If not now Then when? Or should we just Count to ten If not now Then when? With patience We’ll wait ‘til then If not now Then when? When we stop asking Again and again If not now Then when? We ask You nightly With thanks, Amen. I’ve also created a design inspired by this… Read More Amen.
Pinecones Peanut butter and seed This is how Winter birds like to feed Pecking and fluttering Together they sing A song of thanks For the goodness we bring Pinecones Peanut butter and seed For you, our feathered friends We do this good deed
I wished upon a star One night But the star Was really a satellite Yet, still, I wished With all my might Upon that circling Satellite That it would beam Peace and love Upon the Earth From up above Orbiting, spinning Lost in space Dizzy from wishes We, humans, chase From Earth to satellite And… Read More Satellite
Blessings today This Thanksgiving Day May our bellies be full Our hearts grateful And may we all be Eternally Thankful
At the water’s edge Hidden in the reeds A heron stood Ready to feed Barely noticeable Blended and still Waiting With power and will For passersby Both fish and I To swim and walk With blinded eyes To meet our fates At the water’s edge My path curved right As the heron fed On ill-fated… Read More The Heron
Echo of crows Shatters the air Who they bother They do not care They’re on the hunt For pumpkin seeds From Jack O’ Lanterns Thrown in the weeds October’s rejects Broken and rotten Are pillaged by crows Before forgotten Sunken into The earth below Eulogized by Echo of crows
November’s path Has twists and turns With wisdom held For us to learn In the fallen leaves From the naked trees Do we dare to be As brave as thee Who have lived and lost And lived again Season after season
It was as if the sun Reached down With her glorious rays And blessed them all This October day Transforming the trees With a golden glow A magical glimmer Together they shimmer For all who have Autumn eyes To see
The season of gathering Has begun Squirrels collect acorns One by one Leaves drift Alone to the ground One by one Until they are found Coyotes howl From separate hills One by One They grow quiet and still As thoughts swirl In our busy heads One by one We dream instead Of all that we’ll… Read More The Season of Gathering
In the soul of autumn Not all is what it seems The wind becomes whispers Reality morphs into dreams Leaves reveal their true colors Oh, what a sight to see! If for but a moment Until the trees set them free Free to float with the whispers To another time, another place A place where… Read More The Soul of Autumn
Jessica M. Collette 
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