As night descends
Pushing the sun to earth
Clouds swirl about
Like restless children
Being told “time for bed”
Light grows dim
Trees stand silent
Like sentinels on their watch
Darkness overtakes Day
Word Lune Cascade
Tag: trees
Doves
Among the tall trees
Upon the Spring breeze
In the branches of the pine
A voice resounds
With soft cooing sounds
Such a melody divine
Alouette
Winter Sunshine
Bright light
Shines thru trees
Chasing grayness away
Sun competes as tree shadows
Soon fade
Snow melts
Sunshine heat
Restores green carpet
Birds fly in, noisely inspect the scene,
With glee
Double Cinquain
Thru the Fog
On the horizon
Creator’s beauty revealed
White mist hovering
Haiku
Captivating
Eyecatching moment
Flash of color at day’s end
Sunset thru the trees
Haiku
Autumn’s Golden Leaf
The brisk wind opened
Nature’s treasure chest
Found a golden leaf
Placed it right in my path
To glitter in the sunshine
Tanka
I was stopped in my tracks today by the sight of this leaf! It lay in the parking lot right by my car. It looked like it was painted with Gold Leaf Paint but it wasn’t. It was just a light brown leaf but the way the sun was shining on it it looked very golden Such an unusual sight. A pleasant surprise in my day. 😊
Hidden Beauty
You who were once dressed in green
Have changed to a new color
That was kept hidden all summer
By Captain Chlorophyll.
Scarlet beauty
In a moment
You will be
Out of
Time.
Nonet
Uncaptured Beauty
Autumn posed for me
Outside my window
Her golden brown skirt
Flowing upon a carpet of green
She stood
With one arm draped in scarlet
The other in gold
The wind gasped and held its breath
The song birds sat in silence
As I tried to capture her beauty
With my muted watercolors
In frustration I shouted “No!”
All this silence must go!
Her beauty she must show
Vividly, boldly, richly,
Her colors cannot be muted
They must glow and burst forth
Awaking the senses
Blazing forth vibrantly
Until Autumn is no more!
Free Verse
This poem wrote itself as I stood looking out my patio window at the colors of Autumn and pondering in my heart of how I might paint the beauty that was in front of me. Quickly realizing though that these vibrant colors should not be muted by watercolor, I chose to take a photo instead 😊
Ever Green
Autumn
Brings color changes
To most, but the Evergreens
Refuse her yearly takeover
Always
Cinquain
Carried Away
Scarlet, Gold and Brown
Trees shed colorful Fall gowns
Autumn winds carry
Haiku
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge
Week#136 Prompt: Carry
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 