Best Contest Nature Poems
twilight is falling –
seeking soft comfort in a
deep blue hydrangea
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Contest: Nature Themed Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Placed 3rd
24th January 2020
Summer Nights in the South
Green fireflies blink in the quiet of night
and our sleeping old dog heaves a sigh.
Dreaming, she sprints through a youthful blue sky
chasing delicate clouds, cotton-white.
A red-sunset tanager* colors the warm air
from a perch in the majestic oak limbs above
professing by lullaby, sincerely devoted love,
like some sublimely recited evening prayer.
I lay back and smile, through the leaves, at the moon
to the sound of crops rippling in the breeze
thinking how precious are nights such as these
when alone, with the Earth I commune.
*Summer Tanagers (Piranga rubra) are native to the southern U.S. but are not true tanagers. They are actually members of the cardinal family.
08/01/15
Submission for Contest: Nature Poems Only
Hosted by: Shadow Hamilton
white icelandic snow
beneath natural light show ~
emerald green shroud
Written 26 January 2020
For contest Nature themed haiku with color
windsongs
whispering windsongs
whoosh with warm whimsical waves ~
wild waxwing waltzes
1-18-22
Contest: Nature based Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
"Windsong" is the name of one of John Denver's most popular albums
harbinger
amber undertones
ruffles summer petticoats ~
autumn starts to breathe
8-13-22
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Contest: Nature Theme Haiku
birds wake from their nests
to prune wing feathers and sing ...
colored leaves flying
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August 13, 2022
Poetry/Haiku/autumn
Copyright Protected, ID 08-1479-776-13
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France
Used HMS to verify syllables 5-7-5
Written for the Standard contest, Nature Themed Haiku
sponsor, Tania Kitchin, Judged 08/22/2022
Second Place
Summer skies are colorful delights
As fireflies light up our warm nights
The full moon shines clear and bright
A relaxing, peaceful and serene sight
Goldfinches, and nuthatches are out
Happily eating seeds and dancing about
As crows and hawks circle around
Watching for prey on the ground
Peonies with their saucer sized blooms
Bees busy feeding landing on plumes
Hummingbirds fighting for feeder nectar
An entertaining show of feisty collectors
Late evening after all the traffic’s gone
A loon is heard with its eerie mating song
The leaves rustle in the fragrant breeze
As the songbirds quietly nestle in the trees
Morning sunrise peaks in hot pinks and light blues
Perennial flowers blooming in all colors and hues
Sitting outside with my coffee and no place to go
I sit back and relax and enjoy the magnificent show
8/12/2020
Contest: Nature Rhyming Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brenda Chiri
Drenched in the glow of sunburst crimson sky
verdant vale veers at foot of jade hills,
on gentle slope fawn leaves rustle with sigh,
wind carries to the deep stream down the rills,
sketching the leaping silver water line
on rocks carving the course of pristine art,
lucid in murmur on pebbles, some shine
bright, some drape with malachite moss their heart.
Walking long on contours of crystal stream,
of emerald plain’s scene I’ve not lost sight,
see, from lilac sky descends golden gleam
of twilight as I watch the fall of night.
I wait for dawn to see me in your eye
drenched in the glow of sunburst crimson sky.
May 15, 2019
Contest : Nature Scene-Orphan Sonnet
Syllable count : 10 each line
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
the tall white birch trees
have put on their emerald gowns-
a hundred birds sing
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May 21, 2020
Poetry/haiku/trees
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1253-855-03
All Rights Reservedm 2020, Constance La France
Written for the contest Nature Haiku
sponsor, Regina Riddle
Second Place
spring acrobats
warm winds puffy clouds
tumble on mats of blue skies ~
spring clown acrobats
3-31-22
Contest: Nature in Spring Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
syllables checked with www.howmanysyllables
As dawn starts to streak across the sky
heralding in the new born day.
Feisty rooster already perched on the wall
giving forth with all his might, he crows.
Sleepy hens, ducks and geese scat for worms.
Low moos emitting from the milking parlour
mingling with the sucking sounds of machines
as they gather the rich creamy milk in containers.
Banging of impatient hooves from the shire horses
hungry for their grain, tossing heads and stamping,
loud neighs and whinnies fill the early dawn.
Soon they will be at work ploughing and farrowing fields.
Farmhouse door opens smell of eggs and bacon wafting,
farmer's wife emerges carrying pails heavy with slops.
As she nears the pigsty the grunts and squeals grow
barging, pushing as they search for tasty scraps.
A caterwaul of noise from the rookery deafening,
as they wheel and spin around the yard thieving.
Slowly as the animals return to the sweet meadows
life settles back to normal, until tomorrows dawn.
written 09/15/2013
contest Nature
Once more brooks babble
Birds and Bees singing their tune
Wind chatters through trees
Natures renewal
Seeds break through eager for Sun
A race to full bloom
Repeat performance
Roses take to center stage
Spring season begins
Contest: Nature Comes To Life
Sponsored by, Carol Brown
Form: Haiku
~soft mountain blankets
goose down like flakes, winter store
potential life thrust
~El Nino awake
a weather serpent slither
energized frolic
~white mountain blankets
cascade floods of winter store
aroused mud demon
For and in honor of Carol Brown
And Contest: Nature Comes to Life
I am God.
In the quiet of night,
I am there.
In nature's red sunset,
I watch you sit and stare.
When you wrap your arms
around a majestic oak,
listen, in your heart, I spoke.
I send wind that rustles through earth's leaves,
and past crops rippling in the breeze.
Each new day, I rise in a blue sky,
and send you flashing silver rays.
That's me waving "Hi!"
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Date: July 29, 2015
For Contest: Nature poem
Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
Words that must be used in poem:
blue sky, red sunset, quiet of night,
leaves, majestic oak, crops rippling in the breeze.
Raging tornadoes
devastate the entire land
destroying cities
Raging huricanes
plundering oceans and land
natures agony
Tsunami monster
Indian Ocean graveyard
deadly disaster
by Marty Owens March 9, 2012
For PD's contest Nature the Destroyer