1.
Pond in Autumn
It is an artist’s fantasy
Surrounded by the trees
Color-changing leaves
In mists of crimson
Russet and gold
It is a glorious sight
To behold
With each breeze
Each ripple across the pond
Becomes
A wondrous collage of colors
Captured in a timeless canvas
To be viewed by everyone
In strokes blended
In this autumn fantasy
Reflected in a season
Of ecstasy
Sprinkled now with falling leaves
Upon the pond with every breeze
Gathering in a splendid dance
For onlookers
Watching in an autumn trance
Nancy Ellen Crossland
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2. At SEA
Within range you could feel it,
Its warmth embrace,
The nature you know
It hasn’t got an end.
Birds fly over it
With bliss and passion,
Singing the glory and praise
Of the smiling sea.
The cloud looks on
With different shade of tremendous
As the sea rise and fall.
I sat to ponder
Over this wonder.
The sea beats and waves in,
With different sound and power
Accompanying each move.
As I watched,
It brought slippers, coconut, weeds
And took them back again,
Until finally they laid still.
Not a prophecy but a revelation
A revelation about life
Lovers on the banks,
Hand in hand,
Never to be separated,
Wildly smiling at one another.
They are just like the sea
They know not what lies ahead,
Their union is unforetold.
As I prepared to leave,
I was salty,
What an impartation!
Solomon Tetteh Adusu
