Day 16, 17, and 18 of Poetry Month - April 2016

I'm feeling a lot better today. Here's three poems.

Autumn Sunset

Yellow orange red purple blue grey
All colours mixed together
A painting fresh on canvas
Early evening highlights time
Oils and watercolours do no justice to the scene before me
A miracle of light and no light, earth rotating passed its point
Eyes see and the heart feels wondrous freedom
Colours fight black, but black always wins and night comes unaccepted unexpectedly fast
Yellow
Orange
Red
Purple
Blue
Grey
Black
Black
Black……..

© 2010 Surrey, BC

Reviving the Bay

Cold crashing splashes wash dry black mud, hiding

smoothed stones

and edible quahogs.

No buried treasure of gold sovereigns or pop cans or

milk bottles

for return appear.

Incessant destruction of towering cliffs

reveal the ancient sages

and distressing winds.

A solitary harbour seal wanders in from Atlantic waters

seeking shelter from forceful advances

and perhaps a chance to sleep.

© 1999 Surrey, BC

New Worlds

New worlds came out of old revolutions.

May they never return us to the garden

Or we will die a silent, painless death

Forever forgiving our future evil deeds.

© 1975 Kingston, ON