2019 ~ NaPoWriMo ~ Day Nine ~ Sei Shonagon-style list of “things.” ' Things Which Bring Peace' ~

Things Which Bring Peace

Reading the Holy Verses early in the morning

listening to the chirping twittering of birds 

hidden in the trees

sound of running water in a stream

watching the river meandering

eagles flying gliding high in the clear sky

music waltzes composed by Johann Strauss

watching fields full of tiny wild flowers swaying

with the breeze

hugs from my children and grand children

a loving smile 

and bowing in gratitude before the Almighty 

For POETS UNITED Midweek Motif ~ Writing POETRY ~ Nature is Poetry ~

a tiny green leaf, a tiny worm crawling up a tree
trunk, struggling slipping moving up again, life
in its minutest form is beautiful
it inspires awe strikes the eye
touches the heart and soul

 when thoughts transform into words

it becomes the poem of  poetry

see the tree form a pattern 

see the colors of the sky

see the curve of the hillside

and follow the sunlight and the shade
through the valley across the glade

how dwellings are made
gardens laid and flowers planted
fragrance  embedded fruit granted

all these bright and beautiful things

are natures poetic wings

and so I pick up my pen

sometimes my paint brush

and try to capture the truth I see

the real as it is in light and hue

if I have the words I may do good
if I have the love and the feeling

and gratitude fills my soul

I may be a writer and a poet

for  all nature is beautiful in form and scenery

water sea land or tree

All nature is majestic ,all Nature is poetry