Nature Poems

FALL ASPENS I and II

Art by Janet Tenneson

All poems by Lin Floyd

Less sunlight triggers a change in the mountains

as trees dress up in Halloween colors to parade

in all their glory as we pass by.

Golden aspens announce the coming of fall,

a changing of the seasons ending summer.

A glorious finale to the growing season,

as we await the silence of winter’s chill.

ANEMONES

Art by Ginny Northcutt

Perennial wind flowers growing from tubers
return to surprise and delight us with beauty.
Colors beyond amazement tickle our senses.
I return to visit their location and reflect
as I pass another year without blooming.

WOMAN WITH BASKET

Sculpture by Bert Garcia

Standing still, feeling the warm sun

the Indian woman prepares

for another day of necessary labor.

Clutching a hand woven basket

full of corn to grind for eating.

Stoic, quiet, resolved,

life begins on the plains.

Survival is the theme.

Fear necessary to keep away danger,

part of each day’s journey.

Threatened by natural forces,

dependent on wildlife for sustenance,

she knows no other way of life.