posting poetic prose
16 Feb 2020 4 Comments
in american sentence, haiku, tanka Tags: birthday, cake, chocolate, love, mama, roses, valentine
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai in the month of love…
be my valentine
red roses, dark chocolates
bake a heart-shaped cake
mama and i shared birthday
brief time to celebrate love
❤ ❤ ❤
If someone gives you their heart, you can’t give it back without breaking it.
❤ ❤ ❤
heart broken open…
perhaps that lets the love out
to spill on others?
05 Jan 2020 2 Comments
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(Job 12: 1 & 2)
10 Dec 2019 13 Comments
in american sentence Tags: echoes, fears, nightmares
American sentence for Merril’s “echo” prompt at dVerse poets pub…
photo by Arthur Tress
04 Jul 2019 2 Comments
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09 Nov 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: die, Jesus, love, rose, thorns
Rose of Sharon
wore crown of thorns
as he stretched out arms to die
…for me
19 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence, senryu Tags: dark, death, emotions, hope, light, stop, suicide
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)
27 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: chocolate, flavor, Hawaii, macadamias, tropical
20 Jun 2017 28 Comments
in american sentence Tags: cemetery, dead end, drivers, sign, street
image from pixabay
This “american sentence” (17 syllables) describes actual sign seen in Edgerton, Minnesota. Sharing with Mish and friends at dVerse poetics…
02 May 2017 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: diverse, forgive, gratitude, heart, integrity
Thankfulness for the small stuff enlarges heart with joyful gratitude.
When heart is broken open, make no demands, simply let love spill out.
Forgive as you have been forgiven is the crux of Jesus’ teachings.
Beauty of diverse colors be found in kaleidoscope of people.
Integrity is found by building identity on solid rock.
12 Apr 2017 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: Easter, egg, indigo, moon, sky
An “American sentence” is made of 17 syllables…usually not so pretty 🙂
Easter egg moon waxes yello-quently on indigo sateen sky.
13 Feb 2017 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: halibut, moon, nets, trees
Full moon is like white halibut, slipping through nets of fishermen trees.
Inspired by full moon and book, Crossing the Waters, by Leslie Leyland Fields, an Alaskan fisher(wo)man.
