‘Unrest On the Floodplain’: A Poem by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
Unrest On the Floodplain The rain commenced in darkness, flung upon These acres as the heavens thumped and crashed. ...
Tag: Poetry About Nature
‘Solitude’ and Other Poems by Mary Jane Myers
Solitude Bright Venus, crescent moon, faint pearl-gray sky obscurely light the scene. A giant dolmen prostrate, astride huge boulders: ...
‘The Passing’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton
The Passing Place me not in a bed at my dying; _I'd rather a bench by the sea Or a ...
‘Allegrezza’ and Other Poetry by Rob Griffith
Allegrezza In the harbor, the masts tilt left and right like metronomes conducting waltzes made of wind and wave, ...
‘The Reveal of the Rocks’: A Poem by Kyle Fiske
The Reveal of the Rocks The August days of summer weighed in full Upon us, green and heavy with ...
‘Ballad of the Sequoia’: A Poem by Lauren V. Leon
Ballad of the Sequoia _Six hundred years ago, My seed was planted in the ground, _A life so full ...
‘Birdsong’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann
Birdsong If I might for a moment go all soft And corny; hold in humble hands aloft A simple ...
‘Vernal Clinic’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson
Vernal Clinic To regular observers, spring had never seemed So jarringly abnormal as it did this year. Its bright ...
‘The Second Rain’: A Poem by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
The Second Rain A grandly booming, flashing shower Comes flying in and promptly starts To soak the neighborhood an ...
A Song Inspired by Edward Rowland Sill’s ‘Among the Redwoods’, by Gunny Markefka
Among the Redwoods by Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887) FAREWELL to such a world! Too long I press The crowded pavement ...
‘The Dryads’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier
The Dryads The day we found the hoof-prints in the soil And felt the breath of dark, indolic heat, ...
‘The Eagle’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise
The Eagle He flies... so quickly, cutting the air’s depth with tawny wings, the messenger of Zeus—the eagle—bold, his ...
‘Mothiavelli’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant
Mothiavelli I’m thirsty for the fever of her kiss--- The neon sear---the lethal lick she brings. I burn to ...
‘The Cottage on the Ridge’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley
The Cottage on the Ridge The gray mist lingers in the wooded vale And drifts across the piney hills ...
‘The Heart of the Wood’: A Poem and Song by Joseph David Greene
The Heart of the Wood At the edge of the wood it is green, With the leaves all aglow ...
‘To May, the Prince of Months’ by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats
To May, the Prince of Months by Eustache Deschamps (1346–1406), translated from French by Margaret Coats Noble month, father ...
A Poem on the Zambian National Park Mosi-oa-Tunya, by Paul A. Freeman
Mosi-oa-Tunya Mosi-oa-Tunya is ‘The Thunderous Smoke’; twixt Zambia and Zimbabwe it sits; Doc Livingstone, that missionary bloke observed its ...
‘The Waters’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton
The Waters _'Tis more than oceanic seas ___That bring me Wonder. I have tasted spray from New York's waterfall, ...
tin basin at night moonlight quivers on the wash hands wait in the dark ~~~ soft belly of spring gold-threaded…
Joe is right. As it stands, the sentence is run-on.
Exquisite diction, superb control of meter, and a resonant theme. Who could ask for more?
Well James, how about "No degree," "Go with me." "Though it be," "Sow a pea," or, best of all, "Gaucherie."
Enjoyed this one and looking forward to reading even more content JG!
