A Nod to Frost by Shannon P. Laws The woods are lovely dark and deep There are hidden treasure chests to keep A stranger blocks my trail so narrow the shadow falls once pierced by sparrow Feeding on gnats in the twilight spaces I see my face on the faces Along the ways of search and find great friends there areContinueContinue reading “Poem: A Nod to Frost”
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Poetry: Apple Tree Orphan
“And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree… and the tree was happy.” -The Giving Tree by Shel ShilversteinApple Tree OrphanAmong the green majestic towersBeneath the canopy looking for sunA young tree growsDiscarded by its ownerThrown from the potConsidered waste and unfruitfulThe parents of the forestshed and sharetheirContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Apple Tree Orphan”
Poetry: Green
Oh to be the type of greenthat stays green through the frost,when the ground is white andbranches are heavy with Winter’s weightBrown red orange,the colors of fallmost greens do faderetracting in the cold airFreezing to the warm summers sunto be green in all seasons,fresh to the touch ever holding the color of LIFE!
Poetry: Droplet
Sitting with a warm cupsipping down the chamomilelooking up in awe at the droplets fallAbstract cutouts of dark treescreate the stage so I can view you descending from a silvery cloudWhat of that one drop?Where were you born?You came from the skyriding on a morning stormWhere do you live?You go into the earthwatering a treeDoContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Droplet”
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