October’s autumn
casts a gentle light
and a calm serenity
before the stark
barrenness of winter
is born to November
nature
Windy winter night
snuggled into a warm cozy bed
weather wakes this sleepyhead
with a blustery December night
white clouds reflecting city light
cold drops fall fast and furious
a clattering house, mysterious
midwinter storms in and wails
frigid rain and whipping gales
December windows open
cold winter night wind
warms my soul but chills my bones
spring sleeps in the earth
Watching the April bottlebrush without spectacles
green & light shimmering
dancing in the sunlight
little red fuzzy flames
burn quietly in the breeze
mottled blue patches
of serene springtime sky
blaze beautifully behind
a lively bejeweled scene
medallions of shade and color
twinkle in the afternoon
a mama hummingbird hovers
with wings so fast, silence
is no longer golden — she is
the sounds of the winds
overtake my soul and
carry it far off into the skies
—Terri Guillemets
Questions of the Sky
—Anonymous, The Queries Magazine, 1890
Ecos
leaves — lovers
of the gentle breeze
trees — brothers
of roots that weave
soil — giver
of life through earth
sun — mother
of golden light’s birth
Nature lessons
Can plants be happy? If they get what they need, they thrive —
Solar energy
The sun is nature’s antidepressant.
Eyes on eternity
Life is so much clearer under the stars than under a roof.
Continuous
Nature grows beautiful new life over old scars.
Cycles
Death recycles life
Life recycles death
Imperceptible
Under the giving snow blossoms a daring spring.
Aegrotum sanare
Autumn is the antidote to stifling summer.