Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Summer Green



the rice fields are green in August
long and green
beneath summer sky
come September
they fade towards brown
but they are green in August
June and July
an ocean of green carpets the valley
a playground
 for bird and sharp eye
the heron,
 the egret,
 the mallard
can be captured flying
between the green and summers blue sky

the rice fields are green in August
 greener than in June and July
come September
as it gets close to harvest
they will fade brown
waving summer goodbye...

bkmackenzie
2010

Posted for Alphabe-thursday summer school Rainbow Green
green was a hard one (these are the Sutter Buttes in Northern Cal - a few miles from where I live)
 

15 comments:

  1. really a beautiful picture and a nice verse...i can see the brown waving goodbye...smiles.

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  2. what a lovely poem... i can feel the green leaving ...

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  3. I love the green fields but after weeks of temps over 100 in Texas...I would welcome the brown that comes with fall.

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  4. Nicely done, BK, and perfectly paired with that awesome photo!!!

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  5. A very nice poem to go along with a beautiful photograph.

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  6. I didn't realize rice signaled the change of seasons. This poem is wonderful.

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  7. Lovely green image married to equally eloquent words!

    Happy AlphabeThursday Green,

    LOLA:)

    PS My AlphabeThursday Green is posted if you've the time to pop over HERE!

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  8. Gorgeous photo.
    BTW, I love this quote: I breathe romance, I sigh love....
    That'd be awesome one vinyl letter in a bedroom. Hmmm...

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  9. fields of green are so beautiful and your poetry captured it......

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  10. I have never seen a rice field...though I imagine they can be beautiful

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  11. green like carpet...I've had that thought before! Beautiful as always!

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  12. What a lovely poem.

    I love how your words turn into music as I read them. Such a gift you have.

    I have never seen a rice field but the image is lovely.

    Thank you for linking.

    A+

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  13. Lovely, lovely bit of green! Thank you dear friend for popping over!

    Blessings & Aloha!

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