Whispers

Autumn Leaves

Whispers
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Golden leaves drift gently on the breeze

Whispering through the air, winter is near-

Ing, coldness is raising its fingers of ice,

Reaching, stroking, freezing the earth

And the leaves gather around on the ground

Mourning the mini-death, simulating sorrow

As if there’s no tomorrow, but most of us know

That all-Ready summer is on its way,

And winter’s stay is restrained, contained

To only a few months of the year where

We recover from summer’s unrelenting heat

And so the beat of life continues its circle

Round… and round… in an eternal revolving ring

Around the sun…

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©Denise G Allen, 29 April 2013 05:28
Photograph: Author with my cellphone during or pre 2010

Anticipating Autumn

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Summer’s leaves begin to fade,

Yellowed in the last hot sun;

Morning air is cool and fresh,

Autumn’s slow advance begun.

Growth slows, awaiting frost,

Nights grow longer, colder too,

Lengthened evenings by the fire

Give more time to spend with you.

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©Denise G Allen, 21 March 2013 13:19

Approach of Autumn

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The early morning air

Has a chilly hint of cold

Whispering in my ear

A sweet reminder that

Autumn is almost here

Summer is moving past

Her flowers withered by the sun

We need the autumn respite

Before the winter comes

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©Denise G Allen, 04 March 2013 05:16

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Sounds of Birds

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The sounds of birds

fill the air everywhere,

CHattering, chITTering, TWITTering,

ScrEAMs, hOOts and kwAAKs.

Listen and hear,

bring to the fore(ground)

of your ear.

Hark hark the lark,

the HAdeDAs

and the little LAdeDAs,

background music

whilst we work.

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©Denise G Allen, 16 February 2013 09:50

Happy New Year

                     

 

Happy New Year

To All my Blogger Friends Out There

My very best wishes for a wonderful and blessed New Year

With all my love

Denise

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Photograph: With gratitude to Granny1947, WordPress.com

©Denise G Allen, 31 December 2012 14:40

The Wind

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Wanderer

Traveller

Herald of the weather

Whether

We gather

All together

Hot and humid

At the seaside

Blowing seasand

Breath is spumid

On the skin

Evaporates

Elaborate

Chilling scheme

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©DGA 14 December 2011 12:49

New Beginnings

Piet-my-vrou (Red Chested Cuckoo)

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New Beginnings

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I awoke to a rain-washed day

With smells of new mown hay,

A clear crisp bite in the air:

The best time of the year.

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Winter’s becoming a memory

While summer waits in the wings

With promises of pleasures sensory

Suspended till the Piet-my-vrou* sings.

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*Etymology

From Afrikaans piet-my-vrou, literally ‘Peter my wife’, supposed
representation of the bird’s call.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piet-my-vrou

Image: Red-chested
Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Piet-my-vrou

http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/jillsbirds.html

©DGA 6 November 2011 07:58

HEAT

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The beat of heat

From the sun

Caresses my skin

Draws out the sweat

Helps me forget

Winters chill

Unquenchable thirst

I need a draught

A refreshing waft

To shoot the breeze

And be able to breathe

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©DGA 26 October 2011 18:25

The Tree

The Tree

You stand there naked on the hill
Like an appointed sentinel,
Bereft of all your summer glory,
Your limbs outstretched against the sky,
and silently watch the world go by.

Do you shiver in the chill?
Do you utter the smallest sound
When the frost blankets the ground
And the snow begins to thaw -
Do your roots get cold and sore?

Do you long for the return of spring,
For sunny days and balmy nights,
When children climb your leafy boughs
And raucous rooks perch way up high
To view the landscape beneath the sky?

Image: Willdoo_photobucket.com & Aubreyknight_photobucket.com
©DGA 26.06.2011 07:14

Summer Haiku

SUMMER HAIKU #1

A ray of sunlight
Pierced the mist
And touched the cosmos
With his kiss

SUMMER HAIKU #2

A short sharp shower
Perfect end
To a sizzling day

Image: Photobucket.com
©DGA 07.02.2011 08:46