Seasons Simile Poems

OF THE NATURE OF LIFE
     (A Senryu Trio)

Seasons of nature 
reflect the nature of life;
challenging changes:-

Each season weathers,
claiming its own uniqueness;
just...

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Tears falling like rain,
Face aping nature's playground;
Fall's pollen is here:-...

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I wandered, lonely as a beach
that stretches miles along the shore, 
with its horizon, far from reach-
to hug the sky, forevermore.
From unseen starts, waves crash,...

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A tree is like a blank book
that nature writes her seasons on 
In Winter black branches woebegone
With snow and ice and brazen rook

A tree is...

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"The wind is the pounding of my heart."

Rush with me, wind! Help my heart pound,
with forces of tornado's sound;
yet, gentle as a summer breeze
slow dancing,...

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*** Trees ***

With or without their leaves,
Call out to me
Especially with a spiritual mystery
That amplifies as I investigate
And admire the vast variety
Of their beauty —
Borne...

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In Time with Autumn
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Autumn rushed ahead  
without me,
Leaving me to chase 
After its perfect 
   violet skylight.
My running feet crack
The silence of...

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Mother Nature's magnificent, all know:
     when spring imbues new life, year after year,
rays of gold feed the land, and the plants...

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The Contest

I would like to enter, 
and sometimes I do. 
Occasionally I even win, 
to my surprise. 
How cool!

The true rule, 
to every fool,
or pirate...

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I'm hanging on to summertime
like monkeys hanging on a vine,
like kitty cats on old screen doors,
like winter snows in Labrador,
like spiders on a silken thread,
like...

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Like the dawning sun
Our liberty is coming soon
The light of the full moon
Reflecting the journey

In circadian rhythm
The seasons come and go
As the laws of nature
Give...

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allusive winds splatter metal amok
chasing leaves mark time across
cement jungles of error burn ravishing
imprints across eyes of the innocent

seasons beckon sweeping funnels
bitter rage evacuates human...

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Smile, a wonderful smile
How far would you go?
To see someone smile.
There are reasons for a smile,
And a meaning to each smile.

There are thousands of smiles
Happy...

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Out my window
My garden
A microcosm
Of the cycle of life
Fading and elusive
Time refuses to stand still
The cycle continues

That first invisible rumbling
Decay detonates into bursts of life
And...

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Woe Betide The Forgetful…
Though the body be weary and tired,
the soul burns with everlasting energy.
To where we have come,
much farther remains to go.

The Moses exodus;
Noah’s...

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