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    Zephyr's Whisper
    Zephyr's Whisper
    Zephyr's Whisper
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    Zephyr's Whisper

    By Ken Allan Dronsfield

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    With a blend of Wordsworthian poetry style and contemporary American poetic voice,
    Ken Allan Dronsfield wonderfully weaves human emotions, mysticism and Nature's beauty as well as its harshness in his poetry. Zephyr's Whisper will undoubtedly keep on maintaining the balance of soft soothing waltz and strong challenging winds like effects on the hearts and souls of avid poetry readers of all generations

    Vatsala Radhakeesoon (Mauritian author/poet)

    An American Mihai Eminescu, Ken Allan Dronsfield always tugged at my heart. His poems are suggestive, imagistic and lined with subtle emotion. Reading this collection of poems, I did have the feeling that the Zephyr was whispering at me.

    Roxana Nastase (Romanian/Canadian writer/poet/editor)

    Whispers from the Zephyr

    Sugar cane flowing like ocean waves

    Florida winds blow as egret's hunt lunch

    tapestry woven in a wildness of saw grass

    buzzards perch high on branches of oak

    dragonflies rest on blades of palmetto

    unscrupulous clouds build to a zephyr

    horizontal rains pelt all within the glades

    saunters by quickly; sun now reappears.

    Spanish moss drips from Cypress trees

    curtains of humidity hold a damp grip

    songbirds fluttering, the gators cruising;

    in the great Florida swamp; days roll by;

    a muskrat swims in the calming waters

    a pinkish haze envelops the twilight sky

    Great Blue Herons stand at stoic repose;

    Listen to the whispers from the zephyr.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScarlet Leaf Publishing House
    Release dateJul 8, 2018
    ISBN9781386505532
    Zephyr's Whisper
    Author

    Ken Allan Dronsfield

    Ken Allan Dronsfield is a disabled veteran, prize winning poet and author from New Hampshire, now residing in Oklahoma. A proud member of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire, he has three poetry collections to date; 'The Cellaring', 'A Taint of Pity', and  'Zephyr's Whisper'. Ken does not have an MFA or Creative Writing Degree but, he once road a dirt bike on woodland trails from southern New Hampshire north into Canada. He's been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and six times for the Best of the Net. He was First Prize Winner for 2018 and 2019 in the Realistic Poetry Internationals Nature Poetry Contests. Ken loves writing, hiking, thunderstorms, and spending time with his cats Willa and Yumpy.

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      Book preview

      Zephyr's Whisper - Ken Allan Dronsfield

      ZEPHYR’S WHISPER

      Poems and Parables of a Seasonal Pretense

      Poetry by

      Ken Allan Dronsfield

      Scarlet Leaf

      2018

      ©Copyright, All Rights Reserved

      Cover Photo from Pixabay.com formatting by the author.

      SCARLET LEAF PUBLISHING HOUSE

      TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA

      COPYRIGHT BY KEN ALLAN DRONSFIELD

      ––––––––

      No part of this book can be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      For information address:

      Scarlet Leaf Press

      scarletleafpublishinghouse@gmail.com

      Table of Contents

      Whispers from the Zephyr

      A Morning’s Calling

      Sonnet #2, Adieu, Sonnet to the Rain

      A Melting

      A Fehér Hattyú (The White Swan)

      A Turning of the Swale

      A Timeless Splendor

      Where Tall Trees Dance

      White Silk and Whispers

      With Charcoal Black

      Briers and Brambles

      Dérive (Drift)

      Footprints

      Into the Rye

      Resonance

      Rêves de soie (Silk Dreams)

      Rusty Wet Leaves

      Solstice at Christmas

      Spanish Moss Sways

      Sunday Smile

      Sonnet #10, The Deer Crossing

      Torn Sails

      Turquoise Heart

      The Leaves Wink

      While the Wind Howls

      Sail into Eternity

      Shimmers

      Tranquility Point

      Sonnet #23, Tear in the Autumn Moon

      The Ebb and Flow

      The Old Hound at Christmas

      Whisper of the Raven

      Winter's Wake

      A Velvet Rhapsody

      A Reddish Haze

      Bestowed Blessings in a Harvest Sonnet

      Corn Stalk Scarecrow

      Desert Spirit

      Firefly

      Golden Locks

      Just a Dream

      Of Mountains and Meadows

      Pacific Daydream

      Sighs of Serenity

      Song of the Garden Chimes

      Spring Will Soon Spring

      Strawberry Daiquiri & Silk Roses

      Au Revoir to Summer

      A Warmer Veil

      Sonnet #3, Earth Cries; Heaven Smiles

      A Violet Sheen

      Crispy Stars & Smoky Clouds

      Bug Opus

      Final Gasp

      Kiss of the Hummingbird

      Raven's Flavor

      Spring Solstice

      Sunrise Whispers

      A Stellar Ballet - (Villanelle Poetry Form)

      The Lyrical Swells

      With Honesty Comes the Rain

      Brooding of Night

      Sonnet 103, Rose and Thistle

      DEDICATION

      AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY

      Author’s Commentary

      I want to take a moment to thank the many wonderful people I’ve met since beginning my poetry career. Thank you to Roxana Nastase, Editor in Chief of the Scarlet Leaf Review and Scarlet Leaf Publishing for supporting my poetry and the work of other poets throughout the world. It is with the support of people like Roxana, Raja Williams, CEO of Creative

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