This week, Sarah Southwest hosts dVerse poetics and invites us to write ekphrastic poetry featuring artwork by Mary Frances from her “New Worlds in Old Stones”…
weathered stones
22 May 2019 12 Comments
in ekphrastic, haiga Tags: bayou, horizon, humidity, rain, squall, storm, water
7 years of blogging
22 May 2019 2 Comments
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7th Anniversary blogging with WordPress
not measured in diamonds
21 May 2019 8 Comments
A “rich” quadrille shape poem linked to dVerse Poetics…
we
think
life rich?
yard mud
sky overcast
farm prices low
spring weather wet
my husband stressed
emotions under pressure
fledglings leaving nest
we look to retirement
son works our farm
cornfields planted
new calves frolic
garden sprouts
grandchildren
life is rich
content
yes!
springs anew
19 May 2019 8 Comments
Challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Give it a thought and try to ‘photo-shop” it to a “better version of itself” just by “a little change”…
even an old man
has New Year’s eyes…
cherry blossoms
© Issa
cherry buds blossom
with fresh possibilities
even old men dream
© lynn__
purposed reeds
17 May 2019 3 Comments
Tan renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…add two lines to master haiku.
by my new banana plant
the first sign of something I loathe —
a miscanthus bud!
© Basho
hedge of bull elephant grass
overpowers the garden
© lynn__
image – CDHK
another year is gone
a traveler’s shade on my head,
straw sandals at my feet
© Basho
i’ve worn many places on
journey there and back again
© lynn__
image – pixabay
blood rose
16 May 2019 19 Comments
in lai Tags: beauty, blood, petals, rose, scent, sepals, sorrows
Roses for Mothers Day, attempt at “lai” form poetry and linking to dVerse…
photo by lynn
velvet blooms blood rose
subtle scent wafts nose
petals
folds of ruffled rows
vivid color grows
sepals
thorns prick of sorrows
wilted tomorrows
medals
undou (movement)
12 May 2019 6 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: breeze, fern, green, leaf, peace, water
wondrous profusion
09 May 2019 4 Comments
in free verse Tags: celebration, fuchsia, hedonist, petrichor, rainbows, rhododendron, stamen
oh so rhododendron
photo by lynn
welcomes spring
to our front door
by blooming like
a hedonist, full of
fuchsia passion and
exuberant energy,
in wild celebration of
petrichor rainbows
with petaled frills and
stamen explosion!
Sharing with Tweet Speak Poetry where Kellê hosts a “wonder of the world” photo and/or poem prompt during the month of May.
fade to pale
09 May 2019 4 Comments
in tan renga
In the moonlight,
The color and scent of the wisteria
Seems far away.
© Yosa Buson
the little birds cease chirping…
sleep ’til aurora awakes
© lynn__
peaceful surf
06 May 2019 2 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beach, blessing, kneeling, ocean, sabbath, waves
Tan renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
sunday morning
all the waves in white
kneeling on the beach © Jane Reichhold
receive a sabbath blessing
from the ocean Creator
© lynn__
photo by lynn
stereo-typical-saturday
06 May 2019 24 Comments
in quadrille Tags: breakfast, early, father, kids, mom, nerf, stairs, TV, upside down
kids up too early
cranked TV up
LOUD
running up & down
the stairs with nerf
guns
whooping-it-up
you decide it’s time to
MOM UP
and whip-up breakfast
before natives turn
entire
house upside-down;
sssshhhh, don’t wake
~ UP ~
your father now!
44-word quadrille for dVerse Poets where De chose the word (you guessed it): UP!
summer dreams
03 May 2019 2 Comments
in tan renga Tags: butterfly, dandelion, dream, summer, sunshine, weed
A tan renga where two poets play (CDHK challenge).
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream
© Chiyo-Ni
more than a moth on a weed—
sunshine’s harmonious muse
© lynn__
photo by lynn
a poem in my pocket 
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