[Eadha Deora]

When the corn peeps out its head
above the damp soil to be fed,
When the snow melts to a stream
and emerald green the glades gleam,
When the earth with life is stirring
and beginnings are always occuring:
We know it's time to seed
and laugh--we're finally freed
from Cold's confinement, give back
to the earth so we'll not lack.

When the corn stands proud in rows
and all around, fresh produce grows,
When the heat is pressing, tiring
and the sky rents two with lightning,
When the earth thirsts for water
to avoid all things' dread slaughter:
We know it's time to work
for soon the night will lurk
and best have lots of sun
or we'll starve when snow comes.

When the ears are full of corn
and the cow lowers forlorn,
When the apples are dropping down
and leaves cover the grass as a gown,
When the days are hot, nights chill
and we've eaten till we've had our fill:
We know it's time to sing,
to dance and laugh and fling
away the cares of summer-heat,
prepare for winter's hoary fleet.

When the corn is lost in dreams
neath the white powder and sun-gleam,
When the earth in muted stillness
has a sense of homey fullness,
When the home is snug and warm,
safe from winter's ice-raged storm:
We know it's time to tell
the tales of heroes and fierce beasts fell,
to gather close to hearth,
absent of nature's blanche dearth.

Seasons come and seasons go: life is born, and life, it flows.
Go with the flow; learn to live and live to grow.
Life is a river and it carries you along.
Why fight it? No! Heed its bittersweet song.
Enjoy the ride of the current strong.

[Lost Snail]

The last stanza's really powerful- it ingrains in your mind.
Your command of natural imagery is masterful. I'm jealous

[Eadha Deora]

lol--well, it better be masterful because I spend WAY too much time out in nature, simply observing and being. Nature is like my "massage" to ease away whatever hurts or kinks in Life I may have.
Thank you for reading so many of my poems. lol . . . I really enjoy hearing back from people.

[Lost Snail]

I spend lots of time in nature too, in fact at the moment i'm in an isolated villa in the middle of the Ibizan hills, very theraputic. I try to write about it and end up getting sad about the fact that in the future it may all be a giant starbucks or something...

[Lost Snail]

And i'm torn between the country and the city. Not in terms of environment, natures ordered chaos over urban chaos any day, just in terms of people. In my experience, people who've lived in the country side their entire lives tend to be quite small-minded and ignorant and prejudiced against anything outside of their 'sphere' as it were. People in the city tend to have more broadened horizons....
On the other hand, living in cities, all cramped together like tinned sardines definitely chisels away at peoples sanity, and you get much more violence, hate and just general madness. I suppose what one wants is balance, just like nature.
Alas, I ramble. Yeah, your stuff catches me more than most, keep it up!

[Eadha Deora]

Awww, thanks! Talking about nature, (and this will seem completely unrelated, but it really IS, lol) I want to move to the UK someday. If I do well in prelaw at college, perhaps I can get into Oxford for law school. That would be AWESOME!
It's nice to hear you ramble . . . you should do it more often. lol
And I agree with the whole "small-minded" thing. Prime example: the hobbits (LoL). I guess my ideal place would be a university in the country where you have nature but all the intelligence is there too.
I live on the fringe of a city where the smog is so nasty and the people are so rude. I get annoyed all the time the way people just run into you at the store (I mean physically, not as in . . . "oh, hello! Nice to see you!") and don't even say, "Oh, excuse me. Did I hit you like that? I'm really sorry. My bad." Gosh! You'd think that politeness and general human goodness has slipped through the cracks of existence these days. Ah, and now I'm raving about humanity.
Gotta rave just a tad more: and what has happened to good old family values as in, let's all sit down to dinner together and eat. Why do people have to be so caught up in MONEY, in "work, work, work." Turn off that "bloody tele" (as some Brits say, lol) and TALK to those you love, for crying out loud!
Godde should have called me to be a preacher! I am NOT afraid to tell the world the truth about it.

So there's my mini-sermon. Thanks for all your nice replies. I always feel so encouraged after reading from you.