Joining Frank J. Tassone‘s haiku challenge: ataka (warmth)
some(where?) spring has sprung
if only could, i’d migrate
soak in ataka
first blossoms
13 Apr 2018 6 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: cherry blossoms, clouds, pink, spring, trees
Join Frank Tassone‘s haiku challenge…
cherry trees will bud
float like soft pink petal clouds
hatsu hana spring
down the drain
13 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in nonet Tags: cell, drunk, father, life, mother, silent
young boy abandoned by drunk father
grows up too fast tough in da’hood
cannot refuse “the brothers”
mother feels desperate
now he’s serving life
– s o l i t a r y –
confinement
silent
cell
“Nonet” of 9 lines, each with descending syllable count, formed unique shape…
mustangs of monterrey
12 Apr 2018 10 Comments
in tanka Tags: gallop, horses, mustangs, nursing home, spirit, stall
wild horses gallop
through her mind’s long ago rooms
spirit whinnies free
wonders why they corralled her
in nursing home’s confined stall
Getty Images
Linking to Toads’ Garden, inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem of “long ago rooms”
puzzling
11 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in free verse, story Tags: farm, grandson, ocean, puzzle, sea horses, sharks
i bought
a new giant
floor puzzle,
especially for
young grandson
a picture of
fascinating
creatures who
live under the
ocean waves
sharks, eels,
sting rays and
cute clownfish
anemones, stars,
and sea horses
but he chooses
the old favorite
floor puzzle of
familiar farm
animals…again
🙂
Joining Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer with theme”Under the Ocean”
postcard of barefoot life
11 Apr 2018 7 Comments
in haibun Tags: dance, dream, girl, gypsy, haystacks, horse, wagon
Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompts us to write a “kikobun” (traveling haibun) on “gypsy” theme. Here’s my interpretation!
In my dream, I’m captured as a young girl by gypsies while visiting Europe. I leave walking trail to pick wild flowers in wooded area and am taken away by Romani people in a brightly painted wagon pulled by dappled horse. We wander the Van Gogh landscape of hilly vineyards and loose haystacks humped in fields, finding temporary day work for local farmers. Every evening, we circle round the flickering campfire, listening to lively songs and loud stories. I join in the dances, wearing my head scarf, peasant blouse and flowing skirt; barefoot in the dirt.
gold bangle bracelets
gypsy smiles flash in firelight
accordion plays
free vintage clip art
sin city graffiti ditty
10 Apr 2018 16 Comments
in tanaga Tags: addicts, city, escort, gangstas, opiates, pimp, urban
downtown stubble rubs gritty
tenement windows broken
night escort working pretty
pimp keeps tight grip on token
street addicts living nitty
homeless die for opiates
poor men don’t want no pity
just need to beat jobless rates
how survive stinking city
urban education rules
alley thugs share thieves’ kitty
gangstas teach in dropout schools
In need of some urban renewal? Find more city poems with Jilly at dVerse Poets.
cinquain in pain
10 Apr 2018 1 Comment
in cinquain Tags: calving, farmer, midwife, pain, push, spring
A cinquain is a five line poem with first line as title and final line restates it. Syllable count: 2-4-6-8-2.
calving
farmer midwife
gets up at night to check
first time heifers need help birthing
spring push
photo by lynn
fruity freefall
09 Apr 2018 16 Comments
in quadrille Tags: color, fruity, imagination, life, paintbrush, zip-lining
De at dVerse challenges us to write a quadrille (44 words) with a little “zip” in it!
hey, bae, it’s okay
take poetic time-out
creative juice surf’s up
let your imagination
go zip-lining!
paintbrush crush
colour your wourld
kiwi lime and cyanberry
don’t refrain
your right(eous) brain
from livin’ life out loud
make magnetic magic
taste tangy tangerine
whee feelin’ gigglee!
snow follows easter
08 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: cock, storm, sun, wind, winter
“The cock crowing in the milky dawn thinks its call raises the sun;”
– René Daumal
old cock winter crows
easterly wind heralds storm
free image – pexels
red sun is rising
Haiku inspired by quote (Carpe Diem Haiku Kai) in less-than-inspiring weather.
grape arbor wine list
08 Apr 2018 7 Comments
in decastitch Tags: arbor, crystal, goblet, grapes, wine
Pirouette poem form is decastitch: 10 lines, line 5 is a “turn”, line 6 is identical to 5. Every line is 6 syllables. Rhyme optional. Link to dark side of the moon…
burgundy, chardonnay
varied fruity fragrance
pruned grapes on vineyard hill
sweet plumpness under sun
sniff bouquet, swirl to sip
sniff bouquet, swirl to sip
from stemmed crystal goblet
pick optimum ripeness
wait for ferment to age
zinfandel, sauvignon
