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The Storm

April 16, 2022 by Dale Leave a Comment

Fallen tree in the woods

The wind blows with a crash and storms the earth Streaks of air catch wisps of hair hold my breath The ground rises, turns in circles, ascends My eyes grow dark, torsos twine together their girth Shutting out light,  through bars of limbs, a death, Chain me to the bark of blasted tree, it ends,…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo2022, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: curtal sonnet, GloPoWriMo, nature, Poem, Rhyme, storm, woods

Spring Grows

April 6, 2022 by Dale Leave a Comment

Spring Moss

Moss — so tall above the frost Grows — spring congratulations Fat — slow, sprung, event — Lent On — melting snow, be drunk A — first, sign of life begun Rolling — waves of verdant light Stone — cast your eternal spirit.   ∞ Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo)….

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo2022, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: life, Lyrics, moss, nature, spirit, spring

Summer Convections

August 25, 2021 by Dale Leave a Comment

Forest Canopy

A thirsty sun Sucks the day’s wetness Through straws Slurping the last drops Sweaty fountain drinks Heat waves Crashing against earth Harden the world’s skin The cool dusk dawns Embraces suffocating August air Lies in state Wet foreplay Replaced By the wholeness of moonlight A canopy of Saran Wrap Overstretching Captures Convections sleep Rhythmic moist…

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Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: dew, heat, nature, Poem, summer, walk

on the death of a tree

April 8, 2021 by Dale Leave a Comment

Falling Tree

Can you hear me? Can you hear me cry? Can you hear me as I die? I wonder if my voice travels Outside this place, this clearing, Surrounded by my brethren And sisters born from a great fire. The staff of my life has rotted away See my mangled entrails, my roots Now exposed by…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo2021, Poetry Tagged With: death, GloPoWriMo, monologue, nature, Poetry, tree, voice

Minimally

April 30, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

A dead tulip petal

Nature leaves fingerprints ∞ Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo). Today’s prompt:  try your hand at a minimalist poem. What’s that? Well, a poem that is quite short, and that doesn’t really try to tell a story, but to quickly and simply capture an image or emotion…. 30 Poems in 30…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), micropoetry, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: GloPoWriMo, minimal, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, Poem, Poetry

i see

April 22, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

i see — with the light with each season and my mood, i see differently — my eyes change with the afternoon with the wane of the sun the see a shimmer of skin in the shadows of a a candle my eyes alight inside the twisting fire but in a lens they blink and…

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Filed Under: Flower, GloPoWriMo (2019), Macro, Nature, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: Art, crocus, eye, GloPoWriMo, macro, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, Photography, Poetry, see

Blackbirds Fly

April 21, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Blackbird on Chimney

Blackbirds fly from the rusted chimney a talisman of smoke and wings choking my eyes with their stillness while worms walk their wasteland marshalling their parade out of a prison that melts away into memory. Sunshine collides with the clouds forging them into steel tears that baptize our salted corpse and resurrect hope from a…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: blackbird, GloPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, Poem, seasons, spring, surreal, Winter

What did the Grouse Hear?

April 17, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Grouse on a Path

What did the grouse hear as the Father talked to his Son — what did it hear in the reassuring speech, practiced over a glass of rye, in the repetition of “I will always love you”? Walking among the thin ground cover, random and haphazard, the mottled markings passed on from grouse to grouse as…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: childhood, conflict, father, GloPoWriMo, grouse, hiding, hunting, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, nurture, Poem, Poetry, son, struggle

… a Moment

March 5, 2018 by Dale 8 Comments

Winter Ski Trail

I ski upon the memory of a path upon the snow fallen from the twinkling of stars long ago. I move along the path made glacial and hard by the many boots of men following me. I ascend a terrain which undulates noticeably up when early in my trek it was all downhill. I collect…

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Filed Under: Poetry, Writes Tagged With: aging, childhood, contempation, Cross-Country Skiing, life, moment, nature, path, Poetry, seasons, spring, time, Winter

Forest Nocturne

April 17, 2017 by Dale Leave a Comment

Nocturne

an autumn twilight | rains:  forest stars drip leafs upon: broken | hearted pillars of wood: a shipwreck | spears present: in a past — a future parted out of  reach | I mourn | the walk a passage of time | locked away:  in a closet sand in my shoe | pebbles | rock…

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Filed Under: Ben, NaPoWriMo_2017, Poetry Tagged With: Forest, grief, loss, melancholoy, nature, nocture, remembrance

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30 Poems in 30 Days – Global Poetry Writing Month (2022)

  • A Love Song

    A Love Song
  • Chosen

    Chosen
  • Wormwood

    Wormwood
  • Bashert

    Bashert
  • Lumber Dog

    Lumber Dog
  • Aisling for the Land

    Aisling for the Land
  • Hard Boiled Boy

    Hard Boiled Boy
  • The Blasted

    The Blasted
  • Sense of Time

    Sense of Time
  • We Reflect

    We Reflect
  • A Family Grown

    A Family Grown
  • Fly — Away

    Fly — Away
  • Curtains

    Curtains
  • A Question Heard

    A Question Heard
  • The Storm

    The Storm
  • A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom

    A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom
  • Bun in the Oven

    Bun in the Oven
  • The world don’t owe you nothing

    The world don’t owe you nothing
  • the syrphid

    the syrphid
  • Osborne

    Osborne
  • Love is not a Word

    Love is not a Word
  • Meta

    Meta
  • Super-Pop

    Super-Pop
  • footprints on the sands of time

    footprints on the sands of time
  • Spring Grows

    Spring Grows
  • Neptune’s Recline

    Neptune’s Recline
  • Red Light, Green Light, Stop

    Red Light, Green Light, Stop
  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights
  • Afterwinter

    Afterwinter
  • The Story of a Dog

    The Story of a Dog

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