Showing posts with label September. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2021

September

 

a quiet settles

on parks, playgrounds &

wheat field


where do we purchase

to prolong this summer light

& savor the glorious coat of green


we count the wild sun-

flowers & goldenrods yellowing the trail

& wild teasels, with their empty

seed heads, bowing to the cool wind


we fold sorrows 

in deep pockets

as old letters fade

delicate as amber veins

on a fallen maple leaf


the hours go on, un-

shaken by mortal breath,

under the bridge, the river flows un-

tallowed by our thoughts 




Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight - Please join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST.   Thank you for your visits and comments.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September Sun

 

It seems as though you are still summer

Running across wheat-rippled fields

Blowing dandelion seeds  

Your bag is treasure hunt:

twigs, warbled flowers,

bugs, budding things-

mud-stained gifts

Your smile-

sun


First line of my poem:   To the Light of September by W.S. Merwin


Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Poetics:  9 Across for a count down, hosted by Laura Bloomsbury. A poem in nonet form.   Thanks for the visit.