Autumn Wisdom Poems

WOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGS


In the delicious womb of all beginnings 
we learnt to giggle electrons
to bear all things 
without nusturtiums, pink lilies or doughnuts 
warm...

Read More

i heard he was a lamb disguised as beast but
some say it's the other way around
he awakened in the east from a night's rest before
heading...

Read More

“A Reckoning of Illumination”

Autumn winds fall delicately upon my weary soul 

Light from a heavenly place surrounds my interpretation of the scripture 

Elemental hues of...

Read More

like the gold ring embracing my finger yet
cold and aloof, always more beautiful just beyond my sight
than within it
because illusion is impossibly perfect
a space beyond...

Read More

Will I slowly wither like a leaf
that falls upon the earth?
Once void of all its autumn hues,
it loses all its worth.

Will my strength and vigor...

Read More

Autumn grieves for summer,
Whispering her anguish to the morning,
Sighing sorrow, a heart torn, 
Sorrow born from the dying leaves,
Rustling in the winds who sing…

Melancholy, darkness...

Read More

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller


Like...

Read More

Arise! Let the mountains cry,
Hear the rivers sigh,
Cling to the gentling morn,
Wherever His glory invites
Wonder, hope – peace
Remember the graceful sighs,
Leaves dancing through the winds,
The...

Read More

haunter of the woods, 
woods whispering wishes,
like a heartbeat, still as starlight,
reflecting all the music…

oaks and birch, pine and laurel,
soothing barks, 
ligneous laughter, a morning...

Read More

This morning, I discovered a small trail leading off one of the main trails that I frequently walk. I shielded my eyes and looked deep...

Read More

I sit …

unusually still
car parked in the driveway 
engine off
home again, jiggity-jog
but I don’t reach for a handle
I soak a moment
in silent twilight, breathing
old leaves...

Read More

a man could come to no good

stealing a neighbors cordwood

so at home i rest

and trying my best

concentrate on a baked good.
...

Read More

Don’t know that I have
a favorite season 

I mean, Spring is quite
nice, if you don’t mind
sneezin’

Summer, warmly teasing!
Till sunburn besets the host,
unarguably not pleasing

Winter skiing,...

Read More

Just before the touch of winter’s caress
Comes a moment when my heart must confess
Peace sways eagerly in the zephyr spice
Tempting autumn brings wonders so precise

Just...

Read More

I'm an enlightened 
equinox, strolling in
faded universe, 
dreaming poetry in
susurrus serenades 
of rustling 
ruby-leaves which
whisper cool 
beamish hues
to my autumnal-
quartz heart, 
when the nucleus 
of...

Read More