Fall descends
on frosted morning
fields of corn
rough between their fallen ranks.
Trailing
at the edges
goldenrod and purples,
lush growth
rusted through
September steals the show
from summer’s verdant green.
Dancing breath before me swirls,
held and blown,
like a five year olds.
Into the orchard,
Eden’s rival.
Beneath whose trees,
find I this joy?
Morning cool
gives way as rising heat
kisses apple swollen branches
with slanting light.
Bees here too,
sipping nectar,
scattered drops
beneath
these ancient [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Orchard Dreams
Posted in Poetry on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lured w/voice
Posted in Poetry on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
http://h1.ripway.com/AlluraD/Lured.mp3
Beyond the ken of human hearts
through meadow grass where glistening night tears
mirror a star clad sky, she wanders…
lost in thought, caught in dreams;
clothed in light and dark; breath caught hard
as widening eyes recognize his longed for voice.
Her own reply spills from her throat-
harmonics fly beneath the reeling summer sky.
Drawn to the forest edge by [...]
Bind Me Free (w/voice)
Posted in Poetry on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To listen~http://h1.ripway.com/AlluraD/Bindmefree.mp3
Bind Me Free
Condemned to lie inviolate,
drenched again in moon-burn,
silvered as it permeates-
the rake of glittered stars
across the skin.
Oh sweet call to torture!
Inflict your rising tide
on breath and limb-
a brazen pinch of
what desire knows.
Incite each dormant wish,
let whimsy fly,
abandon needs left
hushed and couched,
dreading summer’s flight.
Quell each rustling
fear that falls
upon this shore,
swiftly fleeting-
tempered by your touch.
Pare [...]
