Halloween

Bonfires crackle

and cackle

at wandering ghouls

and a freak

children scream

and shriek

lured by treats

they take to the streets

going where they

couldn't, wouldn't

 shouldn't 

shadows follow

filling every corner

and hollow

with fright

shadows unseen

on this night

of Halloween

©Rose

      

Paint the Wind

Paint the wind

with dove grey wings

so I may snare 

and cage it

before the trees

hear all the things

I told the wind

in secret

For secrets

cast long shadows

that don't melt

into the sun

and leaves

will fall

like burning

tears

before the fall

is done

Rose

What a windy day this was for the poor dove trying to eat berries

Well Fair Summer farewell

Quote by John Keats:- "i almost wish we were butterflies and lived but three summer days - three such days with you i could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain" 

one word is a seed

from which many

could grow

thoughts spring

like weeds

from which i

could sow

wild rambling prose

or poems with

rhyme

but summer like

the rose

fades with time

 Rose