Poem: Lights in the Night

The day is light, warm, bright, friendly, welcoming. Bees gather and swarm. ~ Butterflies flutter through the dappled sunlight. Flowers bloom, fresh and new. ~ It is when the night comes when the joy disappears, and cold seeps in, chills, numbs. ~ The animals scurry away. Fear grips them all, at the disappearance of day. …

Poem: Whispers of the Wind

Wind comes rushing down the plain, murmuring in its quiet tone, assuring that there soon comes rain, and to the fields that are sown, ~ that their thirst will be quenched, their roots will be fed, that they will not be wrenched, from the earth, lifeless, dead. ~ The wind continues, rustling the brush, patting …

Poem: Leaf in the Wind

Grown on a tree, the leaf does sway. ~ A current of wind comes, and pulls it away. ~ It swirls from the tree. Dances in the air. ~ Spins on the gust, high, light, and fair. ~ It passes a bird, topples over a tree. ~ Surveys a hill, far down to see. ~ …

Poem: Groggy Forest

The branches move and sway. A squirrel comes out to play. ~ The sun begins to rise without a sound. The light plays out onto the ground. ~ The birds rise and begin to sing. Foxes come out and see the beautiful spring. ~ The breeze brings the mice out of their home. They chatter …