posting poetic prose
24 Sep 2018 21 Comments
in quadrille Tags: anchor, arbor, harbor, home, love, safe, welcome
Lillian is serving up quadrilles at the dVerse poets pub tonight!
may home be calm harbor
where load is lighter, not harder
welcome all with warmest ardor
share from heart’s generous larder
offer love a safe haven to anchor
retreat from world’s loud rancor
into shelter of peaceful arbor
make our home a restful harbor
23 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in distillation, tanka Tags: eternal, hours, LORD, minutes, time
Challenge at CDHK to “distill” the following poem by Tagore:
Time is endless in thy hands, my lord [LORD].
There is none to count thy minutes.
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
Thou knowest how to wait.
Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.
We have no time to lose,
and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
We are too poor to be late.
And thus it is that time goes by
while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,
and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut;
but I find that yet there is time.
© Rabindranath Tagore, Endless Time
“Endless Time”
My “distillation” in tanka form:
trace curved flow of hours
marked by celestial bodies
— our minutes’ limits —
seek face of eternal LORD
above / beyond track of time
© lynn__
21 Sep 2018 2 Comments
Watching grand daughters and trying out NEW editor app on phone. Thanks, WordPress 🤓 …does anyone have a “grandma” app?!
19 Sep 2018 6 Comments
in decastitch Tags: egg, minute, parents, phone, timer
long distance phone calls
when parents set
three minute
timer
talk
talk
timer
three minute
when parents set
long distance phone calls
Ramblings of a Writer with “egg timer” poetry form: unrhymed decastitch with syllabic pattern 5-4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4-5, last 5 lines mirror first 5 lines.
19 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence, senryu Tags: hope, death, light, dark, suicide, stop, emotions
September is Suicide Prevention month…linking with Ramblings of a Writer for “emotions & healing” prompt.
We never know the black hole into which another soul has fallen…
darkest emotions
troubles press into death wish
Stop! glimpse healing light
In U.S. call: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-TALK (8255)
18 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: anchor, boat, clouds, dreams, drift, waves
“Tan renga” chained together for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, where Delores wrote a beautiful haiku and I was reminded of poem by Eugene Fields.
clouds and waves
carry my dreams away
tugging my anchor
© Dolores
drift along in private boat
of winkin’ blinkin’ and nod
© lynn__
17 Sep 2018 4 Comments
in classical haiku, worship Tags: crstal, drown, harvest, heaven, river, sky
harvest gathered in
crystal sky glitters invite
river of heaven
image – pixabay
Linking to Frank J. Tassone site, where “haiku poetry matters.”
16 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in distillation, senryu Tags: chimes, clock, dawn, door, dusk, naps, sit, trees
This is my delight,
thus to wait and watch at the wayside
where shadow chases light
and the rain comes in the wake of the summer.
Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies,
greet me and speed along the road.
My heart is glad within,
and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet.
From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door,
and I know that of a sudden
the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.
In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone.
In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise.
©️ Rabindranath Tagore
Challenge: Try to create a haiku from this poem by Tagore and than create a Troiku with your “distilled” haiku. Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. My attempt follows…
i sit by my door
watching shadows chase the light
from dawn to dusk
i sit by my door
see the people passing by
everyone hurries
watch shadows chase light
sun dapples quivering leaves
of old poplar trees
from dawn to dusk
quiet hours marked by clock chimes
awake between naps
©️ lynn__
16 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in acrostic, senryu Tags: breakfast, chickens, eggs, Mozambique, omelets, potatoes
People wake…hungry
Rumbling tummies of children
Ovens to bake bread
V
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Domestic chickens…
Eggs whipped for morning omelet
Side of potatoes
In this acrostic senryu, notice vertical word, PROVIDES, and connecting word, OVID (egg). http://www.centerfreshgroup.com/responsibility/international-partners/
14 Sep 2018 15 Comments
in sestet Tags: alphabet, Elmo, homeschooling, kids, parents, teach
Kids deserve the freedom to
Learn from real life’s teachable
Moments which are often caught
Not taught in typical schools but
Observed in (extra)ordinary daily
Pursuits at home with their parents.
I remember one of my sons sincerely reciting: “A,B,C,D,E,F,G…H,I,J,K, Elmo pee” ! Linking this sestet to dVerse where Lillian holds class 🙂
14 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in tan renga Tags: butterfly, dust, milkweed, monarch, traffic, truck
Tan renga “chained together” at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
between dusty cars
an orange butterfly flits
the traffic rumbles – Kim Russell
truck hauls grain down gravel road
cloud of dust covers milkweed
– lynn
photo by lynn
11 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: cannon, civil war, dead, field, house, pear tree
Tan renga is written by two poets, haiku and response; see Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
haze from cannon fire
confederate and union
bury dead in field © lynn__
pear tree in full bloom on a battlefield
collapsed house becomes beautiful again
© Shiki (quote re-worked by Chèvrefeuille)
image – pixabay
