I am delighted to have John Grey join me again to share some of his outstanding poetry! These poems speak of renewal and regeneration, celebrating the beauty of life's cyclical nature. Whether a forest of pines, a peaceful field, or waves lapping on a sandy shore, renewal and reprieve can be found all around us, beckoning and inviting us to see beyond the physical to the spiritual world, knitting everything together so gracefully. This is the flow of John’s poetry, igniting quiet passion within the heart and mind.
NEW LIFE FROM OLD
Across the field,
wind flurries scurry,
stopping only, now and then,
to tweak the whiskers of squirrels.
Here is blind chance,
a swirling caravan of leaf matter,
that, like the dust of stars,
could lead to new life
or oblivion.
All drop to earth,
when the air becalms,
in some prosperous place,
or a dying spread
that could really use their mulch.
Always the soft landing.
Always the encouragement
to nurture what comes next.
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BLUE SUNSET
Lake's dusk
between pines,
glorious blue ceiling,
forerunner of the
yellows, the reds,
mountain's indigo palette,
sunlight seamless, transparent,
that responds, at dusk,
as lilac,
thin, delicate as a sash
Even at night,
the more darkness repeats itself,
the more blue memory sings.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Shift, Trampoline and Flights. Latest books, “Bittersweet”, “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Levitate, White Wall Review and Willow Review.