leftover spices
once used for making sausage
our last pig was sold
Linking up: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
autumnal graces
30 Sep 2014 6 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: autumn, fall, harvest, leaves, pumpkin
fall’s fabulous
potpourri of
apple cinnamon
milkweed pods
chill mornings
pumpkin spice
ditches burning
damp leaves
hot choco-latte
indian summer
fermented silage
crisp corn husks
squirrel’s cache
windmill spinning
ripened melons
monarchs’ route
fuzzy cattails
combines’ dust
weaned calves
cold drizzle
mud on road
harvest moon
iowa corn
27 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: corn, gifts, grain, iowa, maize
just one seed buried
grows an ear full of kernels
multiples of maize
sustenance from hand of God
gifts of grain to feed the world
A thankful tanka linked to: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – “Corn”
falling fruit
24 Sep 2014 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: apples, applesauce, bounty, fruit
Link to: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2014/09/carpe-diem-568-apples.html
apple harvest ripe
branches bow with weight of fruit
load tub baskets full
* * *
haul bounty indoors
latent fragrance of blossoms
smell appley essence
* * *
wash, decore, peel, slice
sweeten, simmer, cinnamon
homemade applesauce
trust lets go
24 Sep 2014 8 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: cliffs, fear, fly, spirit, wings
Inspired by photography of Brooke Shaden at: http://brookeshaden.com/gallery/
Photo credit: Fear of Falling by Brooke Shaden
we paste rags, dead leaves
on pathetic cut-paper wings
then tie them to our backs,
flap arms and hope like mad
to fly away from barren cliffs.
a dangerous fog of smug
self-sufficiency muddles
our minds and fills us with
secret, dark, well-founded
fears of crashing on rocks.
if we open our hearts and
minds to receive his Spirit
to dare believe in a Love
who is wiser and stronger
than us, to bow in humility
his face will shine through
thick fog, remove our fears
(except healthy fear of him)
fit us with love’s living wings
and raise our spirits to soar!
“capturing inspiration”
23 Sep 2014 14 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: creativity, energy, inspiration, locomotive
Inspired by photography of Brooke Shaden at: http://brookeshaden.com/gallery/
shiny power from
imagination’s station
bursts into dusty room
of beautifully tired mind;
ideas full-throttle steaming,
bells clang, lantern gleaming,
an archetypical locomotive
that sweeps any confusion
off flexing steel rails onto
sooty hardwood flooring;
while graceful barefoot
thoughts pose, entranced
by marvelous miniature
revelation which may
inspire fresh energy
for creativity; black
and white contrast
needs fleshing out,
expressed in muscular
tones of new dance steps,
art’s arabesque.
prayer for open heart surgery
22 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: heart, holes, holy, prayer, whole
Lord,
make us holy,
whole.
where we are broken,
fixed.
where we are bound,
free.
where we are empty,
filled.
where we are lost,
found.
open our hearts,
repair the holes
make us holy
wholly yours.
Amen – may it be so.
un-american sentence
16 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: disappointment, life
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)
a poem in my pocket 
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