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Woodsmoke Poems - Poems about Woodsmoke

A breathless house wheezes
...Contest: Breathless Sponsor: Constance La France Written: 24/05/2025 Quote "To breathe is to live, and without breath, there is no life." — Lailah Gifty Akita A breathless house wheezes Wi......

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Categories: woodsmoke, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Coming Back
... Thoughts keep coming back of late afternoons with the dark wings of currawongs weaving pathways through the high branches leaving long threads of song draped across trees - the drifting ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, memory, time, winter,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Woodsmoke in the Wind
...My long-lost winter is here Even if it has not snowed, For by and by, woodsmoke is near Drifting slow across the road A most distinctive scent It carries to the nose, Up, up a chimney vent W......

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Categories: woodsmoke, appreciation, december, february, fire,
Form: Rhyme
October’s Child
...Born in the breath of woodsmoke and fire, I learned early to love the art of falling. Leaves tumble like poorly kept secrets, trees strip down without shame - modesty’s for summer, after all. ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, autumn, birthday, emotions, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Whispers of Autumn
...When butterflies float downward like a leaf As air of Autumn dances everywhere Whispers of wings become a bright motif Floating, drifting, wandering on blue air. Scents of cinnamon whisper tre......

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Categories: woodsmoke, appreciation, autumn, butterfly, seasons,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Ode to Tofitian Rain
...Ode to Tofitian Rain What is in Tofino rain that makes it smell so sweet? A blend of berries, a certain strain of sea salt, fog and peat it smells of woodsmoke, tangy fir and kelp washed ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, appreciation, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Peace In the Nowhere
... "Peace in the Nowhere" Ghosts remain in this place they read their words marked each day on walls like prayers, it gives them peace in the nowhere someplace relevant ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, muse, poems, poets,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Autumnal
..."A melody whispers through the trees in the Autumnal season. A colorful song, a sing along, and nature's beauty is the reason." ~ by ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, autumn, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
When I Think About You
...When I think about you, I can see the sun streaming through the trees as we lay underneath them, staring up and the blue and white and endless of it all. I smell woodsmoke and summer breezes ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, crush, cute, for her,
Form: Free verse
A Real Cowboy
...I always wanted to be a real cowboy. A Buck-a-rue with scars on my cheeks and worn boots, I wanted my spurs to jingle and my saddle to creak and deep lines and sun burned skin decorating my face,......

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Categories: woodsmoke, black african american, career,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Peaceful Dawn
...Last night's grief was filled with a serene dawn. Woodsmoke and scalded spices flood the air. The darkened sunlight disclaims treads the lawn. Last night's grief was filled with a sere......

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Categories: woodsmoke, analogy, appreciation, dream,
Form: Triolet
Bonfire
...on a cold clear night they huddle close together with scorched fronts and icy backs eyes reflecting the flames in ruddy faces woodsmoke permeating hair and clothes fine grey ash coat......

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Categories: woodsmoke, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Is It Autumn
...Is it autumn, when silence has come to a lonely lakeshore? Throngs of reveling summer tourists are flocking here no more. Is it autumn, the water's sitting still in the swimming pool? The rowdy ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, autumn, change, farm, garden,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member In the Stillness
...In the stillness lies unbroken The fragile silence of the day When a whispering, winter wind Comes in to rest from play In the silence of the wood Lies the peace, so hard to find Lost, then f......

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Categories: woodsmoke, nature, peace, snow, solitude,
Form: Quatrain
Chasing Shadows
...I wandered from a dream into a nightmare when a desperate voice I continued to hear. As her weeping grew louder, I felt her near catching a glimpse of white lace hovering in the air. Too ......

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Categories: woodsmoke, scary,
Form: Rhyme

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