What was and is

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These I have loved:
a blackbird singing for the apple blossoms
to hail the spring transition into summer
end-of-school songs in never ending dusk
the scent of new-cut grass and dew on my bare feet
bitterness of new-brewn coffee
and a morning silenced by my absence
the mysterious path leading upward through the woods
giggling mountain-streams and snow capped peaks
a breeze moving through the canopies
in its dappled shadowplay
the first reflection from the lake where we may pitch our tent
full moon in August with a whiff of basil
new baked sourdough with melting butter
the first crimson kiss on blushing maple leaves
a skein of geese leaving or arriving
the crackle under my shoes of fallen leaves
an autumn storm lashing at my window pane
the first snow and the sound of birch wood burning in my fireplace
candles lit in winter darkness before the light returns
icicles left after a sunlit day in March
All these have been my loves

Today Kim hosts dVerse poetics and she prompts us to write poetry inspired by second stanza of The great lover by Rupert Brooke

July 21, 2026

15 responses to “What was and is”

  1. You get points for being ahead of the game and giving us a peek at what’s coming next week — and a beautiful poem. As list poems go, the imagery in this takes us away to your milieu. 🙂

  2. This poem is delightful, Björn Rudberg, and it includes so many of things I have loved too: the blackbird, ‘the scent of new-cut grass and dew on my bare feet’, the ‘skein of geese leaving or arriving’ and the ‘crackle under my shoes of fallen leaves’ especially. The whole poem transported me.

  6. Bjorn, I really enjoyed the way this poem celebrates the ordinary wonders that so often pass unnoticed—the smell of grass, the sound of streams, the turning of leaves. It feels like a heartfelt thank-you letter to the world itself.💜

  12. lovely things to include.

    As I read I found it’s blasphemous that I did not include coffee and baee foot on freshly cut grass and the scent of those in mine.

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