Each one called the other,BrotherNow won't speak one to anotherFar beyond, an angel's tears for brothers both held so dear Mother's counsel goes unheedingStubbornness from both, stampeding She turns off her light while grieving
End of the innocence
I miss the freedoms we knew/When we were still young/ Scales covered our eyes. © Nancilynn Saylor12 0ctober 2017
by the dawn’s early light
Frog songs beckoning "Look what the nighttime left us!"Epiphyllum blooms. ©Nancilynn Saylor6 October 2017
Mr Moonlight
October full moon setFills dawn's inky blacknessSycamore stands watch Nancilynn Saylor5 October 2017
When life gives you limes…
Quiet morning taskGathering up the harvest Mexican Lime time ©Nancilynn Saylor21September 2017
Try to remember the kind of September
Our Oxblood lilies Reliable sign of FallTough as September © Nancilynn Saylor 18 September 2017
Remembering
Silent daybreakMy heart skips as tears escapethe puddles of my eyes No questionsNow, as back on that somber mornSinking to my knees Today, remembering anguish, fear, yes- and pain "My country, 'tis of thee." ©Nancilynn Saylor 09/11/2017
“Sing for your supper and you’ll get breakfast! Songbirds always eat…”
Northern Cardinals, Tufted Titmice, and Chickadees, and thean occasional Sparrow or two,drop in and fly out of the feeders as if it were the checkout line at a cafeteria White Wing Doves know they are safe at the big wooden feeder in the Sycamore tree; it's hunting season but still they gorge as if is […]
Total eclipse of the heart
Eclipse casting shadeThrough light filtering Sycamore Good enough for me! ©Nancy SaylorAustin, Texas8/21/2017
Here in my Deep Purple dreams
August overtakes us, grasses brown- withering Purple shines on fence ©Nancilynn Saylor 20 August 2017