November - Nov PAD day 12

photo by PSC 2016-11-5

November

In her early days she was bright,

cheery, full of light, an optimist

offering up riots of leaves –

so many shades – waves

of yellows and oranges

flooding into red, reflected

in wind-rippled waters;

thrashing shapes,

turbulent textures

against a blue background

a bottomless welkin;

but later,

her trees denuded,

filter a different light,

softer, weaker, all the while 

her darkness growing deeper,

disheartening, the shadows –

glum, gloomy, foreboding

a sinister storm brewing;

such an inauspicious end

to a month that began

with so much hope

and expectation. 

PSC 2016-11

Penned for Day 12 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge.   

Assignment: a month

For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 12

 

Be Leaf Me - Nov PAD day 11

photo by PSC 2016-11-14

Be Leaf Me

we are

(all of us)

ablaze in different colors,

flaunting our shades,

disparate shapes, sizes and textures.

Our routes (our roots)

may vary;

we’ve been borne on different branches

spanning the ages.

we share

histories and genealogies

similar and distinct

as alike as we are diverse

and still, the light

shines

through

us

all

PSC / 2016-11

Penned for Day 11 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge.   

Assignment: a description poem

For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 11

Don’t Drink the Water - Nov PAD day 10

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Don’t Drink the Water

Corporations don’t drink the water

and don’t breathe the air,

so why should they care

if those commodities

are toxic or clean?

You know what I mean:

it’s all dollars and no sense –

so let’s dispense with the pretense.

Until they can make more cash

selling a gallon of water

or a bag of clean soil

than a barrel of oil,

we’ll all pay the price.

But, that may yet come to pass.

Seems we’re heading that way.

And, isn’t that nice?

PSC / 2016-11

  Penned for Day 10 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge.    

Assignment: a tragic poem

For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 10

 

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