Tag: Poetry

Blessed

Nights are warmer as daylight temperatures rise A perfect time to gaze into an endless sparkling sky My garden bathed in an ethereal fairy light There’s magic afoot under stars and moon Tall spikes of flowers reaching up To dance with swirling cosmic lights… Continue Reading “Blessed”

Time Slips Away

Time slips away With each passing day As the aloneness growsMy dreams fill with yesterdaysFor I seldom remember today My life, reduced to A container of contents packed Within one suitcase tucked away Under the dusty cobweb eaves, Forgotten like me Will no one… Continue Reading “Time Slips Away”

Wild Things

Here among the wildflowers I sit and ponder life Listening to the buzzing bees as the world goes by In this place there is no disease, only sacred peace Where nature and its creatures are at playful ease Lizards leap from stone to stone… Continue Reading “Wild Things”

No Tomorrow

“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume” ― William Shakespeare,Romeo and Juliet Living as if there were no tomorrow Feasting on the fatted lamb Supping wine from a crystal cup, Selling our souls like JudasFor… Continue Reading “No Tomorrow”

Soul Whispers

“The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.” ~ Louise Glück Soul whispers, speaks to me Plants a seed in my restless dreams Seeking solace in darkest night Tiny pod yearns for healing sun To sprout, blossom and grow… Continue Reading “Soul Whispers”

A handsome Pup

Cats were once my pet of choice With their grace and aloof manner I, their servant night and day fulfilling every whimElectric fountains to encourage them to sipFor they loved their running water dripsI spent long hours amused by their anticsWhen they deemed to… Continue Reading “A handsome Pup”

Tall Occotillo

Tall occotillo caned and brown Bursting in colors of spring As spiny canes become lush and green Crowned by a fiery flush Of vivid persimmon flowers Standing tall and proud Kissing the sapphire blue skyWhile jeweled hummingbirds dart and zoomAmong brilliant blooms dVerse poets… Continue Reading “Tall Occotillo”