A Collection of Poems

Splitter splatter splash
Silver raindrops fall upon
Emerald-tinted leaves.
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Laughter rings in
The unending silence of
The black velvet night
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Gently peeking pink
Delicate cherry blossoms
Welcome the new spring
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Autumn

The berries are shriveled and drying
The grasses are tawny and dying
The apples on the trees will soon ripen and fall,
But the pines, unchanging, still stand tall
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Wind

Cold invisible fingers wrap themselves around me
Playing with my hair, my clothes
Sweeping through my body like an icy river
As the wind, my lover, caresses me
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Through the Mists of Morning

Through the icy mists of morning,
my soul returns to me.
through the golden mists of morning,
The fair sun kisses me.
Through the silent mists of morning,
Songbirds sing to me.
Through the soft mists of morning,
The Goddess embraces me.
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Swathed in cloths of old
Holding the future in worn hands
Hope shines in dark eyes
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Flying high above the trees
Silver sky dragons
Illuminate the evening clouds
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Redwood

Behold the mighty redwoods,
Who stretch their boughs,
To greet the sky.
Their lofty crowns part the clouds,
Ever far, ever high.
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The Forgotten Goddess

In the hearts and lives
Of long-gone women
She lived.
In the prayers and songs
Of priestesses of old
She loved.
In stories and poems
Scarce heard, or remembered
She spoke.
In drumbeats and in fires
Long since silent and cold
She danced.
Now in the dreams and hopes
Of women like me
She reigns again.
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