Gingko (Day 249)

Xanthous gingko quilt

Fetid swathe of silken fans

Unfurled overnight

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: TeamGrayDuck

From the Left (Day 247)

Today slanted  golden  from the left 

throwing shade 

       on the world  unseen 

since yesterday   one step closer 

to completely abolished 

to silence 

to the barely audible 

hiss of snowfall and wind 

       like blades of blue 

           steel cutting deeply 

where sap surges and tingles 

soon turning 

crimson and flame   pushing life 

upward  throwing verdant foliage into 

relief  knowing that after 

the fall 

    the winter 

        the spring 

dazzling  two steps forward  to the right  

again  almost before it begins.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: tzevena

Autumnal Indulgence, ca. 1985 (Day 237)

Beneath bunting 

   leaves of wine 

      and gold

air warm with autumn

light 

      we walked together

hands clasped

      we sailed glistening 

black highways 

to the sea 

   and back

       before you 

explained

in the gray dawn

       before you 

decided 

I should 

       know

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Photo: wikimedia

Late Pears (Day 221)

Late pears drop through 

branches and leaves  landing 

with muffled plops on 

overgrown grasses  rotting in 

the sun  drawing bees and 

hornets to sip delicately at 

trickles of hot syrup  

soon leaves slip off trees and 

ships rock  creaking with truth 

and frustrated eagerness  

slickly filtered through a veil 

of midnight smiles.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six 

Image: KRiemer

Now (Day 211)

Now 

is the winter

of the Summer

of Love

and the summer

of the winter

of our discontent

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: zalazaksunca

With gratitude to Mr Hemingway and Mr Shalespeare for this poem's inspiration