Summer Italian Sonnet Poems

From the chimes settling morning—
Another time, another change
I slept in your clothes yesterday;
The break in brass and sleep numbing
Red blur— buried color, holding
The lasting eyes...

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A drop of summer, pleasing--over there
I thought it wanted me, no want of ground 
but want of me, instead a pleasant sound
of birds merging and...

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Then, such a fleeting glimpse I had of thee;
eyes caught in passing trains, that summer past.
As time, in that moment did morph from fast,
to deathly...

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The maple, beech, the willow, ash and oak - 
abundant are the trees that shed their leaves,
and in the spring, the goddess Flora weaves
her magic,...

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DECIDUOUS LOVE

I always thought our love was evergreen,
Strong through every season of the year.
We made our marriage vows for all to hear;
We fell in love...

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I'm raised in SoCal, calm weather agrees,
and you, from Boston, know weather, severe.
Our states of mind match these climates I fear.
Like Winter sadness, leaves fall...

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For years, I've watched my seasons come and go
Beneath the pines along the River Brine
I've drunk my fill of robust summer wine
Survived the stinging lonely...

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The pain within that pierces deep
is like the prick of rose’s thorn
and leaves my meager mind to mourn
while yearning for eternal sleep.
These tristful tears from...

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Even the Natural world understands. 
unto its creator, it gives great praise.
with seasonal gifts that always amaze. 
as springs sweet flowers, a vision so grand....

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Addicted to romance, I’ve tried in vain
to resurrect the unrestrained delight
I felt so long ago one summer night -
excitement of the type no one can...

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The summer sun is slowly setting West
Augur the season of love now rising
Stags search for Doe suddenly enticing
Nature's wonderous smell put to the test
Cheeky Cookoos...

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North wind has gone back to polar abode
Chilled clouds have flown out on wings of winter
Made way for sunny south wind to enter
Write on rippling...

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As days grow longer, melancholy creeps
An uninvited guest, which winter brings
It dims the candle my mind tightly clings
Consuming light, from darkness whence he leaps

In doldrums...

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I know it's there somewhere beyond the clouds,
beyond the snow which gently floats and falls
on arborvitae's shoulders like a shawl
and o're the face of summer...

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What creeps in space beneath the Elder trees
   where time exists unfettered misting shore
   that haunts and howls yet never says...

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