hunger pains

i

i was

i was not

i was not going

i was not going to

i was not going to write

i was not going to write a

i was not going to write a poem

i was not going to write a poem about

i was not going to write a poem about food

BUT i ate caribou coffee ice cream so now i’m awake

i ate caribou coffee ice cream so now i’m awake

i ate caribou coffee ice cream so now i’m

i ate caribou coffee ice cream so now

i ate caribou coffee ice cream so

i ate caribou coffee ice cream

i ate caribou coffee ice

i ate caribou coffee

i ate caribou

i ate

i

seasons time glass

Joining Carpe Diem’s time glass challenge today!
 
first celebrate
the flowers in your heart
confined in winter

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
sworl of green stirs heart
first crocus pokes thru soil
goodbye to winter

-lynn (tr. by reader)

Photo credit: Annette Mc Carthy Old Farmers Almanac site
Photo credit: Annette Mc Carthy
Old Farmers Almanac site

[no] boundary waters

Linking to Chevrefeuille’s prompt at CDHK…

eagle swoops from sky

skims to splash lake’s face

trout squirms in talon

who’s the fairest of them all?

this

smoke

and mirrors

times won’t tell

jenner needs jesus

gorgeous man/woman

surgery cannot fix a soul

remember michael jackson?

courageous or sadly confused

 grown children wander fatherless

rain on / rein in transgender parade

society on a thrilling roller coaster drop

rain on / rein in transgender parade

grown children wander fatherless

courageous or sadly confused

remember michael jackson?

surgery cannot fix a soul

gorgeous woman/man

jenner needs jesus

times won’t tell

mirrors and

smoke

this

Written in palindrome (mirror poem) form.  Sample more at D’verse Poets Pub…

a blossoming troiku

flautist gardener
first solo: to a wild rose
fragrance of music
 

flautist gardener

symphony of pink blossoms

trilling the high notes

 

solo: to wild rose

gardener hums while pruning

bees join orchestra

 

fragrance of music

softly floating vibrato

bow to pink applause

photo by lynn

photo by lynn
 

A troika ia a Russian sleigh pulled by a trio of horses hitched abreast of each other; a troiku is  a form of one base haiku (the sleigh) pulled by three stanzas (the horses), each beginning with a line from the original.   I’m not certain I’ve done it correctly but more information can be found at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai site on this interesting form!

color / blind side (the movie)

 
black & white

piano keys strike

dissonance / harmony

depending on whose

muse-ic we choose,

both hands best

fingers caress.

 

moo-ve the blinds

watch the light with

shadows dance / JOY

sway rhythm in room

june bride & groom,

swirl of cream in

a coffee dream.

 

flavor-ful families

diverse by design

see adoption’s option

mix & matchin’ all

shades /// hues

rainbow of one

human race.

photo by lynn

photo by lynn


 
In response to “black & white” prompt at D’verse Poets and in honor of special adoptive families: Bilbys, De Hooghs, De Jongs, Dekkers, Dudens, Gulkers, Jansmas, Koois, Postmas, Ribbens/Horns, Vanden Bergs, Vander Plaats, Wilsons, Wynias, Zomermaands (and others)!

the longest day

Haiga submitted to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “Time Glass” challenge.

photo of Stonehenge (CDHK)

photo of Stonehenge (CDHK)

before evening meal

 
i bow my spirit
exposing caked-on dirt
let you wash my feet
 

prairie silhouettes

June is “summertime” theme at Carpe Diem where today’s prompt is “clouds”…
 

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wisps of big bluestem

black etchings on purple sky

poking ticklish clouds

 

 

social twitterings

 
notice how
the latest
illuminati-esque
arrival of a
handsome pair
of goldfinches
perching perkily
on the garden
pea fence
has sparked
snits of domestic
dissatisfaction
among the
common-esque
(but not drab)
sparrows !
 

screech on hold

Sharing today with d’Verse poetics prompt on nature’s micro worlds…

 
young owlet

fell from tree

when trimmed

fluttering low

unable to fly

high as his

worried parent

yet doesn’t try

to fight my

son’s firm grip

of gloved hand

around his

warm body

heartbeats…

 

grey fuzziness

luminous eyes

already wise

clicks to scold

the camera

turns neck far

to stare in all

directions:

where’s mama?

carry him oh

so gently back

to nearby spruce

for a few more

flying lessons.

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photo by lynn

sometimes blues are purple

entered in Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s first “kukai” contest…

 

wisteria weeps

dissolves in lavender tears

yen for soft spring rains

 

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(wisteria photo borrowed from CDHK)

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