Short Fairy Ring Poems

Winter migrants arrive with welcome calls
 the Indian Summer falters,and falls
 
Sycamore seeds twirl and twist
Onto a fairy-ring fungus tryst

Stink horn capped with slime,
As carrion beetles pass the time.

 
Yellowed leaves drift and decompose
into next year's cellulose....

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ODE TO THE WINTER SUN
Who could believe what we have seen
It is a sun in winter what a rare thing

In the open we run to with our camp bed
You have relieved us for we were cold dead

How glorious and beautifully this day you rule
For you have finally set in Olympus

How often shall we see you O! Fairy ring
Before your full show at summer and spring...

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In an Elysian wood,
flitting faeries
among the trees
ponder their
magical seeding,
for a fairy ring
they’ll build,
within the greenwoods
emerald sea.

Moss-laden ferns
feathery light,
help feed faerie magic
late at night growing fungi,
puffballs round,
a faerie ring,
inedible magic.



2-15-2022
A STRAND (1074) Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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The redwoods’ fairy ring, wall in a family secret
Only, not all roots dig as deep…
Parched, some shrivel, loosening the circlet

Shush….the tallest ones whisper steep
Elegance alas, the needy ones, have lost…
Chafed, bitter barks scatter cones they can’t keep

Raging fires sear heartwood of dearest cost
Enduring burns gape trunk-wide scars…
The remnant wall shrinks tauter, visible as vapored frost


(10/2/20: '87 Tiara 3600 Convertible; DMS)...

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Feeling soft soil squishing between my toes
is but one pleasure my garden provides.
I love how its sweet smells engage my nose,
the sunshine, fresh air, and much more besides.
I've never used chemical pesticides
and welcome nature's critters every spring,
from caterpillars to the birds that sing.
Color draws butterflies to sip nectar, 
while wild mushrooms create a fairy ring
encircling my placid pool reflector.


(Dizain)


06/10/2020...

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