Nature Poems

Winter's Eve Rain

Simple rain, simple trees, simple street light,

And darkness to see.

As we walk together alone,

I gaze on each bare

Splendid skyward form,

Dripping and iced in light,

Beautiful like You,

Perhaps to no one else tonight.

I turn the corner,

But take one last

Over shoulder glimpse:

Simple rain, simple trees, simple street light,

And darkness to see:

Glory to God –

There's halos streaming through

The birch child's hair!

I loved the summer's day sun,

But You have made me to cherish

Blessed

Winter's eve rain

Fall 2007

Stars Stream At twilight – Piercing reality, they Cut through the smooth weave of sky, Pass the dark glass, Denying the world an hour longer. Then the heaven threaded Through the eye of man Breaks with the day. And we are left with plain day, the Good faith of plain, beautiful day: Lost, the other-world longing, Stars Stemmed. Fall 2007

Tree-climbing

Oh, to borrow height,

And out-grow the world beneath,

Tracing the branches of wandering thought,

And reveling in the day.

2006