"Perhaps the earth can teach us..."

Perhaps the earth can teach us

As when everything seems dead

And later proves to be alive

—Pablo Neruda

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

After the Storm

It must have been a perfect slant

Of sunlight, or the twinkling chant

Of droplets – spare change of the rain –

Drip-dripping off the glossy plant,

That made us see we stood to gain

A fortune that we’d been insane

To miss; a treasure-trove of mirth,

As we searched elsewhere, here in plain

Sight lay, for all its precious worth

For us to claim by right of birth,

A pot of gold filled to the brim

Beneath the rainbow welkin – earth.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Written for WD Rubaiyat challenge

Poetic Asides Poem-A-Day April Challenge Day 4: Departure

Hi, everyone.
How's your April going? 

Here's my wikem written for the Poetic Asides PAD challenge, day 4:

"For an observer atop a mountain the day is longer, while standing in a valley will shorten the day."

shielded from the wind

plentiful was his valley

he knew no hunger

the earth provided

all that he ever wanted

it held him gently

his woman was warm

like the earth kissed by the sun

rich like the valley

she was not angered

by the distant mountain peaks

he would leave her for

she knew him too well

she knew she never owned him

she knew he would go

“atop a mountain

the day is longer,” he said

atop a mountain

where the air is thin

where her frozen tears sparkle

all the long day through

Live for the Love of it,
Sasha A. Palmer (a.k.a. "Happy")