Lulled into drowsy reverie • Down a lane lined with purple Jacaranda trees • Carried by the bus I watch the world go by • A verdant blanket of fallen blooms • Aglow in the candid light of noon • The sun climbs high in the South African sky • Continue reading→
The Perfect Moment (Through the Seer’s Eyes #12)
Where a clouded sky of layered grey • Bends to meet the silver sea • As though in a shimmering oyster shell • A sailing boat completes • the artistry Continue reading→
The Eagle’s Gift (Through the Seer’s Eyes #11)
On the banks of a stream • Where crickets sing and • bullfrogs dream • I played my drum in the full moon’s gleam Continue reading→
The Desert Storm
A flock of foam • In the azure dome • A little cloud appears • In lightening arrayed • With a thunderous display • It grows and draws near • Continue reading→
Moon on the Lake (Through the Seer’s Eyes #9)
On the porch of a log cabin home
A father and son sit alone watching the moonlit lake
Inside by a lantern’s light
Her song drifting into the night
Mother kneads the bread she’ll bake Continue reading→
The Eagle (Through the Seer’s Eyes #8)
A barren tree as a throne
A majestic eagle sits alone
Surveying his vast domain
He sees the sun-baked fields;
the shimmering distant hills
Like a python snake across the plains Continue reading→
The Albatross (Through the Seer’s Eyes #5)
Through the star speckled night
‘Till the dawn’s naked light
A lone mariner watches the sea Continue reading→
Poetry Makes Immortal
Almine’s favorite quote of the day: Poetry makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world Percy Bysshe Shelley Enjoy Almine’s poems: Pacific Sunset Old Oak Tree Evening The Window of the Night
Pacific Sunset
On a militant quest
Storm clouds in the West
Gather in ambush for the setting sun Continue reading→
The Old Oak Tree
Behind a cottage of stone, a sentinel alone
Stands the old oak tree Continue reading→