Of Life Seasons Poems

With the season’s cyclic turn
summer’s blinding brilliance gives way
to soft fading light and duskiness
clouds move swiftly across the blue sky
fleeting past the drowsing sun.

Leaves rustle...

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When summer is gone life moves on
into the rustic colors of autumn;

the golden wheat harvest
and the maple's scarlet leaves

remind us time is moving into moments...

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How I wish Summer shrinks to Fall for good,
Yet wonder, if at all it would.
Let all the good and magic happen at its peak, 
In...

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Autumn gives heed to the season's clarion call.
In dispute with the tree branches, leaves fall
The sun sometimes seems withdrawn.
Red-yellow mix delightedly paints the dawn
Winds and...

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Shy clouds drift over a sea of blue satin,
Remembering to breath in the used to be soothing
Sunlight gentling the truth, kindling hopes
Who reflect on the...

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Everybody has experienced a turning point
It’s a natural part of life; it’s part of growing up
Life is a sleek roller coaster that goes down and...

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Intricate spring life,
Nature's bounty overflow:
Bees love luscious blooms.

Little lotus bloom
On the surface of the pond,
Dragonfly resting.

Basking in summer 
No hot sun cream protection
Red skin many...

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Climbing fragile skies, with honesty clinging to the wind,
Reflecting the gentle in the spirit, who remembers to yield to the graceful sea,
Hesitating against a shore...

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VILLANELLES IV

She Always Grew Roses
by Michael R. Burch

a belated eulogy for my grandmother, Lillian Lee 

Tell us, heart, what the season discloses. 
“Too little loved...

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In and out of seasons my faith is always with God...

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After extreme heat
Comes the season of storms
Of weather and life....

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"I have been a stranger in a strange land."  Bible, Exodus 2:22

The compass whirrs.
North toward rock, south toward sand.
East toward ice, and west toward...

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Know that! growing pains are tough for us
even the gains are games some time for fun
Let us refrain from the reason and shut up!
Allow me...

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Inspired by :
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). I am never without it."
E.E. Cummings

Placed second in :
A-Types of Forms...

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In spring's tender embrace, buds awake,
Whispering secrets, the Earth feels a shake.
Leaves arrives with its fiery glow,
Fields of gold, rivers aglow.

A spring brush paints the...

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