Serenity

Serenity

A Poem by Susan 🦋


Serenity 🍂

                Sheltering nature's serenity, dense, tannin-brown woodlands …
                  puzzled bushes, too, entice, offering welcomed respite.
                    Gingerly step 'tween tumbled twigs; lances of sunshine shimmer
          brightly, piercing a lush canopy.
                   Ever so gently, peace surrounds - golden reflections, free-falling
               memories of childhood, discovering Mother Nature's magical ways.
               Footsteps pause, soft winds whispering past melodies … smiling,
Fall, pirouetting leaves....🍂

earthen resting place
seasons flowing motions shift
'morrows waiting gifts

© 2023 Susan 🦋


Author's Note

Susan 🦋
Haibun
(translated "Haikai Writings" is a form that combines Prose and Haiku)

It was first used as a kind of travel journal by the 17th-century Japanese poet, Matsuo Băshō.
It was a form he often popularized as travel accounts.
Haibun poetry is used to write autobiography, diary, essay, Prose Poems, and very short stories.
Traditional Haibun typically took the form of a short, precise poetic description of a place,
person or object, or a diary of a journey or other events in the poet's life, followed by a related haiku.
Haibun is now written worldwide and the form has been adapted into different variations.

My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Reviews

Beautiful write so serene like the poems name

The picture is perfect goes in unison
Is that your art 🖼 or photography

Posted 2 Months Ago


Interesting technique, never heard of it. It is strong in delivery and rhythmic. I could feel being in that place, well done Susan (butterfly). The senses are alive and yet there is retrospect. Full of light and care

Posted 2 Months Ago


The light is nice. The foilage and the animals make the light more purposeful. I love walking in the woods, it reminds me... this is all just light waiting to get out.

Posted 4 Months Ago


Susan 🦋

3 Months Ago

Aw Thanks for reading! :-)
This is beautiful. The imagery is superb.

Posted 9 Months Ago


Susan 🦋

3 Months Ago

Thank you for reading! :-)
Susan,
There is much I love about poetry... it has so much to offer from philosophy to imagery, to a salve for aching bones. Some images are sharp and clear as a Winslow painting, others soft as Monet, like this poem. I moved to the sere Llano Estacado in the Texas panhandle from the lush forests and splashing creeks of Tennessee, and you took me back for a moment... thank you.
Vol

Posted 10 Months Ago


Susan 🦋

3 Months Ago

Apologies for the late reply, I just am not on here much lately. Thank you for the wonderful review!.. read more
Gently washing in the ambience that you have created.

Wonderful read

With love,

Matthew

Posted 1 Year Ago


Susan 🦋

3 Months Ago

Thank you for reading! :-)
Beautiful poem. Enjoyed reading. I love nature. Keep it up 🙂

Posted 1 Year Ago


Susan 🦋

3 Months Ago

Thank you for reading! :-)
you are a step ahead in seasons, Susan ;) ... i am telling my neighbors that Fall is coming .. they poo poo me ... but the sumac leaves are already reddening .. i am pretty sure i am right .. it is coming :))) .. your poem puts me there .. in a golden place of breathtaking serenity .. i feel it in reading .. thank you for introducing me to the Haibun .. combining Haiku and prose or poetry works for me! .. i appreciate it's history ...
E.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Susan 🦋

1 Year Ago

Almost Fall 🍂 thanks for reading this one 😊
Fabulous Work Susan from a genuine talent - how skillfully you handle the demanding form. Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

Posted 1 Year Ago


Susan 🦋

1 Year Ago

Thank you 😊
red93

1 Year Ago

✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

First Page first
Previous Page prev
1
Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe

Advertise Here
Want to advertise here? Get started for as little as $5

Stats

657 Views
21 Reviews
Rating
Added on March 20, 2023
Last Updated on June 4, 2023


Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..


Always August Always August

A Poem by red93


Slant Slant

A Poem by Ayvid N