Halloween Stroll

Photo by AVR 2010

Halloween Stroll

Crackle, crackle

Dusty shadows

Crunch and cackle

Follow hollow

Pounding footsteps

Cracks of thunder

Broken branches

Over, under

Snap and scream

Spooky Doppler

The Big Bopper

Sings Chantilly lace

And a pretty face

But I digress

As trees undress

On this unholy

Wooded path

To who knows where

I stroll and stare

At the murky water

The misted river

Seems to swerve

Around the curve

Of my pretty neck

As I do swear

This wretched dream

Will be my last trek

Unnerved through this

Forest preserve

On Halloween

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 10/30/2014 12:11pm

English/Czech poem Alone/Osamělá

This is the last poem that I have managed to translate.  I will resume translating more of my poems into Czech after the holidays.  I originally wrote this poem in 1967.

ALONE

The wind

howled

photo by AVR

I felt a surge

of emotion

rush

through me

Leaves crackled

underfoot

Trees

reached

for me

Autumn

echoed

in every

woebegone

niche

As I

broke

into

a run

 

© Alice Vedral (Rivera) - 1967

Osamělá

Vítr kvílí

Cítím se

photo art by AVR

vzplanutím emocí

prorostlá

Listí

pod nohama

šustí

Stromy

vztahují

ke mně své paže

A já

cítím podzim

v každém

zanedbalém výklenku

A dávám se

do běhu

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2013

Gray November Day

By now you know that Autumn is my favorite season.  November is my favorite month except when it is cold and rainy.  Hope you enjoy this poem.

photo by AVR

GRAY NOVEMBER DAY

      Drop

Drop

            Drop

Leftover raindrops

Showering leaves

Shaken from trees

In a slight breeze

On a moody afternoon

            Drop

Drop

      Drop

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007

English/Czech - Autumn and the Moon/Podzim a měsíc

An autumn poem fitting for Halloween along with a link to the audio version with music and mix by Mana Junkie - enjoy......

Autumn and the Moon Audio

Autumn and the Moon

The wind screamed

In circles

Autumn and the Moon Photo Art © AVR - 2013

The sky wept

Trees shed sheathes

Of leaves that

Flew and joined

The debris

Of life in

A dance of

The macabre

As the moon

Choked on the

Dust and died

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007

Podzim a měsíc

Vítr kvílí

v čarovném kruhu

Nebesa pláčou

Stromy se svlékají

do naha

Aby srostly

s troskami života

V tanci smrti

A měsíc

v tom prachu

Umírá

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2013