Birches
crystal, clear, blue skies
grace ermine laden birch trees…
silent, bowed sentries
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Categories:
birches, imagery, peace, sky, snow,
Form: Haiku
White Birches
group of white birches
stand tall upon the hillside
gentle golden boughs
young firs by the lake
thrive drinking the fresh aqua
early autumn browns
periwinkle sky
gazes at its reflection
dying wildflowers
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Categories:
birches, appreciation, flower, nature, poems,
Form: Haiku
Birches
white paper birches
shimmer in the soft breezes
warm summer sighing
May 22, 2021
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Categories:
birches, nature, summer, tree,
Form: Haiku
Diana of the Birches
Birches took a vote after the child left the forest
Next time, two wanted to capture her, to keep her always
Ninety-six others voted this was wrong.
The magical birch had a new idea.
Let me create a phantom child who will traverse the river.
She will be seen only in moonlight, and she will laugh like this one.
Her titters
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Categories:
birches, tree,
Form: Narrative
Birches Grew Their Precious Gold
Birches grew their precious gold
September's crowned with dream and cold
Leaves fall into the pond from peak
I hear a splash - the waters speak.
I'm looking at your pretty face
September's crown is your grace
I dream I want to understand
Your thoughts to raise these leaves from sand.
I want to throw it in the sky,
But you don't care I
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Categories:
birches, autumn, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Birches
The white three-pronged birch
pale, punctuating, parchment,
chalk strokes on green board.
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Categories:
birches, nature
Form: Verse