wild (and warm)

a riveris falling downfrom clouds above the lightis sufferingfrom its ownpallor a howling windis slinking the greenin the grass is risenuptoward the sky where a lazyyellowis orange reallywarmingin a stripe splayedover nimbus this isa wild dayabovethe back yard a wild dayoutside the door a wild dayand I’m watchingsafeand warm ~

bird (bereft) and autumn

the autumnis a little bird propelledthrough the airin fevered gaspsand surges become visiblein trees more berefttoday lesstomorrow ~

unknowing (the city)

the treesdo not carebeyond yellowand red the streamdoes not worryit just runs for the rainshave comeand the worldhas turned it is autumn againas it should be the cityclose byhas diedjust a little there is troublenowin findinga soul for it is peoplethat it needsand the peopleare all home nothingon the streetsbut their echo and a littlelost …

streaming a day of honey and light (and flowers and bees)

Pineapple sage 14/04/2020 the sage is a graceful driftof red a carpetof sortsset at the heightof my eyes when the breeze stirsit becomes a dancethat invites a swayingsoftly hummingresponsefrom my sideof the kitchen windowglass stilledin the absenceof so muchas a passing zephyrit is alive mesmerizingly alivewith the ravenous attentionof honey bees it should notbe sofor …

behind the ice creamery#4: they must

is this colour new Autumn? the leaves are so red but they too must fall ~

in the dapple

here I am me hiding in the dapple in the light and almost still I am colored shady I am colored grey painted over green waving in soft air there that is me dapple me ~

warm heart

and once in a while a benign sun shines with the balm of autumn the temperature is a kiss of warmth not a burn birds are squawk today quark and cheep and bell . . . . bell . . . . bell . . . . periodically filling the afternoon turning it to evening …

leaves

autumn leaves layered for Susie she won't rake them anymore but I recall autumn leaves arrayed in their colours like red wine and ochre she raked them she gifted them to me to make a garden layered in colours like red wine I remember autumn leaves layered for Susie © Frank Prem, 2017 September 2017 …

season to season

the yellows and the oranges and the reds of the fallen overtaken by brown overtaken by the earth covered over by the white and the season creeps along hiding green deep beneath the grey of fog and the following reflected gleams of light from the sun low but shining © Frank Prem, 2017 June 2017 …

goodbye autumn

today is a day of blue skies and crescent moons clouds sailing in the sunlight the green of grass is shining bright and back yards kiss the sky all arranged this cold cold day to kiss the last day of Autumn goodbye goodbye not to mention a salutary Ibis (shhh) (shhh) don't mention that © …