i’m sorry,
for you
but have
no regrets;
it’s true—
instead of
collecting
the eggs,
i was out
gathering
poems and
now there
are no
pancakes
for your
breakfast.
as the farmer…life
24 Oct 2014 18 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: corn, dust, farmer, rain, soybeans, wind
as intense eyes
scan darkening skies,
playful wind flaps shirt sleeves.
as strong shoulders
stack square hay bales,
rising dust covers tanned skin.
as nimble feet
climb grain bin ladder,
straw chaff infiltrates flaxen hair.
as skillful hands
manipulate diverse tools,
old grease wedges under fingernails.
as experienced ears
attune engines musical noise,
stale soybeans nest in jean pockets.
as determined teeth
test corn kernel moisture,
rich manure clings to chore boots.
as gentle arms
carry bawling calf or kitten,
pelting rain drips off seed cap bill.
_______
This is a “list poem”,
inspired by and dedicated to my farmer.
Linked to d’Verse Poets
no news is good news?
22 Oct 2014 9 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ears, gossip, hear, news, nothing
“All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again, there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:8)
from
national newscasters
political pundits
television talking heads
to
local celebrities
small town coffee shops
gossip grapevines;
it’s
shocking indecency
another person’s tragedy
driveling trivia comedy
that
we know sells, as “news”–
whatever our itching ears want to hear.
_______
moonlight serenade
20 Oct 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: moon, owl, river, stones
Tan Renga linked to Carpe Diem
river stones
caressed by flowing water
pale moon shines
-becca givens
owl wings past fir tree shadows
stream gurgles soft lullaby.
-lynn__
you are here
18 Oct 2014 6 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: galaxy, Milky Way, Orion, sun
on Orion’s arm
of Milky Way galaxy
freckle of light ~Sun!
____________
Link to: Carpe Diem “Milky Way”
arach-NO-phobia
18 Oct 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: argiope, garden spider, web
cautiously pick beans
garden spider on alert
dare disturb its web?
Argiope image from http://www.fcps.edu
Linking to: Carpe Diem “Little Creature” Feature: Spider
virtual reality
16 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: fireworks, grid, screen saver
turn volume down – pop!
fake flowers from grid landscape
fireworks screen saver
let there be music!
15 Oct 2014 18 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: lifesong, music, newsong, sing
listen!
planets spinning,
moons’ revolving,
hear the stars sing!
atoms whirling,
cells alive swirling,
let seasons ring!
redwood voices tall,
wild flowing waterfall,
join nature’s newsong!
livestock ruminate,
humans communicate,
each hums their own
unique lifesong!
all corners of cosmos,
given the chance,
will loudly praise him
as lord of the dance.
listen to the music!
__________
Linking to: d’Verse Poets: Influence of Music
pining for fresh aire
14 Oct 2014 8 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: evergreens, mountain, sunshine, wildflowers
Photo and prompt: Carpe Diem “Time Glass” #6 “Pine Tree”
( a tanka)
sunshine takes a hike
to mountaintop meadow of
fragrant wildflowers;
highlights lofty evergreens,
ancient monarchs reign from cliff.
poetic cubism (to the 3rd power)
13 Oct 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: art, cubism, diatomaceous, oblique, obtuse
cell cell cellulose
sell sell cellulite
“le don de salon” (grand gift of living room)
wrangle of tangled angles
obliquely leaking geekiness?
“goodness gracious, such spacious diatomaceous!”
highbrow eyebrow i spy eyesore?
“geometric excuse for obtuse abuse.”
pic pik pick picasso!
__________
Inspired by d’Verse Poets (but i was too late to link up to their “cubism” prompt)!
tan renga
11 Oct 2014 10 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: fowl, home, jet, sunset
Linking to: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge
sunset photo by Oliana
power-driven fowl
in rays of a setting sun
flies home
– © Oliana
return flight to nesting ground
jet-bird song follows contrail.
– lynn
eclipsed
11 Oct 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bleed, eclipse, moon, sun, woman
image from en.wikipedia.org
the blood moon
is a woman;
she bleeds her
monthly tide
as proof of
her fertility;
she labors
through phases
add nausea-um
waxes gibbous
and convulses
with hot birth.
her heart aches
behind the
dark side of
loneliness;
a face that
no one sees.
her secret
sorrow is the
knowledge that
she’s only the
reflecting mirror
of manly sun’s glory.
___________
Observed lunar eclipse October 8, 2014
a poem in my pocket 
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