posting poetic prose
22 Sep 2016 8 Comments
in list poem Tags: designer, feathers, flight, quill
feathers on exhibit — both functional AND decorative:
photo by lynn
zipper lock system
preen produced oil
soft, downy underside
light, hollow quill
artistic color scheme
gender specific patterns
birder’s beautiful quest
song’s textured flight
time’s random chance
or designer’s signature?
Inspired by Victoria’s “feathered” poetics at dVerse…shared on Open Link Night
20 Sep 2016 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: aspen, creek, gold, Rockies
Carpe Diem’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: creek
aspens happening
autumn gilds rockie slopes
creek glistens with gold
photo credit: Mike Cather 2005 link: city data
19 Sep 2016 19 Comments
A Clerihew is a comic verse on biographical topics consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme of aabb that was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem names a well-known person or character on the first line and the second line rhymes with the name of the person. (information from Gayle at dVerse Poets Pub)
architect Frank Lloyd Wright
designed art glass as screens of light;
natural surprise when artful otter
swam through his house of Falling Water!
_______
Henry Ford
was never bored;
he mastered the assembly line
ten million T’s rolled out on dime.
_______
concession vendor, Ernest Hamwi
crisply sold his waffle pastry;
made cones for ice cream at World’s Fair
now world screams for their fair share!
15 Sep 2016 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: clementines, darlings, orbs, spain, sunshine
O my sweet darlings
peel orbs to release sunshine
clementines from spain
miniature crate imports
children play with empty box
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s prompt “summer solstice”
13 Sep 2016 20 Comments
in prayer, quadrille, scripture Tags: grace, hope, love, shepherd, truth
Prayer in “quadrille” form, exactly forty-four words…link to dVerse Poets
Open my hands
to receive extravagant grace
Open my ears
to hear shepherd’s voice
Open my eyes
to see beauty of narrow way
Open my mind
to know transforming truth
Open my mouth
to speak words of hope
Open my heart
to love courageously.
Jesus spoke “Ephphatha!” to deaf/mute man (see Mark 7:31-37)
12 Sep 2016 1 Comment
in free verse, scripture Tags: forgiveness, relationship, scars, vulnerable, wound
we come needy,
“damaged goods”
in pretty wrapping
eager for relationship
a safe place to unpack
the assortment of our
mismatched baggage
yet we unintentionally
wound each other
with wary words both
spoken and unspoken
gestures misconstrued
whether subconscious
malice or callous
thoughtlessness
we’re here together
with scars and scabs
as we pretend to
search for fresh
bandages even as
we hope for real
healing found only
in true forgiveness.
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
07 Sep 2016 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: baby's eyes, innocence, mysteries, pools
CDHK’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: mysteries
profound mysteries
innocence in baby’s eyes
swim in liquid pools
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CDHK’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: emptiness
working up a thirst
mow grass on hot summer day
pitcher is empty!
06 Sep 2016 14 Comments
in haibun Tags: bonfire, camp, guitar, kum ba yah, starry night
photo credit: Stephen Bockhold, rebedvrlists.com
Torches shine along forest trail that leads to clearing. Youth campers in Rocky Mountains gather around bright bonfire; jostle each other to find seats on long pine logs. Click off flashlights with excited whispers. Flames lick upward as sparks rise higher. Guitar music wafts through smoke and singing begins. A chorus of “kum ba yah” fades as heads quietly tip up toward heaven. Eyes blink in wonder, above and beyond, to where floating sparks extinguish and a million twinkling stars ignite!
clear night on mountain
milky way spills across sky
deep infinity
I’m joining dVerse Poets for haibun Monday’s theme: twinkle, twinkle
06 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: columbine, life, mountain, paintbrush
Inspired by Delores’ paintbrush flowers featured at: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
mountain meadow bursts
rose paintbrush, blue columbines,
field mouse-ear chickweed
inhale life’s beauty today
fast fades each season’s flowers
photos by A. Schonlau
National Parks Service
a poem in my pocket 
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