photo credit: dreamstime
tentoumushi love
yeah ladybug, ladybug,
fly away with me
one thousand screaming fans can’t
rid the house of ladybugs
The theme at CDHK today is “tentoumushi” (ladybug)
and ladybug season will begin soon enough…
water strider does the tanka
19 Jul 2015 11 Comments
in tanka Tags: stand-up paddler, water strider
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today…enjoy your summer!
bouncy ripple-rings
dancing across water’s skin
elusive soft-shoe
natural stand-up paddler
professionally equipped
arachnophobia’s ghost
17 Jul 2015 12 Comments
Guest haiku for tan renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai:
photo credit: dreamstime
after my walk:
a perfect spiderweb
stuck to my glasses
© Lee Gurga
(Lincoln, Illinois)
after my walk:
a perfect spiderweb
stuck to my glasses
entangled, i grasp at air
slight ticklish feeling persists.
lynn__
grateful
14 Jul 2015 29 Comments
in free verse Tags: grace, laughter, mothers, women
Dedicated to my “sister” friend, Joyce, who recently let go of her mother’s hands…
strong women’s hands
shape my life and yours:
grandmas instill faith
aunts stitch laughter
sister friends en-courage
mothers mold hearts.
even if we can no longer
touch those dear hands,
we still hear the voices
of influence cheering us
on like birdsong
in a garden of grace.
Invited by Marina to write poem including words important to us/we are thankful for, on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of dVerse Poets
psalm in haiku form
12 Jul 2015 2 Comments
renewing spirit
all my fountains are in you
fresh springs of shalom
(Psalm 87:7)
[old] woman who swallowed a fly…
11 Jul 2015 4 Comments
in american sentence Tags: bug, gollum, throat
a bug flew
into my mouth,
down my throat,
and now i feel
like gollum.
gollum (public domain)
fireworks celebration
10 Jul 2015 4 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: fireworks, fourth of July, waterfall
independence day
hands held over little ears
waterfall of sparks
photo credit: dreamstime
inversion // diversion
09 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in free verse Tags: lemon, orange, sky, sun, tangerine
tangerine sun
rolllling deliciously
down
to/ward blue sky-bowl’s rim
sWELLs briefly into
navel orange…then
ruby red grapefruit
e-long-gates to lemon wedge
be/fore drrroppping
off
green earth-table’s edge.
what DO cows do?
09 Jul 2015 4 Comments
in poem for children Tags: cows, day, hay
what do cows do?
cows chew
cows moo
cows poo
cows munch
cows lunch
cows crunch
photos by lynn
cows hay
cows lay
cows may
all day.
books in the attic
08 Jul 2015 6 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: attic, books, memories
inside antique trunk
memories’ dust collated
open fragile leaves
Photo, prompt and links to more haiku found at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
contempt of court
07 Jul 2015 5 Comments
in free verse Tags: court, injustice, judges
in June, the bridal month,
five wise-in-their-own-eyes
justices rule supreme injustice;
deny reality’s own design,
declare bride is unnecessary
to have a wedding — absurd
as the emperor’s new clothes.
our founding fathers gave their
best to balance the powers that be.
We-the-people lament loud over
the proud actions of judges
who bring the gavel down
on a rainbow bully pulpit;
over-ruling states’ rights,
the Constitution, even
basic common sense.
Does anyone see the
naked shame of tyranny?
Justice Alito, in dissenting opinion, observed that “even enthusiastic supporters of same-sex marriage should worry about the scope of the power that today’s majority claims. Today’s decision shows that decades of attempts to restrain this Court’s abuse of authority have failed… All Americans,” he concludes, “should worry about what the majority’s claim of power portends.”
(quote from www.lifesitenews.com July 6, 2015)
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