Southwards Poems - Poems about Southwards

The Ice-Jam Cometh

...Creaking, cracking, booming…

You hear the sounds before the bridge,
mountain quiet amplifies it,
step out on the old iron truss,
and a mess unfolds before you.

Creeping, slipping, shearing…
...

Fall

...March is unique here --
Auburn leaves dropping from trees,
Returning to dust,
Chilling winds howling southwards
Heralding winter's coming....

Night Sky

...tied against the mountain
the blue children play
the  upturned apples' cart
scent filled the air
The Wild herons flew southwards
as the crucible sun hit the apex

Crimson skies laced against
...

The Longest Night

...* Paid my heed my friends for the frost giants begin their march southwards, 
    * and their hounds of winter ,shall Slather and bay awaiting direction from their masters
    * as then ,
    * th...

Crystalline Feb 26

...My fingers reach to touch the sky
where swallows circle,then southwards fly.

NOTE:Crystalline is A two line image poem, (created by Denis Garison) often with a title, in which euphony is the key ...

Crystalline 3 Fall

...my fingers reach to touch the sky
where swallows circle,then southwards fly

Crystalline form  created by US poet Denis Garrison...

Kakistocracy

...Measure of society by embarrassment,
being a part of that state establishment.
The informed shared interest that knows,
wasters that claim to be the institution vows.
Bound to rigid ness and as p...

California Dream

...Cruising southwards to LA from Sac
a midnight filled with songs ‘n Luna, 
light-etching hills in a black infernal…

It was a leviathan’s back on which I
felt the tires unrolling a chilled grief ...

Southward Skies

...As sunburned skies kiss August goodbye, on molten wings southwards they fly...

09/09/20...

Two-Week Lovers, Part Iii

...III.
So came the pattern they would embrace,
each spent two weeks a year at the other's place.
The dates sometimes varied on her schedule,
but each made sure that their time was not dull.

She ...

Red

...Crimson twilight, stained glass sunsets bled
Frost tipped flowers of summers fled
Migrating flocks, southwards led
Gatherings to break bread
Chrysanthemum spread
Autumnal bed
Overhead
Wind spe...

Autumn Outing

...Logs stacked by a decaying shed;
scent of burning embers from chimney’s
wafting past my face;
I breathe in the crisp evening chill.

The woodlands, a palette of color
waiting to be l...

Through An Oaken Doorway

...A lovely oaken doorway
in an old creaky shop;
I stepped through one day
and saw a bunny hop.

A sleeping faun
lay upon a rock,
in hours, predawn
he wore a red frock.

By his side...

Fall Is Just An Appetizer

...Have you ever known a skier’s mind
when the leaves turn yellow and red?
As frost forms before the drive to work
and the lawnmower is put to bed?
When all you feel is a bracing chill,
and southwa...

Still Love

...When we first met, in love we used to glide
on waves of bliss like pairs of sunglow swans,
now we slowly totter,and try to hide
our orthopaedic socks and thick long johns.
We still hold hands lik...

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