Cycle of the Elements
Flame purifies death
Their renewal returns to earth
To be whole again
Earth stirs dull ashes
Nurturing deep delving roots
As growth leaps to life
Air caresses warmth
Banishing sleeping green cocoons
Buds burst sweet spring birth
Water bathes old scars
Washing pain from hidden nooks
Cleansing gentle drops
The elements live
As death completes rebirth
Endlessly unique
Whether or Not
Closet door open
deciding whether or not
boots gloves cap needed.
Rain changing to ice
temperature by degrees
falling oh so slight.
God’s grand confetti
snowflakes each uniquely made
around specks of dust.
Dolphins
Dolphins leap with grace,
Their songs fill the ocean air,
Calm, joy they come with.
canopy bird.
A lively forest
Sweet symphonies paint the air
Smooth trills and loud flares
Wild weaves embedded
Amid a stitch of creatures
Massive and midget
Upon a gnarled twig
Hanging on the canopy
Singing melodies
Stormy Salvation
Peace comes with the fog,
Settles my heart in my chest,
With its milky bliss.
Sunshine is my smile,
When heaven growls with thunder,
Matching my anger.
When the rain pours down,
The storm in me subsides some,
The tears I held, fall.
Repti-Ku
Aztec Axolotl
Fire lightning water-sprite
Salamander surf
Reticulated
Glass Frog like a stained window
Bares all and within
Toy Chameleon
Forest floor nano walker
World's smallest reptile
Side or hidden neck
Enemies enamel hell
Turtles in a shell
Bobbing and waving
The Bearded Dragon dancer
Waiting in sunlight
Land before humans
Dominate vertebrate group
Extinct land walkers
The Cycle
Howling at the door
Moaning harsh among the eaves
Hurricane winds fly
Torrential downpours
Flood the mighty works of men
Gray clouds weep and cry
Rainbow signals change
Sunshine and green grass prevail
Under a blue sky
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©2023 dustygrein
Weather Haiku
Soft snowfall blankets
cocoons of icy feather's
cold burns as a flame
Dry wind from the west
Midwinter's warmth and wild zest
Malaise strikes, a pest
gentle rain patter
on budding pale tree branches
heals deep winter scars
heat shimmers, dancing
mirage of drenching, quenching,
artesian springs
crisp morning frost
white gilding on grass's froth
glimmers of bounty wrought