nature poetry

An ode to Mother Nature; poems that take their inspiration from the great outdoors.

candlelit
Untouched and unknown Start fire with your fingertips Awash and aglow
By Raine Nealabout a year ago in Poets
October Again
Chill air and woodsmoke Drift o'er deepening brown earth: Breathe October in.
By Gabriel Huizengaabout a year ago in Poets
Shifting
undressed trees shiver as winds ring the bells of change autumn’s death rattle
By Alison McBainabout a year ago in Poets
Harvest Samba
soft-spun curlicues olive, orange, burnt umber the lonely leaves weep
By Alison McBainabout a year ago in Poets
Celebrating the Yearning
The breeze of chillness, Brushes away fallen lush, Leaving longing prints.
By Parvathi Jabout a year ago in Poets
Changing Seasons
From summer to fall. Yellow, orange, red, and brown. Leaves rest on the ground.
By Amethyst Champagneabout a year ago in Poets
Falling Free
floating, falling free one final glimpse of this life weightless, beautiful
By Kiersten Weldonabout a year ago in Poets
If Only
If only I could travel, To the Mountain state, A Land of Great fate, Wake up in Charleston, Travel to Wheeling, All the time,
By April Denise Stuartabout a year ago in Poets
Mutual melancholy
I know the tree's pain for I too watched you leave and take the colors with
By Daniel Kabout a year ago in Poets
A golden undoing
crispy air, golden apples, pears and vines — one bite, beginning is end. I got inspired to many haikus for the Falling Leaves challenge, but not all of them was about the falling leaves, as the prompt requested. Some were simply inspired by the season. Anyway, I still wanted to share them.
By Imola Tóthabout a year ago in Poets
Frosted Folly
As the morning stretches Her breath is the air Once soft supple edges Now frost lines her hair Shadows find the fault lines
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago in Poets
The Dancers
Russet and golden, dancers in the Autumn wind. No longer stuck fast.
By S. A. Crawfordabout a year ago in Poets