poem about nature

  • Descent From Pilatus

    Descent From Pilatus

    The dragon’s breath was thick and cold, Echoing in the crags of its rocky lair With the sound of cowbells ringing somewhere far below. And a path so narrow and steep, It would be missed if not for the warning signs marking its way. Maybe it was a good thing we couldn’t see beyond the

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  • Landscape at Sunrise

    Landscape at Sunrise

    The sunrise looked like a landscape. My windowshield, its frame. The white mountains a masterpiece Under the sky’s orange flame.  The sunrise looked like a landscape. Each moment a new image unfolds. With fields of frost sparkling silver In the dawn’s sunlight of gold. The sunrise looked like a landscape, Painted by a master’s hand. 

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  • I am winter

    I am winter

    I am the unending night that swallows the day. I am the warmth of the cold sun before it fades. I am the glow of the moon on a frozen ground. I am the falling snow that muffles all sound. I am the north wind that bites, and the cardinal that sings. I am the

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  • Winter White Sky

    Winter White Sky

    The winter sky is white As the milky waters of Lethe.  The stark clouds blend into a horizon: No beginning and no end, Like oblivion.  The impervious sky, The impersonal snow, Blur the lines of heaven and earth. A void without warmth. A void without memory. A void without emotion.  Only the bliss of nothingness.

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