Nine Inch Nails play Handel’s Messiah
Gauguin paints Guernica bare chested
war poets fall in love with what never was
a Gingko tree blossoms at Hiroshima’s swords
into ploughshares condor legions into peace doves
cacophony synaesthesia proverbially composed
Categories:
gingko, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
gingko leaves turn gold
just before first freezing frost....
nature's perfect time
Categories:
gingko, autumn, nature,
Form: Haiku
GLORIOUS FALL
Fall’s the time of year I can hear,
whispers of warmth retire.
Watch trees undress their fiery hues,
branches shed … their attire.
Sun ignites all of Fall’s glory,
those beyond falling leaves,
Ones that paint abstract ground cover,
over … the roots of trees.
Walking beneath Golden Gingko
kicking up it’s gold leaves.
Not lady like way, walk to work
kicking leaves … high as knees.
Harvest moon celestial gleams,
in Fall ... back lights my dreams.
Categories:
gingko, creation, life, seasons, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
The burst soapsuds dissipate.
Six doves outside my window
Enjoy their meal, congregate.
Wings whirr, head to the gingko
Baby phoebes see surroundings.
With wide mouths expose tastebuds
Hunger each day compounding!
I look, then see burst soapsuds
So much happening outside my kitchen window view that I forget the dishwater is getting cold and chores going undone.
June 20, 2023
Categories:
gingko, introspection,
Form: Other
Front door
The turning key clicks
A vacuum sound as door pulled
All of nature's cold air explodes
A rooster crows
Flood of sounds
A woodpecker is feeding on a post
Silly bird, like dynamite booms
That sound is heard
Doesn't slow other birds
The doves coo
Crows caw their warning
Mockingbirds realize it's morning
Sparrows too busy eating to rue
Spring color
Spring green tender leaves
Weave a delicate quilt
Oak tree's chartreuse tassels
Offer a different gilt
Maples' tender leaves in guacamole'
Redbud leaves are in still in bud
Poplars beginning in forest green very slowly
Gingko has no show but it's no dud
In-between
The kitchen hub is busy
Breakfast prepared but simple
No time for a morning tizzy
Baked banana and date-nut bread nimble
Then I sit and rest a spell
Upon pain and trouble do not dwell
I think about God, Who loves me still
And wonder do I do His will?
Categories:
gingko, age, faith, life,
Form: Free verse
God granted me a reprieve
From life's mundane daily needs
By sending a family of Chickadees
To take a bath as they please
In the birdbath outside my window
They splashed and splashed in splendor
Far from the still green slender gingko
Former beauty of spring's moments tender
Just a little reprieve in my kitchen
Where so often as I have mentioned
My time spent where no one pitched in
Soaking in beauty of God's which strengthened
Categories:
gingko, family, life,
Form: Rhyme
Blue bells rang at the fields of Flanders and beyond
Orange agency denuded humanity down to the core
Purple Hearts were pinned to hearts full of murder
White phlegm oozed unnerved devilish contagion
Green bile slowly trickled away from soul’s conscience
Yellow sun vanished in a cowardly mushroom cloud
One day after the bomb a Gingko tree blossomed
At the black epicentre of fury’s mission accomplished
The pallet of destruction shadows all pigments of peace
As red poppies continue to seed on bone meal and skulls
18th January 2020
Categories:
gingko, good night,
Form: Free verse
Feeling Rough
Sore throat, runny nose,
Could be a cold I suppose,
Or could it be influenza?
I think I need a detox cleanser
Turmeric, folic acid, gingko leaf
I'm feeling rough beyond belief
High B.P. and heart attack
Been called a hypochondriac
Gout in toe, earache
I never know what to take
Rheumatism in both knees
That Ibuprofen gel seems to ease
All my ailments could fill a page
My greatest one is called old-age
Categories:
gingko, age, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
sunlight in the misty morning
cool breeze blowing your smile my way
the quiet of the young day frees my mind with no warning
all i can do is chuckle and sway
the love i feel for you is like frozen time on gingko bilboa
i cherish every moment of your walk to me
you remind me of the definition of forever over and over
the repetition turns to precious diamonds with each time that you talk to me
Categories:
gingko, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
You did not want to play?
into the strength,
of the other.
Wrecking the pecking order,
to become poorer,
giving away your entire height ?
I could live,
without your blasts, O sun,
but I need my moon,
for whole night.
It pervades,
the dark matter, in every pore.
Like gingko tree
I will drop all the pretentions
tonight, and become leafless.
Satish Verma
Categories:
gingko, art,
Form: ABC
cool evening
prone to rest 'neath
the gingko
Categories:
gingko, remember,
Form: Haiku
I find you in an old silent pond,
The imagery you've left will outlive all,
With nature,your immortal bond
You will stand like a kiri tree tall.
You, the gem of haiku,
Your name be echoed in Fuji's peak,
Mogami river shall chant your lines
Your praise be sung by the Cuckoo.
The rivers and the oceans shall seek
To preserve you in their shrines.
The Cherry trees bow in thankfulness
Pines remind of your gingko walks,
Spring departs,autumn smiles in happiness
The rivers, the winds and the clouds.
Though time fades away,deem all out,
You shall remain in greenness of nature
Forever alive and forever young.
This word-wreath be bestowed
Upon you and your name shall feature
In the valley and ocean shall chant your song.
Categories:
gingko, tribute,
Form: Ode
Autumn Better in Theory Than in Fact
By Elton Camp
Love of autumn many will opine
Some changing leaves do look fine
The gingko and the maple tree
Are the best colors I can see
But truthfully, when I look around
Most of the leaves simply turn brown
To praise, a special poet it does take
Surely one who doesn’t have to rake
I have to work very long and hard
To remove them from my yard
Knowing beyond any possible doubt
Next day, more will be scattered about
It makes the choice easy to understand
Why some build houses on treeless land
So as to glorious fall leaves I must say
I wish that green, all year, they’d stay
Categories:
gingko, funny, autumn,
Form: Rhyme