Fall Splendour

Fall Splendour (Rispetto)
October 11, 2011

A murky hue invades the breeze
while sunshine kisses grass below.
And autumn’s brush paints all the trees
where birds put on an aerial show.

Then I take out my canvas white
to recreate this splendid sight.
But my rendition can’t compare
with nature’s hand splashed everywhere.

© JMariah, 2011

Note: The Rispetto poem consists of two stanzas, four lines each. It is written in iambic tetrameter, and the rhyme scheme is abab ccdd.

The Spirit of the Woods

Logs
burn in a cabin fire.
Sparks dance along their edges, where wood burns black,
and the smoke billows dark up the chimney
and smells
of cedar and pine.

Trees
like giant sentinels overlook the cabin.
A cool Autumn breeze combs their branches
and dances the leaves of their hair.
Slow rain runs over the cracks of their skin,
and the aroma of their spirit rises above the smoke
and smells
of cedar and pine.


© JMariah, 2011