Inspired by Ese’s beautiful haiku at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and Hans Christian Anderson’s classic The Ugly Duckling.
left behind
in the frozen pond
white feather
© Ese
winter pond freezing
young duckling missed migration
white swan escapes ice
lynn__
ancient history preserved
27 Nov 2015 7 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: Creator, mountain, rocks
- photo credit: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
climb up the mountain
stories of many cultures
speak of Creation
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revelations in rocks tell
tales of time’s voiced beginning
Tuvan petroglyphs
Link to CDHK (#866) about Tuvan people in Altai Mountains of Mongolia
american paradox/stuffed
25 Nov 2015 3 Comments
in american sentence, haiku, senryu, Uncategorized Tags: Thanksgiving
it’s thanksgiving day
give thanks for all our blessings
…tomorrow we shop
used with permission
thankful tanka
24 Nov 2015 6 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: snow, soil, sunshine, weather
sunshine’s steady warmth
melting snow, nourishing soil
vital nitrogen
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listen to weather’s whisper
nature’s cycle of blessing
photo by lynn
november colors dakota
22 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: colors, Dakota, geese, prairie, soil
honk gray geese vee tattoo
across low-flying sky’s ceiling.
ice-edged blue pond fingers
reedy border of dry wild rice.
undulating green winter wheat field
interrupted by bare windbreak.
peely red shed leans lopsided into
prevailing prairie headwinds.
buff-brown buck grazes placidly
among herd of hardy range cattle.
flap black crow caws contrary to
silently melting snow pile.
tufted straw-gold crop debris
disk-mixed into fallow, fertile soil.
sunny silver beams gleam earthward
between radiant cracks in clouds.
inspired white church steeple points
gratefully back toward heaven.
coddiwompler’s song
04 Nov 2015 11 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bear, campfire, camping, RV, tent
Coddiwomple (v.): to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.
Linking to dVerse tangled traveler’s heart prompt
oh, camping is the life for me!
drive to the mountains, woods or sea
go anywhere you’d rather be
set up campsite, then go biking
find a new trailhead for hiking
before dark, a campfire striking
to eat outdoors whets appetite
pancakes in morning, fish at night
roast a marshmallow (toast just right)
mosquitoes bite so do beware
and never argue with a bear;
don’t follow cougar prints to lair
go south for winter, north in spring
migrate with birds to hear them sing
wanderlust is seasonal fling
no matter how far one may roam
you’ll always find the way back home
(with GPS on “smart” cellphone)
take photos of each memory
living in tents (or big RV)
yes, camping is the life for me!
lantern festival
25 Oct 2015 3 Comments
Hiroshima’s child
speaks hope for peaceful future
oleander blooms
* * *
seventy years after bomb
ten thousand lanterns float on
ID 33067258 © Kelly Headrick | Dreamstime.com
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s theme: Japanese festivals
metaphorically speaking
22 Oct 2015 5 Comments
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bird in gilded cage
spirit’s canary feels trapped
captivity song
***
hear beauty of the moment
haiku poet wings set free
Connecting to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai metaphor in haiku lesson…
japan’s tango-no-sekku
17 Oct 2015 4 Comments
Linking to CDHK theme of Japanese festivals…
carp kites flying high
fish that fight like samurai
let’s celebrate boys
momotaro’s battle cry
young warrior swings toy sword
Koi Nobori photo: CDHK link above
(Momotaro is Japanese version of David the giant killer)
nordic petroglyphs
16 Oct 2015 16 Comments
Bjorn posted his photos of petroglyphs for poetics prompt at dVerse
(this is also a bit of a gender bender for me writing from male point-of-view)
journal entry: 7,000 B.C.
rise early, dog licks face
snow falls outside cave
wrap fur, pull on mukluks
watch woman, she clucks
adds stick to fire, stirs mash
i’m tired of meatless hash
spring melting sludge
tie husky to sledge
take down light shield
and sharpen long spear
muck, luck run-a-muck
unload twice, runners stuck
traverse miles on hunt
dog smells moose musk
track down largest bull
kill and fill sledge hull full…
shout to woman, “I’m home!”
record big catch on stone
to eat a haiku
16 Oct 2015 3 Comments
taste color orange
munch sweet potato fries as
granddaughter drops peas
a fragile beauty
12 Oct 2015 11 Comments
autumn’s cold whisper
no more chemotherapy
leaf gently lets go
smile warm as salsa
leaving quilted memories
life’s classroom of love
haiku in honor of Loretta Veltkamp Wynia
a poem in my pocket 
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