Falls Poems

If a tree falls in the forest

If a tree falls in the forest, 

And nobody is there to hear it,

Does it even make a sound?


And if I'm screaming out for help, 

And nobody is ever going to listen,  

Did I even have a voice?

Falls Gentile Arrival

Falls arrived with its cool gentile breeze 
Detaching leaves off sleeping trees

The Falls

  

farms await bony hands of want

             land thirsty for full bodied Love 

           what strength is needed to grow the maize

whilst shadows roam streets in haze

     

Between dream and memory, I dance on the rain that falls slowly

Between dream and memory, I dance on the rain that falls slowly,
I didn't run from the cold drops, but caught them on the tip of my tongue,
Laughter and chaos spun in wide circles of joy,
I stepped on water with bare soles, and the sky was close to us.
We whispered winter stories under the gray and

SOFTLY FALLS THE NIGHT

SOFTLY FALLS THE NIGHT
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softly falls the night
golden hues upon the land
peaceful evening sky

stars like diamonds
twinkle in dark velvet sky
night's celestial show

Ride the arc to rise between falls

fall down, up again —
smooth stone skips across the pond
each strike rings louder
on its own trajectory
vaulting bouncing once again

bamboo bends in wind
its defiance scars its skin
but it sways unbowed
dancing with rhythm resilient
on seesaw swinging wide ride

taste ash on my tongue
before the fire sets ablaze
to embrace failure
in bread of my own making
kneading loaves for noble rise

A leaf falls

a dry leaf fell, consigned to dust
it knew life flows on as it must
it had no desires to fulfil
ways of God it hand learnt to trust

having fully surrendered will
easy was soul’s ascent uphill
being from dark desires unchained
heart was at peace, blissful and still

another leaf fell, its soul stained
detachment in heart, not ingrained
desire caused it to

A Tree Falls - In The Forest

If only you could see
the forest for the trees
it would feel so good
for then as an evergreen
you'd be out of the woods
and if you cared for me
going out on a limb
tho' not on bended knee
I'd ask you to become
a branch of my family
so near and yet so far
you touched me to
the roots of my heart
and

Dangling Short-Lines Over Water-Falls

Oh, dear reader
of short-line
poems,
are you, like me,
short of breath?

Have you tried
to read
my short-shift stuff,
with ever so
short-lines,
Aloud?

It's sad to say
it sounds
a tad choppy!
Like it's,
ridin' on
bobbin' seas,
sailing into 
a head-wind
over the air-ways.

It rollicks along 
with carriage returns, 
unwinding, 
flowing freely 
from margins
set tight,
to waterfall.

Sad to say,
I'm done with it!
For me personally,
a poem
is just a thought,
a heady 
daydream

When God steps onto the stage, the curtain slowly falls

When God steps onto the stage, the curtain slowly falls,
And the world as we know it dissolves like a dream at dawn,
A dream that becomes vapor, rising toward a timeless sky,
And we stand on its edge, watching as all we knew
Melts into a sea of light and shadow,
Where outlines disappear and transform into something else,
Something

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Aboard the Maid of the Mist, drenched from the spray,
Approaching Niagara Falls, I gaze in awe
At this wondrous sight of the renowned cataract,
Cascading fervently over the precipice
And violently crashing down upon the rocks
In a roiling boil is mesmerizing to see.

And behold! Out of the mist a rainbow appears,
Arching a span over the turbulent waters
From

When the Hammer Falls

I hear the echo, sharp and clear,
The auctioneer draws bidders near.
“One... two...” — my heartbeat skips a beat,
My dreams laid bare beneath their feet.

The years I toiled, the nights I lost,
Now measured out, now coldly tossed.
My labor sold in shouting calls,
Reduced to debt on auction walls.

I left my job, I chased the sun,
Believed in freedom,

A Tree Falls - In The Forest

If only you could see
the forest for the trees
it would feel so good
for then as an evergreen
you'd be out of the woods
and if you cared for me
going out on a limb
tho' not on bended knee
I'd ask you to become
a branch of my family
so near and yet so far
you touched me to
the roots of my heart
and

To Beth: Rochester Falls

You tried to lead me
	(surely)
by the hand
across the shallows
but we were both too drunk
and the stones too slick
so we slid stumbling and laughing,
falling toward each other
all the way across and upriver
	(rocks bruising our feet)
until we were concealed by the night.

We held each other close
in the dark noisy water
that swirled lovingly over our skin
like a mother’s

If that oak tree falls

Of that oak tree falls, I may soon be dead.
I stared in disbelief at my cousin Zed.
Why do you have this weird feeling of dread?
He shrugged his shoulders, eating mom’s shortbread.
Sometimes Zed gets weird thoughts into his head.
Why can’t he keep them to himself instead?

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