A Walk through the Seasons - poems of nature and spirit

Bob Ambrose, Jr.

October 8, 2015

Theater in the Woods 

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

The 24 minute presentation can be viewed on YouTube by linking here.  The poems are listed below.

• To Bring You Beauty 

I would bring you beauty / if I only knew how.

• A Close Encounter with an Old Field 

It was just an old field. / I have been back more than once, / perplexed 

• The Short Side

When Dark Moon lights November nights / we’re on the short side of the sun 

• Winter Clarity

Bright cold blows thin, / piercing the surface  / with sterile clarity 

• Cold Rain Comes

When low clouds gather gray on gray / enfolding days in dim light

• A Springtime Apparition

By the barely greening side yard pecan, / crepe myrtle and magnolia grace 

• The Peace of Imperfection

The songbirds seem not to have noticed / perfection having passed us by 

• To Remember a Moment *

Present moments pass away unwatched; / ignored, they quickly fade. 

• A Prayer of June in Green and Brown

To be present at creation / and wander deep time / weightless as the moment 

• The Eternal News of Early June *

Just let the news feeds troll for hits. / Let outrage engines hiss and spit.

• The Arch of Midsummer *

High summer rises from June, / an Elysian arch of unsure origins

• Weeds Have Names

Weeds have names we never know: / the world is filled with hidden souls.

• The Ache at the Edge of Autumn

Heaven drifts in on an autumn day / when dry leaves filter long moments 

* These poems are on my private blog site, and can be accessed if you are on the list of readers. If you send me an email (bobambrosejr@gmail.com) I will add you to the list.

Map to the Theater in the Woods