Nature Shelter Poems

Seek shelter if you want to live,
when a tornado touches down.
Swirling, spinning winds launch debris
that's strewn through the air like shrapnel.

When whirling winds out-roar a...

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The ancient jagged rocks stand, like black sentinels along the waterside,
Protecting the land from the continuous raging tide.

They are perpetually black, either slicked with water...

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Holding out on me, I see,
Never meant to pry,
Given tools to question,
One foot on the platform,
Fading sight.

Lost "need,"
Must I search,
What it means to be,
At least...

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Should Sleep Fall as Rain
David J Walker

Should sleep fall as rain
Let it reign until the morn

And fill the night with
Humid breezes

I am sheltered
	I am warm

I...

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The rays of the sun
gives warmth and light to the earth, 
as clouds carry shade....

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There’s an aged Eastern cedar tree
not far from the steps of my back door.
Enormous and quite old it harbors
a full range of flora and fauna
that...

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One
Island
In the sun
Unusual
It has no sandy beach or umbrella
Yet it harbors sweet life for I can see
Lush verdant growth
A hillock
Innate
Bield...

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She wandered along the path
Picking white daisies on her way
Following the trail of clouds above
The sun spread words she couldn’t say

Her heart full of love,...

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The arch of the hill is strong
As swan's neck poised curved and long
Its span builds strength its roof shields
To vault free hearts bow with song!


March...

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today I exist as a vapor then I am no more
some may equate logic for fear that brings nothing near
my chest is heavy and my...

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He was out in the open with romantic feelings
Carrying a small umbrella.
In a heavy downpour from the largest umbrella.
That was a sure sign to face...

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Elements gone mad
            Wind shrieks, rain pounds, thunder roars
     ...

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shelter
junco perch on limbs
holly tree...

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Shelter yourself from unhappy thoughts and an unwanted sneeze:
think of sunshine when dreary days make you shiver...
winter is well-known for the deep sadness of its...

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moss grows in shelter

away from wind and sun, shade

hides away from light

 

 

(February 5, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All...

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