Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme, Let the Music Inspire You
texan bluebonnets
wave swells across pasture
breeze stirring wild joy
advent reading (2)
04 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in free verse Tags: advent, love, sacrifice, shepherd
Light a candle on this 2nd Sunday of Advent
We watch with eyes wide open.
What does a shepherd know of Love?
Sacrifice offered
Blood poured out like water
All: Yes, Christ is our Advent of LOVE!
Serenade – Schubert
03 Dec 2016 3 Comments
in music poem Tags: river, Schubert, sunset
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme, Let the Music Inspire You
river flows to sea
swift sunset follows sunrise
all our seasons fade
Air – J.S. Bach
02 Dec 2016 3 Comments
in haiku, music poem Tags: Bach, clouds, music, sunrise
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme: Let the Music Inspire You
first gleam of daylight
glory crescendoes in clouds
sun slowly rises
Raindrop prelude – Chopin
02 Dec 2016 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: Chopin, music, raindrops
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme: Let the Music Inspire You
raindrops fall gently
converge in heavy downpour
storm cleanses landscape
spread on the land
28 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: beef, land, manure, post, recycle
Linking to CDHK prompt on “decay”…opportunity to use unusual photo too
grain gleaning beef mooves
waste decays, compost feeds soil
manure on fence post
valuable commodity
recycling, naturally
photo by lynn
advent reading (1)
27 Nov 2016 3 Comments
Light a candle on this 1st Sunday of Advent
We watch with eyes wide open.
What does a shepherd know of Hope?
Sin brings down a curse
Death will threaten its worst
All: But Christ is our Advent of HOPE!
credit: worshiphousemedia
Basho’s crow knows
25 Nov 2016 3 Comments
A tan renga is a poem in tanka form written by two poets. Here is a classic haiku by Matsuo Basho (translated from Japanese) and my response. A group of crows is not a flock; it’s called a murder. Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt.
on a bare branch
a crow lands
autumn dusk
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
murder happens upon tree
whose responsibility?
(lynn)
credit: free stock photos
to Whom do you give thanks?
25 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: Thanksgiving
Thank you cards are never general; they always have an addressee 🙂
give thanks, gather hope
24 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in free verse Tags: pilgrims, provience, thankful, turkey
First year at Plimoth was
difficult— disease, death
Mayflower left survivors
grateful for Squanto’s help
Pilgrims and Wampanoag
gathered for three day feast
thankful to gracious God for
gifts of harvest and friendship
photo by lynn
Fresh venison, wild turkey,
goose cooked with herbs
shellfish, herring, lobster
colorful corn and squash
Public prayers of blessing
psalms sung, jigs danced
leapfrog, blind man’s bluff
target shooting contests
Lincoln set 4th Thursday
of November as annual
holy day to give thanks
to God for his providence
Future presidents would
pardon one lucky turkey
as loyal Americans join
to give thanks for football
mid-night noel
22 Nov 2016 17 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: city, lights, nights, noel, river
Linking to dVerse Poets. Kim hosts and shares this night-time panorama!
Wroclaw, Poland – photo by kim
nights razzle city
lights dazzle pretty
merry Christmastide
fairy carriage ride
trees displayed there
seen in market square
river shines reflection
mirrors celebration
dragon in fountain
shadow of mountain
steeple tickles sky
people trickle by
carolers swell song
cathedral bells gong
haze glows of gaslight
maze lit til midnight
big blue tanka
22 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
breaching to dive deep
catching krill with baleen screen
earth’s largest mammal
rising to breathe, flukes follow
graceful monarch of the sea
photo credit: thebiggest.net
a poem in my pocket 
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