thehighlanderspoems

Dragon Cloud

Picture the scene
In the Arizona sun
A column of rock
Upon it a Dragon stands
 
Created by nature
Moisture and vapour
An artist would marvel
To portray it on paper
 
This beast of beasts
On ceremonial stance
Looking down on the land
In its staring trance

This mystical creature
Seems out of place
On indigenous lands
Their tribal place

Through out our world
Nature always amazes
Showing different pictures
In many places

So all you poets
Who are photo takers
Upload them now
As were story makers

" inspired by an amazing photo sent to me by Carolyn
       which is on my blog if you care to view " 

Bed of Roses

See the red
Through the light
And the light
Through the red
This delightful shade  
As natures fed

With petals of silk
It's folds so fine
Emerald green stems
Thorn like spine

Scented so sweet
Aromatic flow
This queen of flowers
A regal grow

This plant of plants
Delights our noses
In their wonderful setting
Bed of Roses

Sakura Trees

Japanese Gardens
Blossoms radiate in bloom 
Pink petals delight

Lightning

Atmospheric show
Electrical veins preview
Thunderous applause

Mount Pinatubo

Just like mushroom clouds
Massive plumes of hot ash are
Eruption Columns

The Rains Will Come

In the region of famine
As the tree's lie bare
Cloudless skies
Look down and stare

Barren lands
Arid and starched
Plants and wildlife
Forever parched

Come the day for the rains
To grace the earth again
For the droplets of life
Will end their strife

Arid to green
Dormant alive
This remarkable fluid
Falls like tears from our eyes

Reading Raul's Region of Famine prompted this poem.

Multicolour Arc

Spectrum of true arc
Sevenfold of color wow
Rainbow arch in awe     

Rivers

Meandering blues
Zig zagging natures terrain
Oozing beauty amor 

Habitat, theirs or ours

As our habitat grows
Is it our selfishness
Do we think of the wildlife
In our world of bliss
 
The cougar will encroach
On our habitat grounds
And because he is there
Will we take him down
 
And the Duskey Seaside Sparrow
What of she
We have blanked her existence
From all living tree's
 
As all creatures will hear
From the words below
As we encroach on your habitat
Future years will show
 
We must learn now
For tomorrow's too late
How many in my lifetime
Through the extinction gate 

Peace, Like the Still Pond

The glass like effect I see on ponds
Is earths peace, nature need not respond
How awesome it would be for this image to stay
For warring countries, to bow and pray
 
Neighbour's get on in harmony
Be at peace as it should be
Families love and get along
As we do more rights and fewer wrongs
 
Lives to spin and revolve, as our modern world turns
To stand up proud, as we live and learn
Honour peace as we all respond
Peace, like the still Pond


Inspired by Raul's " Nature's Reflections " 

The King will come

The desire of wings
On this regal of birds
Mountain roaming
Near the top of the world
 
Gracing our skies
For more than
A thousand years
From the crack of dawn
This royalty peer
 
Eyes wide open
As it scans the land
Pray in the open
Where it rarely stands
 
It captures the moment
In stealth swoop
Talons of death
In wanting scoop
 
Quarry silent
Hunger crave
The glide of the wings
Like surfing a slow wave
 
If we delight the mountains
Admire what we see
Admire her nature
In spiritual glee
 
On the horizon
In delightful flow
What i have waited to see
Excites me so
 
A golden eagle
Heads for me
As if to fly past
And compliment me
 
For my mission this day
To stand and joyfully hum
Patience
The king will come 

Whales for Tomorrow

Deep blue sea mammals
Cetaceans so grand
Its hard to believe
They originated on land
 
Dolphins, porpoises
Our many Whales
What ever size
Beautiful in sail
 
Toothed and baleen
Identifies them
Plankton feeders
Echolocation gems
 
To stop the hunting
It's a must
Protect the whales
In us they trust
 
To have a world
Where the whales have gone
All other species will think
It won't be long 

Zooplankton

Krill in abundance,
Shrimp like creatures bloom oceans;
Blue whales scoop and sieve. 

Orca

Orca, killer whale,
Hunter in our blue oceans;
Swimming with the pack. 

Frost

Sky of crispy blue
Frosted crystals translucent
Whiten surroundings

Fly like an Eagle

Fly like an Eagle
Soaring so high
On thermal winds
On the open sky
 
Pride in their glide
Awesome in pose
Downward wings
Upward flows
 
The elegant Eagle
Feathered in brown
Spanned for flight
A bird so right
 
To stand below
And look above
This bird of birds
I've grown to love 

The Mane male of the Pride

Panthera so proud,
His lioness bows with pride:
King of the jungle. 

Birds of Prey

Birds of prey
With eagle eyes
Spot their prey
And down they dive
 
Talons lead
Wings spread
Clinical grab
Rabbit dead
 
Like winged royalty
These feathered kings
Majestic in flight
Superiority reigns
 
Buzzards, Falcons Hawks and Kites
In flight, my what a sight
Glide and float on thermal breeze
Like lookouts as they top the tree's
 
As they patrol their kingdoms skies
Terrain watching with their eyes
Movement in the undergrowth
Its natures wish, you pray for them both 

Whip-poor-will

This feathered friend
Was new to thee
Until Sara Kendrick
Introduced me

It's the Whip-poor-will
Delightful nigh-jar bird
Who forage at night
During the day, rarely heard

Of mottled plumage
In blacks and browns
Deciduous habitats
But rarely towns

This beautiful bird
Departing souls it catches
But in our heart
Admiration as it latches

Lavender Pillows

Pale to light purple
Wild blooms carpet natures floors  
Lavender pillows