A Poem

Mother Nature At Her Very Best

I walked at lunch
Like I usually do
A glimpse of Mother Nature
Always brightens my day to

I wear my hat to shade my eyes
I look for birds and critters
That is always near by

As I walked
Underneath this eighty foot tree
Out from the brim of my hat
I saw a huge shadow
Coming right at me

I stopped right away
So that I could see
It was a Red-tailed hawk
That was landing in the tree

He was magnificent and big
An awesome sight to see
He must have only been
Twenty feet right above me

He was whisper quiet
As he landed in that tree
His wings were fully spread
As his enormity struck me

Closing his wings
He tucked them into his side
It appeared
As if they were in slow motion
His beauty caught my breath
And made me sigh

He looked straight at me
As our eyes met
I felt a feeling
Of deep respect

He started to preen
As I continued to gaze
I stayed for awhile
To absorb the experience
Of his presence that day

A relaxed feeling over took me
Mother Nature at her very best
I felt so honored
To see

By Connie S. Soto
2008 ©



A Long Ago Poem of the 1800's
For The Companion

1. What pleasant hours, we have past;
What golden tints o’er mem’ry cast
Of days long gone, too bright to last,
When, on some dark, and dreary day,
We’ve vainly tried to chase away!
“Mid gath’ring gloom, and fell decay
The dullness, that oppressed us;
When to the garret, we have nied,
And in some corner, have espied
A chest, with lid soon opened wide,
Its antique treasures, strewn about,
All gloom dispelled as quite shut out,
For something to amuse us!

2. There comes a package, old and gray,
In darkness, hid, for any a day,
Recalling scenes, long past away.
And bringing up from mem’ry well
Many a thought, we may not tell
Of cherished friends remembered well
With sadness stealing o’er us.
The ribbon, faded out, and old,
Half hid, with dust, and stiff with mold,
Is soon removed, and we’ve unrolled
The package, with its time worn look,
All dim, and blurred, like some old book,
And borne it to some cosey nook,
At leisure to peruse it.

3. There comes a letter from a friend
What varied scenes together blend!
As through times labyrinth, we wend,
And see again, the dear old place,
Made bright by many a cheerful face,
Recalled to mind by gentle Grace,
The dear schoolmate, that wrote it,
Again we to the missive turn,
And clasp the flowers in mem’ry’s urn!
Life’s saddest lesson, we must learn,
As slowly, we review it,
We see again, our darling Belle,
With sunny smile, we loved so well,
Our deepest grief, no words, can tell,
The rests in yonders tomb!

4. Here comes another, not so sad,
Twins from an honest country lad,
You smile! ‘Twas all the one I had
He gave to me, one morning bright,
As we tripped o’er the snow so white
Just as the school-house hove in sight,
I smilingly received it,
My cheeks grew rosy, as I read,
My “Dearest Bess”, the billet said!
When will you ride on my new sled?
You are the sweetest girl, I know;
And if you like, I’ll be your beau,
And draw you safely o’er the snow,
Then why should I refuse it?

By Anna Elizabeth
2008©

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