NaPoWriMo – Earth Day 2017

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Dawn Whitehand

        our planEt is dying
    our politiciAns denying
 our scientists Ridiculed
      our populaTion fooled
           meanwHile the earth sighs
while the fauna Dies
    and the florA slips away
       inevitablY we will all pay

Digital Manipulation of Original Drawing : original drawing can be seen here https://apoemandadrawingaday.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/obliteration/

Rebirth – World Poetry Day

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Dawn Whitehand

playfully swirling
a cool wind scatters gumnuts across a rusty tin roof
spilt seeds bouncing randomly
waiting to be blown across the late autumn sky

tumbling and falling
finding a final resting place
a soft patch of silky dirt

snuggling in
they await the warmth of spring
the soft patter of rain
the miraculous transformation

a sapling

Pen on Handmade Paper

The Future of Seeds

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Dawn Whitehand

what has become of the seeds
once sown
tilled rich moist soil
fertile
red dirt blanket
enveloping warmth
keeping safe the stalks
feeding nourishing

what has become of the seeds
brown bare earth lay
bountiless
only dead dust blowing
trapped within a barren windswept bowl

Charcoal Pencils

Eucalyptus Spritzer

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Dawn Whitehand

robust gum leaves
seemingly delicate
tossed in the breeze
sparkle jewel like
bedazzled in sunlight
Mother Nature’s fairylights

Digital Drawing

An Intervention

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Dawn Whitehand

raging winds roaring
hurling gumnuts
crashing on the tin roof
stealing my slumber
momentarily dazed
I ponder the rattling
scurrying possums?
quarrelling crows?
dancing magpies?

Mother Nature venting her anger?

Pastel on Handmade Paper

Softly Softly

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dawn Whitehand

a voluminous breeze
wafts between the leaves
fluttering gently rustling
then suddenly a lone leaf
breaks free floating
drifting downward
weaving to and fro
landing soundlessly

…crunch