There’s more than I could ever see.
This gush of generosity
Presents abundance where no wall
Could block receiving all that’s free.
Trees have finished winter’s fall.
They stand magnificently tall.
We breathe together patiently
Through One whose arms embraces all.
Text: Linked to dVerse Open Link Night. Grace is hosting. The form of my poem is a variation on the rubaiyat using iambic tetrameter rather than pentameter and patterned on Robert Frost’s “STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING” featured some years ago on dVerse but with half of the number of lines.
Photos: “Pond”, above, “Open Space with Geese”, below.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Nice!💜 I love this variation of the Rubaiyat form.. very impressive!😊
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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I love the first stanza.
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I am glad you liked it, Ash! Thank you!
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I so loved this beautiful poem that brings the abundance and Oneness as a true experience!
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I am glad you like this, Pragalbha!
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Am gushing over that photo – and the first stanza
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I am glad you liked that photo. It is one of my favorites with the yellow water plants bordering the pond. Thank you, Laura!
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A celebration of natures’s beautiful gifts. Will have to read up on the rubaiyat. XX
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It’s a nice form. Usually it is in iambic pentameter. Thank you, Alison!
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This is very nice, Frank. It supports that image so well.
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Thank you, Dan!
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Beautifully done Frank.
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Thank you, Linda!
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My pleasure!
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Love that all embracing oneness with nature ~ Am envious of your lovely photos Frank ~
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I am glad you like the photos. I take many of them when walking. A few stand out almost like taking the walk again. Thank you, Grace!
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Yes, what is free on this good earth of ours is truly magnificent.
Anna :o]
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What is free is best. Thank you, Anna!
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I love this. The most beautiful things are free.
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They are. Thank you, Vivian!
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🙂
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“They stand magnificently tall.
We breathe together patiently
Through One whose arms embraces all.”
Profound truth. Accompanied by your beautiful images. Nice!
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Oh… and the nod to Frost’s mending wall!
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Thank you, Charley! I am glad you liked them.
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That first stanza is wonderful!
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I am glad you liked it, Jo!
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Enjoyed your poem tonight, especially your two opening lines. I always find peace in nature. Your photos are amazing!
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Thank you! I do take a lot of photos when walking.
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kaykuala
Appreciating all the goodness extended by Providence, one opens doors of goodness back to oneself. Many may not do this or they just take it lightly! Thoughtful take Frank!
Hank
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Good point about appreciating goodness–it opens doors of goodness back to oneself. Thank you, Hank!
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A busy of generosity of abundance…love this!
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Abundance is busy being generous. Thank you, Mary!
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I love how you captured nature… a gift if we just are willing to see.
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It is a gift we often miss. Thank you, Bjorn!
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Nature’s gifts are so plentiful. It’s sad when some cannot appreciate them. I like this poem of gratitude and appreciation.
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It is a poem of gratitude and appreciation. Thank you, Mish!
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Bringing us beautifully to the basics we take so for granted, and to the “One whose arm embraces all”.
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We do take all of this too much for granted. Thank you, Beverly!
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Lovely write, Frank…those open spaces are good for the soul!
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Open spaces seem to want the heart to expand with them. Thank you, Lynn!
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The serenity is beautiful. The return of life to Spring. It also looks like I could just reach good fishing water with a good rod and reel.
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Some people do fish there. Thank you, Walter!
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Nicely done Frank. Such a sense of peace. Love that last line and the photos.
Pat
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Thank you, Pat!
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Just like Tolkien said: God is not only merciful, he is generous. very nice.
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Good point about God: generous as well as merciful. Thank you, Lona!
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This poem inspires me to get out and enjoy nature more. I like: “Trees have finished winter’s fall. They stand magnificently tall.” I love trees.
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I was on a walk this afternoon. I wish I did it more. Thank you, Sophia!
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Well constructed with a skilled use of the form. Good job!
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Thank you, James!
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Beautiful, Frank! Like a meditation.
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I was aiming for a kind of meditation. Thank you, Bekkie!
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So peaceful. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe! I am glad it felt peaceful.
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Nature without
Walls Ceilings
Or Floors
Nature
Ever
Changing
Every SeaSon
HumanS WithouT CLoThes MoRE
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Those artificial boundaries are gone in nature. Thank you, Fred!
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Nature
With
No
Tanlines..:)
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Katiemaifrederick made me laugh. No tanlines. LOL. Frank, you are adventurous….learning different forms is a task for me. But for you, you are like a duck to water. Loved Frost, and he was my first introduction to narrative poetry. Then William Stafford. Frost is more formal, but both are good poets. And nature, like Basho said….is fundamental to the soul.
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I liked what Basho wrote about poetry in your post. I will have to read that again. It seemed cryptic and yet completely obvious. Thank you, Jane!
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Yeah, that’s the duality! Cryptic and completely obvious. Excellent, Frank Thanks.
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Beautiful visual, Frank. So simple and yet so vast.
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Thank you, Angela!
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