The forest speaks
In the rustling of dry Autumn leaves
Stirred by warm winds
With just a hint of coming frost
Flashing orange and brown in golden sunlight
Atop a low ridge
Overlooking the valleys below
What stories does it tell?
What poetry rhyming sweetly?
Tales of days, weeks, months, years
That the trees have stood
Surveying all as time passes
Winter, Spring, Summer
The turning of the seasons
The smell of woodsmoke wafting in fading light
A coolness begins to settle
As the forest whispers its last thoughts
As the Sun sets
And the Moon casts its pewter glow
On the quiet of the night
Until the forest speaks again
Upon the morrow
Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the U.S. Gulf Coast. His poems have appeared in over 75 literary journals and anthologies; his poetry collection, Visions and Memories, was published by Sweetycat Press in 2021.
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