so little am I ‘mongst the stars
Tag: iambic meter
7/21/2023 – tales on the summer wind
The summer wind blows cool and dry
Yet tales upon it chill the nerves
Of crashing waves from mountains high
And such great heat the air dances and curves
7/18/2023 – still be true
You walked so light of foot along
The narrow way upon the wall
While whistling some forgotten song
That birds then answered with their call
And that was just one moment I
Fell deeper still for you
My spirits lifted up so high
I wondered if this all could still be true
7/14/2023 – rises
A quickly-falling rain
A whistling evening wind
And all earth’s music rises in the dark
7/11/2023 – music’s touch
The shadows close around my mind
When I deafen myself
When I deprive my deeper soul
Of music’s gentle touch
7/6/2023 – undimmed
The summer sun upon the grass
Is bright and dances in the wind
With none of winter’s cold morass
Its joy still fresh, its truth undimmed
7/3/2023 – wish
I have but one desire
One bright, commanding need
One wish that would fulfill my ev’ry dream
It burns hot as a fire
It plants in me a seed
I wish to know what wish that wish might be
6/30/2023 – elder
A dam is but a trifling thing
Against the power of the earth
A highway but a dust footprint
Upon the world’s immensity
A building, imitation of
The age-old stone beneath your feet
A nation little more than thought
When earth is elder e’en than we
6/28/2023 – summer
The wind is still, the air heavy
The grasses tall and dry
The sounds around a crazed bevy
Of songs all lifting high
6/27/2023 – so bright
So bright the sun in desert lands
Where heat and light are death
So bright the sun upon the sea
Where broken clouds are life
A Poem A Day 