arrive after dark
campground on old gravel pit
sign warns: deep water
Linking to Ramblings of a Writer and haiku challenge: deep & water
animal crackers
05 Aug 2017 4 Comments
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: calliope, kaleidscope, menagerie, mosaic, rainbow
see such cunning calliope of creatures
view fast running menagerie of animalia
stare at stunning kaleidoscope of wild kingdom
gaze on sunning rainbow of critter chaos
admire funning mosaic of my zootopia
Gotta love this colorful fabric pattern featured at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads where Margaret invites us to quilt a poem!
reunion
25 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
beers after long hike
friends converse on cabin deck
cool evening breezes
view of shadow mountain lake
sunset watercolors sky
twilight: diffuse & defused
17 Jul 2017 9 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: fireflies, twilight, vampires
light fades to darkness
flashes of peaceful fireflies
keep vampires at bay
Response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s “twilight” prompt (and films of same title).
quick & quirky questions
14 Jul 2017 10 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bananas, cow, life, music, oreos, wine
Here’s a fun list (with my answers in bold). I found these questions at: Like answering Questions? by kiwinana
1. Favorite animal? cow…now
2. Wine or beer? whine!
3. Socks on/off while sleeping? depends on if my feet feel cold 🙂
4. One piece or two piece bathing suit? one piece
5. Cooking at home or eating out? please take me out!
6. Pepsi or Coke? no thanks (too much diet Coke in my past)
7. Regular or electric toothbrush? LOVE my electric
8. Candy or chocolate? chocolate, of course!
9. Coffee or tea? herbal teas; chai is favorite
10. Music or talk radio? music
11. Chick flick, action movie or documentary? chick flick romance
12. Regular or mechanical pencil? regular (mechanical drive me crazy)
13. Swimming or laying out? both, alternately
14. Dog or cat? Dog
15. What do you drive? SUV, van or sedan? SUV
16. Early bird catches the worm or night owl? reforming night owl
17. If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life what would it be?bananas
18. While sleeping: Phone by your side or in another room? phone in other room
19. Singing in the shower, yes or no? not me
20. Oreo cookies: Eat whole? Take apart and/or dunk? whole (package)
Wanna play? Copy & paste on blog, insert your own answers and link to me!
blogger recognition award
27 Jun 2017 13 Comments
I’m happy to accept this blogger recognition! I thank my blogger friend, Camie, for nominating me for this award. You should check out her fun travel, homeschool, mothering blog at: https://camiescozycorner.wordpress.com
I began blogging in May 2012 after following a friend’s blog about her family’s adoption journey. I had recently taken an online college poetry course which renewed my interest in writing poems. So a “poem in my pocket” was born.
My advice for new bloggers? Ignore the stats and write from the heart! Share your own unique point of view. If you want to make friends and gain readers, visit other blogs and/or online communities and leave comments. Every writer likes encouraging feedback so give it.
I would like to nominate a few of my favorite bloggers for this award:
Jess Van Roekel, devotional writer with a beautiful heart blogging grace: http://welcomegrace.com
Elsie, aka “kiwinana”, hosts interesting tanka and other writing prompts: https://ramblingsofawriter2016.com
Robyn Mulder, focuses on life and faith every Friday: http://robynmulder.blogspot.com
Emily Gibson, physician and photographer extraordinaire: https://briarcroft.wordpress.com
If any of you choose to participate, here are the guidelines:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide link to their blog.
2. Write a post to show your award.
3. Give a brief story how your blog started.
4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
5. Select (up to 15) other bloggers for this award.
6. Comment on each blog to let them know you nominated them and provide link to to the post you created.
a garden lai
08 Jun 2017 38 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: blessings, garden, lai, seeds
This is my attempt at a “lai”. You can learn more about the form at dVerse…
look out my window
garden plants on row
i see
green beans, potato,
snap peas, tomato
must weed
good seeds that we sow
cause blessings to grow
freely
photo by lynn
leave-ing the party
16 May 2017 6 Comments
in tan renga, Uncategorized Tags: autumn, dizzy, leaf
Chèvre hosts tan renga party at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai . A tan renga is a haiku by one poet answered in 2 (7 syllable) lines by another poet.
now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf © Ryokan Taigu
do leaves ever feel dizzy—
twirling in their spiral dance? lynn__
mediation necessary
28 Apr 2017 7 Comments
learning war and peace
grandchildren fight over toy
everyone wants it
let’s all remember to share
isolate till passions cool
re-enactment of Waterloo from wikicommons
Joining Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer for weekly tanka challenge, War & Peace.
audaciously catty
05 Apr 2017 17 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: cat, dog, paparazzi, pride
Playing with “anthropomorphism” at dVerse poetics with Lillian 🙂
fat cat in silky
top hat, walks
sleek this season
(has no reason
to run) saunters
too confidently,
(pompous louse)
directly to famed
doghouse- ritzy,
spacious place
(will absent dog
give chase?)
cat pauses for
grand entrance,
smiles smugly to
paparazzi & me.
then, full of pride,
he slinks inside
to curl up cool
in empty dish;
crinkles pug nose-
where’s my fish?
long afternoon nap
(could be a trap?)
it’s easy to be,
like i already said,
audaciously catty
after dog is dead.
stalked by Claude
16 Mar 2017 30 Comments
in list poem, Uncategorized Tags: art, field, harvest, haystack, light, village
Meeting the Bar at dVerse Poets with Bjorn looking at impressionistic art
layers of light
flecks of colour
giant’s velvet
birthday cupcake
or thatched hut
is sunlit stack of
bovine manna
dried muffin-top
will-o-wisps in wind
dense center holds
heat of long day
gleaned stubble field
rests in cool shade
robust wet dabs
of painter’s palette
reflects sweat of
villagers’ harvest
haystack by Monet
bitter herbs & vinegar
10 Mar 2017 6 Comments
American (death) sentences in 17 syllables…
People will do nearly anything to avoid sitting still to think.
Don’t expect excess love; most live desperate, separate and alone.
Seems our differences are reasons to hate rather than celebrate.
Work seen as important, not words; what value prayer or poetry?
If i feel like a caged bird…when i die, will i be freed from this cage?
We are broken beyond our repairing; who can save us from ourselves?
