Tag: poetry

favorable wind

leaving leaves

the season had ended

the leaves had descended

and I was to rake

them away

so I went out at dawn

to my leaf-covered lawn

when a favorable wind

came my way

now my leaves were

blown high

in the blustery sky

while I leaned on my rake

all the day

and I think that it’s been

quite a favorable wind

but my neighbors don’t

see it that way

Samhain

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In the dead of the night,

When good folk are in bed,

The witches take flight

On their broomsticks instead,

And meet in moonlight

For the Feast of the Dead.

 

A dark night of dread,

But what does it mean?

When the living and dead

Have less curtain between!

Samhain, it is said,

Is now our Halloween.

headlights

headlights

while driving down

the road to town

one moonless

summer night

oncoming cars

like shooting stars

seemed merely

streaks of light

and as we passed

so close, so fast

our lives

depended on

that we remain

within our lane

or chance to

meet head-on

so now when I

see cars go by

I check my mirror

with care

and hopefully

I’ll never see

an accident

back there

 

(orig. posted 4/16)