Unplanted Poems - Poems about Unplanted

Butterfly's Wander

...Once upon a time
the old songs were new
On prairies unplanted
invaders were few 

Where rivers rolled onward
no ferries or towns
All riverboat minstrels
new ages impound

The time of the se...

Pursuit of Infinite Knowledge and Understanding

...(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)

The student stands where shifting sands of thought
Once firm with reason 
now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes 
a threadbare fading s...

Planting a Seed

...("Heaven and Earth", 2024, original encaustic)

Planting a Seed

Sitting quietly
I find a seed within my heart
and entering into it plant something 
unnamable which was there all along
...

A Vision On An Island

...Nested like treasures priceless, eagle parents watch over the brood
On an island far away from the city, I beheld in a vision of azure blue
A rural settlement in waste laying, arid with black bile
...

The Last Rose

...Ichor running through her veins
All blood is pushed aside
Her eyelids shut, her heart on ice
My fate she would decide

Wilted romance, rotting vines
Garden left in thorns
A lonely rose from la...

Vagabond Dreams

...how old are they now
those that fell by the wayside, one foot in the unknown
the others that disappeared to the other side of the moon

why were they lost,  spilling into the wind
tossed upwards...

Monarchy

...last year's unplanted
milkweed pods are 
weighing happily 
not on my chest
of drawers but
my bedside
end table

beginning
to open on
their own even
oddly because the
only something that
...

The Mirror's Tear Part 3

...Virtues are more than they appear to be.
Ripples of connectivity.
Something switched on with the light?
A companion, manual, override.
Especially when storm clouds rear- appear to ruin the blue s...

The Last Words

...
We have come this far,
In this forever, here we are,
a speck of sand, a blink
vulnerable as we think
we are not a never,
nor are we a forever.

Time will claim the choice,
silence t...

The Gardener

...The water sprinkler ran all night
Water droplets cling to leaves
Round clear circles mirror surroundings
Or sparkle sunlight under the eaves

A beautiful spring morn
Cool, crisp air that si...

Reverence

...Iron your dishes
                                           Vacuum your clothes
                                             Defrost the oven
                                             Unplanted...

On Turning Fifty

...on turning fifty


on turning fifty
today i looked in the rear view mirror
look back into the past
and see a speeding car go by
a decrepit car at that
unwashed, unkempt
with the driver havin...

Treasons Reasons

...Treason Reasons




                              Concreted cracks, abandoned train tracks,
                                unaffordable housing built like shacks.

                          ...

On My Mother's Grave

...For three score years and little more you lived
Did you at once think of yourself?
Did you at once rest?
When the heartless sun bitterly scotched your back
You never thought of it
You concentrat...

The Commitment

...The lesion was 
spreading. From 
    inside, I hear the wails.

Past and present 
of time, plows 
    the furrows, in future.

Seeds remain 
unplanted. I seek 
    justice from the earth.
...

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