mourning doves silent
flowers bloom in blood-stained field
under waning moon
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Today the Netherlands observes a national day of mourning for fallen passengers of Flight MH17.
Link to: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
dear desire
23 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: cabin, cello, desire, kingdom, mountain, peace
build me a mountain
cabin by the sea where i
will write poetry
_____
play me softly slow
making music like cello
strum hum legato
_____
let children live loved
proclaim peace throughout the land
kingdom of heaven
lament
20 Jul 2014 6 Comments
who will wail
in mourning?
God in heaven
must weep
at travesties
wreaked on
humanity by
our inhumanity.
who grieves for
already forgotten?
once innocent
Nigerian school girls
herded like cattle
sold against will
thinly holding dim
hopes of rescue.
who still sorrows
brothers’ conflict?
dating back to
Jacob and Esau
renewed with
deadly rockets
lighting the night
sky over Gaza.
who will cry by
empty coffins?
while body parts
lie neglected and
exposed amid
burned wreckage
of passenger flight
downed in Ukraine.
humankind is
possessed by
an amor mortis;
locked in macabre
gambol with violence;
to whom will death
extend bony fingers,
asking next dance?
“They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14)
don’t bug me
16 Jul 2014 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bug, earwig, fireflies, mosquitoes
mid-summer evening
pulling weeds in my garden
mosquitoes singing
—–
grandma, what is it?
fireflies, my little bright one.
oh look — I catched it!
—–
refreshing shower
till earwig crawls out of drain
startles privacy
(photo credit: Leave No Trace)
virtual ball in Tuscany
15 Jul 2014 10 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: garden, palace, poets, pub, renaissance
invitation to
a poets’ party
yes, i’ll come!
where? what
better place than
Boboli’s garden;
grounds of the
Pitti Palace, in
fair Florence,
heart of the
renaissance.
hanging out
at “the Pub”,
d’Verse Poets,
is part of my
personal poetic
renaissance;
fair garden of
wordsmiths,
each statuesque,
monumental in
creative voice.
here i can
find “The (an)
Abundance” of
poetic ideas,
original online
fruits of writers
dedicated to
sculpting marble
thoughts into words
to share veritable
bounty of beauty.
raise your hand
clink the glass
give a toast (of
bronze wheat,
golden corn or
ripened vine)
to salute the
“pub tenders”,
party hosts who
serve all a happy
3rd anniversary!
_____________
photo: The Abundance 1608 – 1637 by Sebastiano Salvini
Giardino di Boboli at Palazzo Pitti, Florence
rock river
14 Jul 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: canoe, meander, paddle, river
follow a current
meander under the trees
paddle our canoe
portage onto sandy bar
slip into water for swim
CDHK word prompt, “meander” (photo credit: canoe accessories/hitch safe)
high voltage
12 Jul 2014 4 Comments
Link haiku to prompt at http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2014/07/carpe-diem-512-shiki-2-flash-of.html
a flash of lightning
splits mature tree to toothpicks
exploding the air
(photo credit: Lois Wielenga 6-18-14)
He loves me…
11 Jul 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: chain, daisies, girl, kiss, roses
Although
it may seem
customary for
a girl to prefer
a dozen roses,
he decided to
defy tradition
by offering her
a lovely chain
of fresh daisies.
His unique gift
gently struck
a heart’s chord
which brought
forward a burst
of affection as
she stepped
close enough
to exchange a
petaled kiss.
Challenge to use word list from Imaginary Garden with Real Toads.
sweet water
09 Jul 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: summer, vines, watermelon
thirsty blooming vines
drinking in summer shower
wait for watermelons
(Photo & prompt from CDHK)
darwinian doubts
09 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
Believe people are animals and they may live up to that standard.
this present moment
09 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: do, moment, time
There will always be enough time to do exactly what you should do.
oooh…aaah
06 Jul 2014 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: boom, fireworks, fourth
Photo of fireworks over San Jose CA 2007 by ian kluft
Boom!
Fireworks
Cover ears
Exploding stars
Fourth
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The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern
with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.
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