IT RAINS....

                        RAIN on the ROOF by Coates Kinney (1826-1904)

When the humid shadows hover

over all the starry spheres....

And.....

the melancholy darkness

Gently.....

weeps in rainy tears

what a joy....

to press the pillow

Of a cottage

chamber bed..............

And to listen.........

to the patter

of the soft rain

Overhead....

 

                "Let the rain sing you a lullaby...." -Langston Hughes

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Photographs 2024

 

LEAVES.....

"Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It's ordinary to love the beautiful, but it's beautiful to love the ordinary...." -M.J. Korvan

"The unwrinkled serenity made me into one with the still greenery, the drifting clouds, and the swooping birds.." -Alice James (1848-1892)

"I've seen a jillion miracles. green leaf is a miracle...." -J. Dean

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time, like dew on the tip of a leaf.." - R. Tagore

           "I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze..." -Ann Drake

 

"Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly.They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar..." -Delia Owens

"Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead, have never seen them dancing on a windy day..." -Shira Tamir

"There is subtle magic in the falling of old leaves..." -Avijeet Das

                         "The golden song of immortal creativity...." -Amit Ray

"Even a leaf in the wind settles sometimes..."- Alison Goodman

"They're falling, like they are falling in love with the ground...." -Andrea Gibson

                                                     "Every leaf speaks to me....." -Emily Bronte

"Make the ground glow and burn with light...." -Malcom Lowry

"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour they are in their last days..." -John Burroughs

"What life can compare to this? Sitting quietly by the window I watch the leaves fall...the seasons come and go...." -Hsueh-Tou (982-1050)

                                "I am just a leaf...."-Gemma Malley

                                            

"Whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky..." -Dejan Stojanovic

Photographs 2024

 

WHEN .....

When. Tell me when... 

 In wisps of mango and stellar blue. 

When will summer breathe again?

When  rains lash down, will  Jays hunt  again. Brilliant in their blue leisure suits , like used car salesmen, flashing against  languorous  trees.

                                                     

 Floating petals in the wind. When will they dream? Do they long for sleep like the trees?

                                                  

Fatigued with their lot in life. Leaves lament . In  swirling puddles.

When? When will they rest?  No fanfare. No cheers. Just quiet softness till called again.

Only the Jays. Selling cars in the cool evenings. Loud and long. They do not sleep.        

 They fly. 

                          Emissary ...........

When will He call  .......

Will we long for dreams.  

. 

When we breathe  His name. In the hush. In  last light.

When. Tell me when... 

 

                                               In wisps of mango and stellar blue. 

                                               Over the rush of blue wings.

When our hearts  linger, and long for...to sleep no more.

Tell me. When will summer breathe again?

 "In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns. In the other hand grasps the high mountains...."-Psalm 95:4

 Photographs 2024