Drifts

[anirbas]

Wind riffles and ruffles
the night stained leaves,
setting in motion,
a susurrus of arboreal whispers;
shivers the timbers of the tree crowns,
with it's intimate, firm caress.

Drifts of newly released
cottonwood seedlings,
surf the nascent breeze.
Airy nomads wafting,
first this way and that,
through the wilderness
of a seemingly,
infinite evening.
Glitterkissed,
by the platinum halo
of the half moon rising,
to shine like the earthbound
shooting stars they are...

Bound to drift meaninglessly-
as errant, as meandering thoughts,
in solo and ensemble bunches,
in search of a safe harbor-
a clutch of tall bladed,
zephyr swayed, shadow hued
weeds; or the billowing,
blowing, unruly curls of my hair-
as I wander the darkness,
as emotionally adrift,
as unmoored, as the glitterkissed,
cottonwood seedlings...

My thoughts drifting...
Like them...In search
of a place to anchor
themselves...To sleep
and dream of next spring...
Not this one...When they
shall awaken as vigorous saplings...
No longer airy nomads
with nowhere to go
but into dreams...
Like my thoughts,
as I drift to bed...

~Sabrina
5/2006

[DavidMc]

WOW! This is a stunner. I particularly love the first verse, but the whole piece is sheer magic

[anirbas]

Thank ya kindly, Chief.

[dawness]

floating like the poetess!

so dreamy with lulling images
that give me soothing balm from which i find my rest

[nimbusGLOW]

Sabrina...

This piece IS its own 'NIR'-shere...an atmosphere of
pure simplicity yet grandeur.

Your inclusion of seldom-used vocabulary helps to add a melodic
quality to the 'clouds' this piece 'floats' us through...clouds of wild
untamed meadows and woods. This Poem seems to enliven all
the senses. ("glitterkissed"...what an astonishing, visionary term !)

Bless your gifted imagination.
Bless your enchanted talent.

'NIM's

[anirbas]

WOW! Da Dawnster and the Nimster here! Well, blow me away! Thanks a million, you guys!
Sabrina.

[netfolk]

this was a great read Nir, as all of your poetry. 'a susurrus of arboreal whispers' ... gotta luv that line, I am going to wait until spring and actually say it out loud to someone while standing under bunch of maple trees on a breezy day ... jk ... the images were great here. Much enjoyed.

peace as always,
Bernie

[anirbas]

Thanks, Bernie. Grinning like a proud loon at your comments. Nature is one of my favorite muses...She never runs away in her red high heel shoes to go dancing like some of my other muses, do...LOL...I just walk out the door, and she's always there...Just waiting for me...
Thanks for peace, too...A much needed spiritual commodity in my head, right now.
Blessed be, you and the crew! Nir.

[soulfir3]

Love it.. thank you for sharing ~S

[anirbas]

thanks and great to see you here, S'fir! Nir.

[magpie]

wonderful poem full of life and glitterkissed itself! Excellent stuff as always!

[anirbas]

;D

Thanks, Mags!

[anirbas]

~Something Magical

Dusk drifts and settles on another day.
Sun sets on one horizon painting
the verdure fuzzed tree crowns
with a last glowing kiss
of saffron; as on
the opposite
horizon
the
near
full moon
rises, a gleaming
plate of cool platinum.
Something magical about
the odd moments when the sun and moon
both occupy the same realm...A hushed stillness
as each looks upon the face of the other in wonder...
If but for seconds, as dusk drifts and settles on another day.

[anirbas]

huddles and scuddles
of lavender clouds drift slip
like a wind tossed lace veil blown
back from the shining countenance of the rising moon...
Luna, the goddess of the night, in the slow measured
gait of a queen, gaining the apex of the heavens
her retinue of stars joining her sparkling celestial ascent...
a moment so imbued in natural spirituality you almost
expect to hear angels break out in song
at the beauty of it all...
and then, they do...
as the mockingbirds,
sound off in duets and solos
in the crowns of the ash, mimosa
and elm trees reaching suppliant branches
towards the heavens in still life poses of adoration
as I, no less adoring than they, sit in awe of it all,
including this pen and paper in my hand...
mind adrift with thoughts and visuals
of thoughts and not much else...

[soulfir3]

needed some head space outside of my own life, and this beautiful thread gave me much needed release from the tedium happening over here. thank you

[anirbas]

You're very welcome, Soul! I like that term...Head space...Havn't heard that one,
in awhile...That's what I need, too...Head space...But, in my case, that's an oxymoron...
As that's all that seems to be in my head right now...Empty space...LOL...Nir.