
Some are chosen
As lumber to keep people
Sheltered from storms
Triple Haiku Cascade
“To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.” — President Theodore Roosevelt.
“Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
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Earth Day 2020
I looked
Around the earth
The trees were doing fine
As they whispered to the wind
Waving
Welcome
To the sunshine
That Spring had provided
Even though virus threatened their
People
I looked
Around the earth
The birds were doing fine
As they sang sweetly in the garden
Greeting
Morning
Cheerfully as
If the virus didn’t
Exist among many of the earth’s
People
I looked
Around the earh
The flowers grew and bloomed
Dressed in glorious colors
Earth’s fine
Crown Cinquain
Neath the Masks
‘
This new normal is
Filled with masks and 6 foot marks.
A world so surreal
Senryu
Since this Sheltering in Place took effect I have only been going out to the stores one day a week to get my groceries and necessary supplies.
Each week I see more and more changes taking affect. More control, more limiting, more distancing and this week, today it was more masks.
It seemed everyone was wearing masks today, where in previous week just a few were doing so.
It just seemed so surreal seeing everyone all around me in masks.
Yesterday’s Sunshine
Yesterday’s sunshine,
Was washed away overnight.
Rain clouds now I see.
What difference a day makes!
Things change so quickly.
Moments turn to memories,
Reminding me to:
Capture the sunny days,
Before they fade away.
Choka
Yesterday was 72 degrees, sunny, no wind, and a wonderful day to be outside in nature. Today is 52 degrees, rainy, chilly and cloudy. A great day to huddle inside and read or write.
Therefore, I am thankful I was able to capture some of yesterday’s sunshine in the video above as I happened to be outside in the right place at the right time! 😊
This video is now delightful to watch on this rainy cloudy chilly day that has arrived. Hope it brightens your day also wherever you may be.
Never Give up
Are you
Facing a rock
Being seen as unwanted
Seeing your chance for wishes
Cut down
Before
They had the opportunity to
Become airbourne
Never give up
Stand firm
Dig in
Let your faith grow
Deep, be tenacious, for
Someday, someone will stop
Admire
And see
Your beauty and your true worth
For we all have a purpose
That’s waiting to be
Fulfilled
Double Butterfly Cinquain
Today as I was out walking I stopped near this big rock where I saw two dandelions blooming and one that had gone to seed lying down on the ground as if crushed, probably by the landscapers mower hitting it.
It intrigued me enough to snap a picture and also was inspiration for this poem.
Behind the Veil
For now
We see all things
Dimly, as though they’re veiled
But someday, we will see things
So clearly
Cinquain
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV
Spring in the Garden
On the garden bench
Listening for Sounds of Spring
The bumble of a bee
Mixed with robins chirring
Footfall on the path
The rustle of a brown squirrel
A dove’s wings flutter
Followed by dog barking
Sounds of life surround me
Choka
Who Done It ?
And the earth was without form,
(Unorganized, shapeless, chaotic, crude
Actually it was quite rough and rude)
and void; (useless,unoccupied, empty,
Nothing meaningful for any to see)
and darkness,
(Ruled, all robed in black, did creep
All around and) was upon the face of the deep.
And Abimelech said,
(Many years later while on earth he tread,)
“I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,
neither yet heard I of it, but to day.”
Free Verse
According to NaPoWriMo’s Day 14 Prompt: Grab a book that is nearest to you. Start the poem with the second sentence in the book and then add the 15th sentence from page 24 somewhere else in the poem
So the book nearest to me at the time was my bible and so this poem Is based on:
Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 21:26
The words in parentheses are mine, the others are from the Bible and are italicized.
It’s kind of interesting how these two sentences fit together. 😊
Strange Conversation
Today
While in my path
A stranger I did meet
Speaking a language not my own
Smiling
I hushed the cute brown pup
Whose ire I’d arisen
By walking near
His home
Butterfly Cinquain
NaPoWriMo Day 13–Prompt: “Someone Said” write a poem about a conversation with a stranger.
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 