Category: Poetry
-
The Symphony of Life
He sat with his back to the tree, eyes closed, listening. There was only the music of the forest, the summer breeze tickling the leaves which shimmered back and forth, waving at their guest below, welcoming him to their protective canopy. The songbirds chirped from the swaying treetops, and in the distance a woodpecker battered…
-
City Wanderer
A lone man wanders through the streets From horns and lights his mind retreats His thoughts are with the flowing streams That each night occupy his dreams The busy people looking down Fingers typing, a slight frown The smiling man might have no home His spirit, though, is free to roam
-
Sad Girl
She sat in the straw chair by the screen window looking over the ocean with her eyes out of focus, her mind elsewhere. What seemed so beautiful, so serene yesterday seemed empty today. Yesterday the sunlight shimmering off the salt water in the bay tickled her eyes and her brain with pleasure. Today the same…
-
The Life of a Snowflake
It formed from ice crystals joined together high in the frosty atmosphere, until it became heavy enough to leave the cloud which was its home, drifting slowly, unhurriedly, toward the city below. The city folk were rushing between places, cursing under their breaths about the cold and the slush and the wetness. Perched on the…