haiku: greetings from the autumn equinox
orange flame morning sky
shuffling through wildflower fields
harvest has begun
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
September 23, 2022
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autumns riot
of color, activity, and light
is a boon for our dulled senses
plants abloom, leaves turn,
bees gather, spiders weave,
golden light and shadows dance
let us find a field
entering as we are able
and marvel its rustic splendor
in awhile
dormancy, darkness, and decay
will send us sheltering inside reflecting
so all hail autumn
in your zenith here and now
harvesting what we may
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
September 22, 2022 (Autumn Equinox)
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tanka: autumn mundane and sublime
morning cool and crisp
throw a blanket on the bed
earth’s in its orbit
sun low on the horizon
light and shadow at my door
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Bird Heaven Hill are a boon
neither winter’s harshness
nor war’s evil
keeps the the forces of nature
from its way
the spring season
brings the bluebird and wren
back to their nest
precisely on spring’s first day*
the bluebird inspects
its house
as the wren chirps on high
announcing its arrival
within the natural order
of the universe harmonic
forces flow as all things
work together for the good
and so our weary souls
seek the light
from its pall to
rebirth and resurrection
like the birds nesting
in the ‘lil woods,
putting our house in order
and singing the new day
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
March 20, 2022
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*Author’s note: March 1st. is
the beginning of meteorological
Spring.
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 16, 2022
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Author’s note: I wish to thank
my English friends,
Emma Hepburn and Rosie Dowbekin,
for their love of the beautiful
streams in England, which
inspired me to write this tanka
poem. I am forever grateful
for your inspiration.
Click on video and turn up sound to hear the murmuring stream
a dusting of snow
covers the earth, winter’s pall,
comes the killing frost
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 21, 2022
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winter sun returns
ice crystals twinkle like stars
evergreens drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 19, 2022
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chilly winter day
the sun in a cloudless sky
warms stiff faces
mindfully walking the creek
flowing loudly and rapid
from the snow and rain
it’s cold waters finding
their way telling us
all we need to know
spying the chickadee
in the cattail
of the wet bog
walking the muddy trail,
crisscrossed in shadow,
covered in winter’s detritus
gratitude filling us
as we travel back home
the sun over our shoulder
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 11, 2022
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