WITHIN THE SHADE OF SUMMER On a summer’s day when all is still and the temperature rising as the sun finds its way to noon, I come to this place that calls to me, where silence speaks most eloquently, where possibilities dance within the wind, beckoning my heart to dream with them. And […]
WITH SUMMER’S RETURN Delicate perfumes usher in the day that summer returns and spring tiptoes away. And my soul dances among scarlet blossoms and golden buttercups whose tender green leaves glisten in the sun as the fluttering birds sing Nature’s happy song. (c) barbara kausteklis 5-28-13 Written for […]
Cosmic Lights
Josephine Wall’s “Seasons of Life” A CHILD OF ALL THE SEASONS I am a child of all the seasons, delighting in each one as they pause only briefly and just long enough to infuse my heart and my imagination in their yearly revolution one by one; each year a bit shorter, it seems, than the […]
Calm in the Storm
“WINTER SONG” by SHARONLEE — 2012 BEYOND MAGICAL Blanketing the forest in crystalline white, snow silently falls and envelops the night, ice coating each branch, sparkling within the glow of a winter’s moon so very silent and still, my heart and soul transfixed and mesmerized by the sight, for just a moment at one with […]
ANGEL OF A SUMMER’S DAY I went looking for a summer smile among the gardens at mid-day in the middle of summer and could hardly contain myself, or my emotions, as I watched an exquisite angel of summer suspended, it seemed, in the air and in the moment. And on a steamy summer’s day, one […]
There are many lessons to be learned from the natural world. Take, for example, trees. According to the book “The Trees Around Us”, trees are vital to much of the life on earth.
WITH THE SPRING Lost in emotion, these words falter and hesitate, beginning and and ending, finding a voice and written across life’s pages like flowers opening up as the snow melts away. (c) barbara kausteklis 4-24-12 Written for CPC “Pic-Apart Poetry,” this month featuring Robert Frost. It’s open now and always a joy to co-host […]
Pic-Apart Celebrates April With Robert Frost Welcome to the April 2012 edition of Pic-Apart Poetry. Such a lot of fun we have sharing and creating with 25 words each month. It’s difficult to believe that spring has been in full swing for already a month and that May is just around the corner. And April […]
