An ode to Mother Nature; poems that take their inspiration from the great outdoors.
Summer walks, so long ago, shirtsleeves and sandals afoot. Wooden boats hired for to row, sun shines and no one cares a hoot.
By Peter Rose5 years ago in Poets
My welcome to summer, to you I write. How I love the way you chirp, hop and soar, Invading my mind day and through the night,
By prashant sapkota5 years ago in Poets
Memory surfaces like a swimmer Coming up for a breath in a calm lake. I cannot reach him, but I remember: Cicadas sawing through the heat, the ache
By X X5 years ago in Poets
In just two seconds, all turned salt and sand. My eyes stung, burning, straining now to see I yelled “Mom, help! Please get me onto land!”
By Dinna Ferreira5 years ago in Poets
Outside the gate where feet walked foreign soil, Moon radiated reflected off tame shore waves; Outside the gate virgin blood did boil
By Anthony Diaz5 years ago in Poets
Salt River I NEVER had before this day, such joy! No clue what we're about to do, so nuts! Unknown but YES! Super-hyped nonetheless
By Rick Lualemana5 years ago in Poets
Carrying Water to the Field And on those hot afternoons in July, when my father was out on the tractor cultivating rows of corn, my mother
By kd Hoccane5 years ago in Poets
Grandpa's season was a sunshine meadow, and I scampered after him like a pup as if there was little time to borrow while we drank from summer's plentiful cup.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Poets
Sea Fever I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer
her eyes are blue her hair is the green but she is still mostly of the unseen her face are the flowers trees and roots
By leahread5 years ago in Poets
All our children, three daughters, and four sons make a very colorful mother's ring. The beauty, the color, the four seasons,
By Denise E Lindquist5 years ago in Poets
Senses trigger memories familiar, Smells of sunscreen, saltwater sand and sweat, The laughter of children playing in water,
By Jessie Waddell5 years ago in Poets
