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Tag Archives: nature poetry
Waiting in the Rain
I am standing in the rain, Just standing here, looking into the grey air, Getting wet. . The country is raining down all that is worst in our nature As if these things had always been with us, In threatening … Continue reading
Posted in nature poetry, Poetry, Political, Roisin's Telling
Tagged forgiveness, nature poetry
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Time Does Not Repeat Itself
Oh no, time does not repeat itself, It spirals, perhaps, one turn reverberating on the others, But time does not repeat. Nature’s variation is endless, Orderly, yet endless. Everything done will be undone. Everything undone waits for … Continue reading
Grandma’s Prayer
’twas a sad time what with the animals dying and the children sick and the full moon waning. . The fields were laid to rest and Even the prata were frozen well below the ground. . The Good Folk … Continue reading
Tim and the Tiny Man
Tim looked down as he came over the knell And a tiny man with shears was squatting there. . Tim stopped in amazement and stared, And as he did, the tiny man leaned over his shadow. . Tim’s shadow stopped … Continue reading
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Tagged death, ghosts, goblins, halloween, humorous poetry, nature poetry, strange wine, tales
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What It Is
What a Tree Is “Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there….” Yeats Nothing is just what it is. Look at that tree. See centuries of meaning on its bark, Put there by poets since cave … Continue reading
The Shielding Tree by Black Elk
The international conference on the climate is being held in Lima, Peru. This poem is by Black Elk. Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice. At the center of the sacred hoop You have said that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Elk, Climate Change, nature poetry, Prayer, The international conference
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When there was night
(written for 30 Poems in November.Please go to http://www.razoo.com/story/poems-for-dollars to Pledge for The Center for New Americans0 When there was night Endless stars in constant motion, moon shadows, deep sleep, brilliant dreams, waking dreams, shared dreams, zodiacal light, blue, … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 poems in 30 days, Heavenly Shepard, light pollution, moon shadows, nature poetry, sleep, waking dreams
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Silence of the Snow
The silence of the snow crushes The silence when the freezer stops shocks The silence of that bird yearns The silence of those trees envelops The silence of our empty house crushes shocks yearns envelops The silence of your death … Continue reading
The Bridge in the Woodland
It came out of nowhere, that bridge, A rusted anomaly in trees that had devoured the fields before Metal bridges began. . Along we come, A rusty Bondo-ed auto that should be a memory, but Lives beyond its time. . … Continue reading