Shadows of the trees and nightsgrow longer over the landRock and earth give up their hoarded summer heat;Winds like weaponswhip the leaves aloftto send them sailingin their final gloryuntil cold moans through the winter forestunimpeded;In heartwood deepthe coming summer sleeps. Sept 2011
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Violetta 15 Years My Friend
It is not you my sweet friendI lay to rest upon a bed of flowers,cover over with petals of pink and yellow and whiteand all the gentle colors of the rose…because I could not simply consignyour empty body to the earth, lying on, surrounded by unlovely dirt. It is not you there in the gardenunder the cairn …
Tolkien Tribute: Beren and Luthien
Beren and Luthien were a mortal Man and the daughter of an undying Elf and a Maia. They were bound together by love, and together, they fought the great Evil of Middle-earth, and won, though at great cost. Finally, Luthien, also called by Beren, Tinuviel–the Nightingale–chose to remain with him and live a mortal life. …
Autumn Tempest
Two poems of the wild autumn moving in on the last remnants of summer The earth does what it does and always has– Storm bellowing,Flood rushing,And the reeds bend;Trees sway and sometimesgo roots up;The waters wild sweep the landforgetting former bankserasing damsthe diligent beaver built. Storm Ponies The tempest swoops inoff the ocean where it …
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