Sometimes life can feel like just one disappointment after another…
(the greater our expectations, the more disappointed we may feel)
summa cum laude
14 Sep 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: autumn, gold, leaves, sumac, summit ash
sumac leaves blushing
summer is changing her clothes
summit ash wear gold
Photo credit: Colored Leaves mirrored in a lake
Linked to: Carpe Diem – Kishu’s A Crow Passes
remembering 9/11
13 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: 9/11, names, pentagon, towers
photo credit: familysecuritymatters.org
read names
fell with towers
in flames
hushed speech
pentagon walls
terror’s reach
bells toll
where plane went down
grass knoll
__________
Musette form (by Emily Romano) is a poem of 3 verses of 3 lines each.
First lines have 2 syllables; second lines have 4 syllables, third lines have 2.
Rhyme scheme is a/b/a for first verse; c/d/c for second and e/f/e for third.
knowledge is sweet
12 Sep 2014 9 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: academic, cafe, knowledge, pastry
A draft to fit Mary’s sketch prompt and Karin’s metaphor MTB at d’verse.
come hungry
look over menu
choose course;
catch waft of
fresh-baked aroma
from academic ovens;
instructor waits tables
invites scholars to
taste new pastry;
subject served warm
on gleaming plate
with notes on napkins;
admire textually
outlined layers
then dive in!
chew slowly to savor
and file in memory
to enjoy again later;
swallow with hot beverage
of cafe experience,
sweetened with
cream of delight.
artwork: Coffeetime by Claudia Schoenfeld
as flowers of the field
10 Sep 2014 16 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: asthma, Aunt J, daisy, Leukemia
Linked to: http://dversepoets.com/2014/09/09/poetics-bringing-light-to-darkness/
prognosis grim-
after years of
battling asthma,
her body bearing
those ravages,
she was slowly
succumbing
to new onslaught:
acute lymphocytic
leukemia, a kind
of cancer…
her own cells
would betray her.
a wheezing
shortness of
breath was
her personal
trademark, as
was her breezy
sense of humor.
after bad news,
i drove to hospital
to talk for our
last time (before
hospice left her
without words).
she softly
explained to
my young sons
that she would
be going to see
Jesus soon…
i choked back
sobs, blinking
at the gorgeous
gerbera daisy
from her only
grand daughter,
packing to come.
(photo from free wallpapers for desktop)
balcony view
09 Sep 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: haiku, sea, sky, trails
hourglass sea beckons
autumn travellers leave trails
blue and white plaid sky
Link to: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2014/09/carpe-diem-time-glass-time-challenging.html
righteously named
08 Sep 2014 14 Comments
Dedicated to my grandson (and the ideal of justice).
all
for
Justus
strong and steady
heady weight
equality of fairness
legacy’s liberty
lawfully determined
liberty’s legacy
fairness of equality
heavy wait
steady and strong
Justice
for
all
eyes on us
07 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: dragonflies, drones, eye, farmers
peaceful
invasion of
humming vibrations
metallic blue iridescence
scouts on stealth-winged flight
the all-seeing Eye
needs no drones to survey earth
but suppose he did…
would he assign dragonflies
to watch over us farmers?
(Blue dasher on lotus – Wikipedia)
who’s the big green dude?
05 Sep 2014 11 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: green, statue, thinker
The Thinker by Rodin (Wikipedia)
A contemplative philosopher?
intense, that’s for sure
(notice the curled toes)
but perhaps he’s a…
defeated athlete
flexing male model
confused caveman
rejected lover
famous architect
benched ball player
death row inmate
taxed accountant
jolly green giant
whoever he is,
he’s gotta be thinking…
where did I leave my clothes??
the bro’hood
04 Sep 2014 4 Comments
(poem in form of tanka = haiku + two lines, syllable pattern: 575 77)
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_writing_challenge/full-tanka/
blood and soul brothers
sometimes mistaken for twins
got each other’s back
brilliant diamonds in the rough
blessings number four and five
“How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1
phishing philosophy 101
01 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: dad, fish, philosophy, sonnet, trout
Dad tried to teach brother and I to fish
by mountain lakes where rainbow trout fins swish.
We’d load the car with lunch, our gear, and bait;
sweet summer’s day together filled our wish.
We learned sharp hooks make earthworms twist about!
Dad warned us to “Be quiet” till he’d shout —
our lines were tangled up, both bobbers lost.
We tried his patience more than any trout.
Sometimes we fished for hours on shore of lake,
yet no fish worthwhile eating would we take.
We cast our lines along with hopes and dreams;
fond mem’ries we hold close of summer break.
Dad, thanks for all the things you taught us right
It’s true in life that fish don’t always bite!
___________
(a sonnet of 14 lines: 3 quatrains in iambic pentameter
with AABA rhyme, plus final couplet)
sincerely yours
27 Aug 2014 14 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: freedom f speech, sincere, tolerance
Senryu: a haiku on human foibles
extreme tolerance
has hijacked freedom of speech
living in Babel
Babel is biblical site where languages were confused…similar to “babble”. Tolerance for every idea equally (whether true/false, right/wrong, good/evil) will lead to confusion and chaos…are we living there? I believe we must show tolerance to our fellow human beings but debate ideas/opinions exercising our freedom of speech. What do YOU think?
a poem in my pocket 
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