Soldats d’Autrefois The Footsteps of Soldiers

Soldats d'Autrefois                      © 2014 Madelaine Nerson Mac Namara

Les canons, les semelles

des soldats d'autrefois

ont usé les galets.

De la mousse ou de l'herbe

qui gagnera la bataille

à l'ombre et au soleil ?

The Footsteps of Soldiers

Do the stones remember

the rolling gun-carriage

the footsteps of soldiers?

Under shade and sunshine

which will win the battle

between grass and moss?

Indian Summer

 Indian summer  by Sara O'Mahony ©2014

It dawned on me today

Leaves are like skin

They insulate and propagate 

The soft ground 

They happen to fall upon.

Water has a surface like skin

To see the sea in the harbour today

Ripples in circles of miniature mandalas

It was a dreamy dewy balmy day in the last remnants of our summer.

Nature speaks to us here

Angles of man-made structures too

Speak of the linearity of logic

Forces of straight lines achieve similar heights.

Beauty, the wonder of a tree

Stretches and grows

Up, up towards the sunlight and moon

Seems to be saying, 'I trust nature'.

Connections made today too,

Dry lands of the Caribbean

 Listening to travels to the Isles

Sounds of gorges and water

 Rush to the sea there.