Surveys Poems

Geese with Moon on Their Wings

...A tired man surveys his field
in the morning, still.
Honking alerts his senses, 
giving him a thrill.
Can you believe these...
wild geese...with moon on their wings
dropped him to his knees?...

THE SINGING OF THE BIRDS

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At our cabin in the mountains we love to wake up early
as the day is just beginning…
and listen to the birds warm up…
as they ready their voices for the singing.

Each bird has just awoken fro...

Runner

...He knows he has to run; it’s imperative.
He sprints down a trail, 
passing tall pines on both sides.
His eyes dart everywhere around himself
as he surveys every large rock or bush
that he goes d...

The Scorpion's Touch

...
“The Scorpion’s Touch”

Under glass
the sound cuts out sharp
just like under water
and we run out of breath 
like insects running around 
frantically out of time
we are ...

Dune Perdue

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    Updraft lifts limbs, leaves scurry like mice exposed
    Mother Nature shakes shorebreak, incline imposed
    Gnaws at sand buried tree toes gnarled, spit polished 
    Hourglass chamber sug...

Asclepius

...Lampyris Noctiluca
might the night deceive us
that we lack aeronautical knowledge
yet common sense askes
either friend or foe
might I have the certainty
of knowing
does one  create an ambient ...

Swamp Cleaner

...All over Washington D.C.
He flies with pomp and pride
Donald Trump, President
Surveys the swamp overhead
Of wrath and promises bold 
He vows to cleanse the deep
Swamp's dark waters
His axe to ...

Anamorphism

...And who would find fault
with the perfect way
she clearly hid herself
in plain panavision view...
Not a hair out of place.
The small shield held up
at just the right angle,
to give her elbow r...

Bread Crumbs

...The young couple surveys the area.
Large aged oak trees gift shade.
Thick luscious grass carpets the ground.
Pastel wild flowers dance on the breeze.
The pale blue sky is expansive.

She takes ...

A Day In The Life: OF THE SUN

...In a weightless state of tranquility, 
paraphrasing relentless thoughts of motion 
in my head into words, which 'til now 
have laid dormant in unsung verse, waiting
for you to shine brightly upon...

Poet Bird

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Perched on the precipice of perception,
Feathers ruffled by gusts of inspiration,
The poet-bird surveys the landscape of language.

Twigs of truth plucked from reality's branches,
Woven with t...

Awakening to the Red Road: An Ecopoetic Odyssey 'Part 6 of 6'

...Sacred Earths Tiny Dancer

Arise, My Beloved! I say, Arise, My Love!
For you are a Sacred Dancer
In the Great Spirit's grand and glorious ceremony—
A hallowed space where
Ancient...

Captain Nemo,

...Captain Nemo,

I; Captain Nemo from the silent darkness of the deep search for a rare lost treasure that vanished so very long ago.
Keenly my periscope surveys the shores, scanning intently as thr...

A Paradox of Time Reborn

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The sun, resplendent in its blazing might,
Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste,
A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched
By searing radiation, deathly bright.
No sign of life bu...

From Purgatory to Paradise

...The summer fog has not yet lifted from the enclave. The candyfloss glow of the sun suspended above the horizon of the valley in the Jock of the Bushveld Concervancy where I have made my new home refl...

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