Offerings by Brenda Kay Ledford

Offerings
by
Brenda Kay Ledford

Off a beaten path,

Moses' bush burning.

Mushrooms form a ring

of white on the ground.

A scent of ripeness,

vines crisscross a rock wall.

Fox grapes plop offerings

to woodland creatures.

Gum Log and Brasstown Creeks merge,

a thousand diamonds on ripples.

River cane hugs the banks,

cattails shake their bronze heads.

Far from the village,

only the whistled notes

of a nuthatch break the silence;

the honeysuckle spreads fragrance.

Brenda Kay Ledford is a blogger, author, and poet in Hayesville, North Carolina who writes about her Southern Appalachian heritage. She enjoys nature and this theme is often included in her work, which has earned her the Paul Green Award a dozen times from the NC Society of Historians. Brenda’s hobbies include photography, playing the piano and harmonica, writing, and hiking. Learn more about her at http://blueridgepoet.blogspot.com.

Larry Schug:
So visual. I very much like the last stanza (and all the rest, too).
Posted 08/26/2024 10:17 AM

EstherJ:
Beautiful! It almost feels like I am there.
Posted 08/26/2024 09:50 AM

Dorcas:
Offerings for all humanity. How grateful we should be.
Posted 08/27/2014 01:15 PM

Buckner14:
You brought me halfway across the state with those strong images!
Posted 08/26/2014 08:24 AM

Sherry:
Brenda makes this place sound so lovely, especially the final stanza.
Posted 08/26/2014 08:08 AM

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