I revel in the wildness
The colours and scents of the earth
Markers that chart the way home
This post was first shared on this site in January 2017. You can find the original post here.
I revel in the wildness
The colours and scents of the earth
Markers that chart the way home
This post was first shared on this site in January 2017. You can find the original post here.
Winter had quickly given way to spring. The snow had melted and as the earth warmed, nature awakened, almost impatient to put behind it the death and the darkness of the colder months.
Suddenly the world was alive with early season colour. Trees were in bud. Delicate pink blossom clung to boughs until an eager breeze dislodged them, sending them dancing through the air like a spring snowfall.
Daffodils, snowdrops, violets, and primroses pushed their way through the recently roused earth to bloom above ground in sunbeam yellow, rich cream, snow white and watercolour purple.
And so the wheel turns….
You can view the original post here: Impatient Earth – 19 September 2018
It seems a little strange, a little out of step, to be writing about spring when autumn is slowly claiming the natural world where I live, but while I try and fill the last few remaining empty chapters of the Outcast anthology, I must work with the relevant prompts…
“Impatient Earth” was written in response to Weekend Writing Prompt #45 Spring
Winter had quickly given way to spring. The snow had melted and as the earth warmed, nature awakened, almost impatient to put behind it the death and the darkness of the colder months.
Suddenly the world was alive with early season colour. Trees were in bud. Delicate pink blossom clung to boughs until an eager breeze dislodged them, sending them dancing through the air like a spring snowfall.
Daffodils, snowdrops, violets, and primroses pushed their way through the recently roused earth to bloom above ground in sunbeam yellow, rich cream, snow white and watercolour purple.
And so the wheel turns….
Love Letters to Gaia, an anthology of letters and poems inspired by the earth, from Dreaming Spirit Press, is available to read via Wattpad.
Within it you will find a selection of letters and poems written by a number of talented authors, covering a variety of themes and subjects all centred on the earth.
If you have a moment, please support the authors and poets who submitted their amazing work to the anthology, by reading, voting and commenting.
Thank you. I hope you enjoy the anthology as much as I did 🙂
Other Dreaming Spirit Press projects coming up in 2017:
I revel in the wildness
The colours and scents of the earth
Markers that chart the way home
So here’s my second attempt at writing tanka…Again I had fun trying my hand at it.
Thanks to Ramblings of a Writer for hosting the Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge. The prompt for this week (week 19) is “earth and nature”.
Mother Earth whispers
Softly through trees, on the wind
Telling wondrous tales
The importance of nature
Once gone, it’s lost forever
Rain-scented air filled my nostrils
A perfume of damp soil, wet leaves
Pine and oak and ash
There was magic in that smell
Earth magic
And it awakened
Every part of my being
It was only then
I believed I was home
This was written for Day 27 of “A Month of Mini Writing Challenges“. See this page here for more details and a list of prompts.