My Photo Taken & Digitized by Myself
steadfast colors
painter’s treasure
earth imbued
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***NATURE’S TORCH***
Photo Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
evocative blaze
torch in landscape
brilliant
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***MY MISTRESS***
On the mountains of Washington
fields of wildflowers
cut a swath through my memory
as do the sandy beaches
my native California bearing
Inspiration comes in slices
not always the juiciest fruit
my muse won’t be blighted
by the guise of petulant youth
I sought solace in all beauty
the thundering of a waterfall
the perpetual volley of waves
speechless innuendoes calling
only a tumultuous roar
Nature has become my mistress
breathing soothing sultry calm
capturing a dissident muse
held within her arms
© July 2016
Renee Espriu
Image Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
***LIKE CHINESE LANTERNS***
she stands & watches
as leaves fall from the trees
letting go; let go
upon the brisk winds
of mother nature’s tide
some still remain
as the tree bows her head
bending from side to side
the rain like tears
drop one upon another
pooling at her feet
sprawling roots
upon the ground
anchoring her down
& in that moment
all that is heard
is the sound of sorrow
freedom unleashed
on a tide akin to a river
of sparkling colors
like Chinese lanterns
floating alight
with dreams within
© November 2, 2014
Renee Espriu
Image Taken From Morgue File & Digitally Altered by Myself
*****Fragile Life Reminders*****
fragile life reminders
buried beneath
mountainous depths
mudslides
too close to home
& in other countries
that now feel close
reminders felt in flood waters
helpless lives
with nothing to grasp
taken by the current
nature’s release
that accumulated
from tiny raindrops
reminders felt in tornadoes
hurricane force winds
sweeping across land
far from any ocean
a corkscrew & no bottle
a swirling massive rage
filled with debris
nature’s play things
reminders as the mower
cuts through grass
a jungle habitat
of tiniest creatures
a green frog thumb size
scampering for safety
a hand captures him
release beneath shaded trees
fragile life reminders
© May 2014 Renee Espriu
Image Taken From Morgue File and Modified by Myself
There have been, recently, many natural disasters across the US. In my own State of Washington an unheard of mudslide claimed many lives on a sunny day. In the midwest news of tornadoes and in many other States floods from too much rain. I happened on a tiny frog in my yard and thought of all the lives lost in the blink of an eye and had my eye not caught his movement, he too would be gone. Life is fragile.
The Realist & Angels
Google Image
i am a realist by nature
looking at my world
not through
rose-colored
glasses
but glass tempered
clear and hard
as the surface
of smooth steel beams
yet believing in angels
surrounding me
in my quest to seek
all that is
spiritual
feeling their presence
just beneath
the surface
as in a languid pool
of water
reality may keep
my being anchored to
the unsettling nature
of human beings in life
but my soul takes
flight
with my spirit
on an ever rising
tide of angels
and safe passage
© June 2013
Renee Espriu
http://dversepoets.com/category/twinoppositesthe-divided-self/
Blending
Altered Google Image
even the crows
have become
scarce
blending
nearly invisible
within nature’s
changing
landscape
© October 2012
Renee Espriu
#24 Small Stone: Nature’s Raindrops
Raindrops    
washing
away the
dirt and
grime of
industry
made by
us
cleansed
by
nature
© January 2012
Renee Espriu
Small Stone for WOHA at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com
#23 Small Stone: Split Asunder
Trees split asunder by              
the weight of snow and
ice too great to bear
even the strongest of
giants is no match
for nature’s force
© January 2012
Renee Espriu
Small Stone for WOHA at
#19 Small Stone: Frozen Images
Images iced and frozen          
held captive in a
storms frozen embrace
where time and the
cycle of nature only
will release them
© January 2012
Renee Espriu
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