Earlier the nights Harvesting bountiful crops Southward Equinox Colors shed with fallen leaves Lulling toward winters sleep -Tanka repost. Happy 1st day of fall, my favorite season!
Tag Archives: seasons
Haiku #392
Bright tangerine sky Backdrops ridge-tops and summer As winter arrives
Haiku #391
We all need shelter From Mother Nature’s fury Over what we’ve done
Haiku #379
No need to worryyourselves, it’s only June gloom —it shall pass through soon
Haiku #363
Temperatures shift Between us, as seasons change Spring thaws winter’s heart
Haiku #346 🦗🦗🦗
Stridulating soundsOn warm winter nights announceSpring’s coming around
Haiku #335
Winter approaches From all angles, snow capped Mountains on display
Haiku #332
An autumn break-in Robs us of precious daylight, And late summer nights
Sun Goes Down
Summer sheds its skin Dusting the Autumn road, gold Bringing the cold home
Emerging 🌸🌝💐 #Haiku
Hints of pink spring forth As a fire dancer arrives To welcome summer
Seasonally adjusted ~ #poem
The biting, crisp reminders Send shivers up my spine From that moment in time – A late December morning When the semi-cool breeze Had enough of record heat Gusting thru the Inland basin Pushing summer to an end Where we all could fall in love With winter once again Plan to ring the New YearContinue reading “Seasonally adjusted ~ #poem”
Spring
Shedding winters coat Sowing seeds on bare shoulders Anticipating Abundant seasonal growth With organic antidotes ~ Awaiting color To crop under warming sun With splashes of hope Time sprung in forward thinking Full of possibilities
Twilight Zone
How many days turn To sleepless nights That pass us by In a blink of an eye Unable to discern What’s wrong or right Open the windows Let the light shine Breathe in fresh air Exhale toxic cares Sink into the pillows As the terminator aligns
Snow Flows
Swift moving meadows Glistening under the sun Hints of spring, snow flows
It’s Chilly
22 of 31 OctPoWriMo Extended darkness covers Around my chin they hover Morning does struggle to rise Fighting to pry open my eyes Appearing later each day Rushing to figure out a way Autumn begins to settle Time to bring out the kettle Crisp morning air now descends Whacky socks I will depend
Halloween
18 of 31 OctPoWriMo Headless Horseman riding by and things that go bump in the night After the children are safely tucked in bed their thoughts bring fright Lightning flashes outside electrifying a grey cloudless sky Lycanthropy neighbors change forms and are spied barking at the moon Old skeletons wandering down the streets in brokenContinue reading “Halloween”
Sunrise
13 of 31 OctPoWriMo Sunrise Brilliant light Radiates daily heat Ample source of vitamin D Barricaded behind four enclosed walls Missing out on the great outdoors As nightfall slips in place Darkness ascends Sunrise ~Rictameter
Daylight Cheated ~ #OctPoWriMo 6 of 31
The loud sound of the tick Never ceases to stop Eyes glued to the moving clock Hearing the tickity-toc The birdie does a trick Someone please make it stop! Each day quickly slips by Time doesn’t seem to care Daylight treated so unfair Little to no time to spare Cheated out of the blue skyContinue reading “Daylight Cheated ~ #OctPoWriMo 6 of 31”
Contrails
The fading autumn sun deprives our light supply Robbing us of needed warmth and its energy Standing in the dusk holding onto the memory As atmospheric beauty streaks across the sky Satisfying our hearts desire and need to survive Thanks to Kellie Elmore’s FWF image prompt for inspiring this short piece.
