Impressions of Nature are Cast in Poetry

I know some little birds
That make a ruckus at the dawn
But I don't say two words
Since they fertilize the lawn

A patch of shade
That's what a tree provides
You really have it made
When sun across sky glides

But more, a lofty tree
Gives home and fodder
For the squirrel, bird & bee
And others far more odder

A tree is like a tenement
Apartments at many a level
But dwellers don't pay the rent
They make merry, they revel

In wintertime the tree
Reduces its exhausts
And saves the heat, the energy
To defend it from the frosts

So next time the tree gives
You shade from summer heat
Remember, it too lives
And thank it when you meet

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Through the rain curtain, mist
The vista sparkling, muted
Awash the greenery, sere desist
Rain cleanses, leaving less polluted

Drink up, through the soil
Assuage the thirst, drink more
Be lavish, let the roots embroil
Soak up to the vibrant core

Run the heavy river, churning
Down through the narrow gorge
Crafted artfully, ever turning
In nature's ancient rocky forge

Some creatures lift their maws
Some hide, ensconced till deluge passes
Lightening following its laws
Brightened sky, seen by masses

Gentle drops now on the leaves
Gentle touch like morning dew
A path, rain toward earth, weaves
Landscape soaked, sky back to blue

The rainbow arcs incompletely
A spectrum of vibrant hue
This painting, done perfect, neatly
Oh marvel that beauty yet be true

Cauliflowers in the distance
Do you see them?,
Bubbling up on the horizon
Let's go chase 'em!

With radio in lap
We hurry for the storm
When other folks are warned
We are informed

Watch the clouds whirl
Watch the nodules unfurl
Mammati dipping low
Round pillows of cloud
Upside down

Is there a vortex spinning?
Beeeeep beeeeeep beeeeeeep beeeeeeep, wait
The weather warning voiced
Twister spotted elsewhere in the state

Look for rotation first
But nature is so cunning
In an instant, tornado dropping down
Any closer, you'd be running

Be at a safe distance
Know what you are doing
Don't take this lightly
Agitated clouds are brewing

This day no one injured
Nature just staging an event
No serious damage
Praise the lord and amen

Every year the swallows did
Return to Capistrano
The city grew close, the bugs outbid
Now, at the Mission, not much guano

In Lyons, Colorado, our own migration
Of swallows swooping down in June
The bugs, the river, are fine temptation
Nesting in spruce or outside a room

And in Boulder's urban streets
At intersections the swallows play
Above the black macadam heat
They dart and swoop with no delay

I've seen them every year, now ten
They dive and dip through the parking lot
Next year they will return again
They're welcome to share what we've got