winter morning

Grace @ Everyday Amazing 

morning dawns in white 
icicles,  dangling like sharp spears from
brown-tiled roof, winter seeps colder than ever   

veiling the trees, bare 
and seedless, in muted symphony - pristine   
as morning dawns in white

sky heaves in palest pink 
and lavender clouds, slowly melting the
icicles, dangling like sharp spears from 

my window, crusted in sprinkled crystals--   
all is quiet, not a bird nor squirrel scampering the
brown-tiled roof, winter seeps colder than ever  

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads:   Chained Rhyme: Cascade - Hosted by Hedgewitch ~  A cascade is a poem where each line of the first stanza serves in sequence as the last line of the following stanzas.

Softened earth

Sitana-fan throated lizard

you had me running  

lightning fast across fallen leaves -

weaved of copper and russet gold -

old woods heaved, washed of rain,

strains of birdsong and mating sounds - 

ground is softened earth,  

dearth of salt and sea breeze -

trees rustle as tongues meet,        

wheat-hued sky, bare throats - summer heat 

Picture credit:   here

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Transforming Friday ~

and Sunday's Challenge - Chained Rhyme :   Poetry form:"Linked rhyme (or chained rhyme) chimes the last syllable or syllables of a line with the first syllable or syllables of the next line…" ~  Thanks for the visit ~