Seasons

Nature is cyclical—a rhythmic dance of emergence and retreat. With the annual seasons, we discover the consummate poetry of change itself. I wrote these poems to capture the sensory details of the seasons: the sharp scent of rain-soaked soil in spring; the lazy, heavy heat of summer afternoons; the rich decay and gold of autumn; and the crystalline silence that covers us all in winter.

More than just descriptions of nature’s calendar, these poems explore how we experience time passing through our lives. They are ruminations on transformation: the way a leaf must fall to allow new growth or how every ending is simply preparation for another beginning. If you take comfort in sameness or are awed by extreme change, explore the relentless, inescapable beat of the world’s incessant renewal—the cyclical breath of time made lyrical.