Scuttles Poems - Poems about Scuttles

Runner

...He knows he has to run; it’s imperative.
He sprints down a trail, 
passing tall pines on both sides.
His eyes dart everywhere around himself
as he surveys every large rock or bush
that he goes d...

watching a blown leaf

...A soft breeze blows a leaf
It scuttles and scurries across the porch
Brown and shriveled, looks a bit like an oak leaf
Dead, yet still able to move in the wind
I can hear another hearty gale from...

Africa What I See In You

...When I Google you,
I recognize the struggles and muggles you face,
I recognize the brutalities and the scars from decades of suppression and oppression which you endure;
The broken promises, faili...

autumn

...
september slips in
as asters wave in the breeze . . .
farewell to summer

october’s crisp days
mountains’ gold and crimson blaze . . .
my marveling gaze

november’s wind wails
a lone leaf ...

miserable forlorn abandoned shack

...the abandoned shack looks miserable and forlorn
standing amid brambles and weeds in an unkempt field
her porch boards creak ominously as we walk across them
Some of the end boards have disintegrat...

Desert Sunset

...I sit in the warm sand and watch as the sun slides down the sky. 
From bright to dark, stark to muted, bleached, coloured, black. The dark shadows marched across the beautiful landscape to destinati...

Cosmic Fruit

...Cosmic Fruit or Anyway the wind blows

I thought  one day I shall not
It is as fast as a bullet and as fair as there-fore I am
When soft haze scuttles a quiet bay at no time to unwind
I said I'd...

Types of Fall

...Types of fall

We all taste the physical one
After Earth’s Gravity has won,
With zest we rush at the fallen,
No big deal there, so no stalling
“You’re okay! Please, don’t mind the slip”
That i...

My Food Flees From Me

...Musing with Caren Krutsinger’s musings. I love
our dear poet’s imagination. Thank you, Caren
for allowing me to use your poem and a few phrases
from your poem. Used poem by permission.

My Fo...

Not As Picky As I Thought She Was

...If I was hungry I would devour that creepy thing I think.
It is something tasty that crawled out of my sink
You don’t even know what it is my friend says.
She is persnickety and picky, my pal Inez...

A Sojourn Through Times

...

Mind often makes a circuitous pilgrimage
Sliding down and going up the banisters of time
As I hear the grating sound of worn stairs behind
Memories come darting in and out of shado...

Beach Collection

...salt crusted fish bone 
caught within tangled seaweed... 
high tide offering

hermit crab scuttles
erratically on sand... 
waving eyes on stalks 

opened mouthed seashells 
coated with wind ...

Kid Hope

...The children are being led like cattle across the grounds.  They have yellow life jackets on and are holding on to rings around a rope.  
They are surrounded by grownups (a funny word).  The childre...

War Is a Curse

...when war approaches, miles away 
it scuttles sideways like a crab
or creeps slowly, slowly and slowly
like a reptile, 
with holocaust claws;

a quick eye sees, 
a smart heart reads, 
at dista...

Hymn: With God Immersed

...Our God who lives, flows in waters,
drifts in clouds and glows in snow,
flashes silver fish in shallows,
darts in darkness round the rocks,
blooms afresh as showers bring flowers,	
freshens scen...

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