There are good reasons for sweating in bed;
the thermostat is not one.
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An “American sentence”: pithy poem of 17 syllables.
freckled fun
29 Jul 2019 24 Comments
in quadrille, rhyming verse Tags: bananas, freckles, kids, speckles, toads, trout
kids have ‘em on their noses
toads have ‘em on their toes-es
bananas get ‘em when yummy ripe
trout wear ‘em with tummy stripe
speckles of sunlight shine upon leaves
treckles of water dripping from eaves
when all’s said and done
freckles are fun!
charlotte sun
No changing freckles and no editing this poem 🙂 It’s a quadrille with exactly 44 words for Mish’s prompt at dVerse poets pub tonight.
how to ride a heat wave
25 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in fusion haiku, troiku Tags: camp, hikers, mountain, picnic, skies, sun, willow
Create a fusion haiku from these 2 classics, then write a troiku for CDHK…
blue autumn skies
folded into mountains
purple shadow
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
such a hot day
my shadow needs to cool down
under the willow
© Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1958)
my “fusion” haiku:
cloudless sapphire skies
sun casts shadows of heatwave
mountain willow shade
© lynn__
my “troiku” series:
cloudless sapphire skies
left camp early to climb peak
perfect summer day
sun casting shadows
of hikers on rocky path
break into a sweat
mountain willow shade
rest to unpack picnic lunch
inhale alpine air
hot concrete
25 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in magnetic Tags: angel, born, child, ghost, prisoner, sister, universe
Playing with magnetic poetry online (poet kit) and thinking of sister I never met, miscarried years ago…used words given at first try.
movement of life
23 Jul 2019 18 Comments
in free verse Tags: calf, foal, infant, live, monarch, movement, seed
salmon flash upstream
an urgency to breed
eggs float underwater
seed coat splits open
sprout pierces into light
leaf nodes bulge green
ripe chrysalis rips gently
wet monarch emerges
stretches sticky wings
moment of conception
multiple cell divisions
quickening in her womb
strong uterine contractions
now little hooves appear
cow licks fresh calf
mare wickers softly
new foal stands wobbly
searching for teat
chubby babe rolls over
sits up with support
takes first steps to daddy
Linking to dVerse poetics where Amaya invites us to write about movement…
crow on branch
23 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in classical haiku Tags: autumn, branch, crow, flies
Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai offers us a beautiful haiku by renowned Japanese poet Matsuo Basho to “photoshop” (tweak) a little. Here’s my attempt:
kare eda ni karasu no tomarikeri aki no kure
on a bare branch
a crow has stopped
autumn dusk
© Basho (Tr. Stephen Wolfe)
bare tree branch sways with
dark crow’s weighty silhouette
autumn flies away
© lynn__
hashi-i
22 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in classical haiku, haiku Tags: book, cooling off, iced-tea, porch, sumac, summer
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai with this tanka…
sip book and iced tea
late summer sumac turns red
cooling off…on porch
sinking into old stuffed couch
before school begins again
climate change
17 Jul 2019 13 Comments
in quadrille, quote, scripture Tags: climate, earth, green, life, light, planet, sun, war
I’m linking this “sun/Son” quadrille (44 words) to dVerse Poets pub where we’re diving into the subject of climate crisis this week…
powerful star
commands our
entire system solar
glorious light
shines too bright
for human sight
his light maintains
so life sustains
planet’s green plains
will we war for
what we adore?
been done before
apostasy done
spiritual war won
when earth falls into sun
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12 KJV)
opening to lovelight
09 Jul 2019 4 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: heart, lotus, love, pond, reflections
floating on black pond
mysterious lotus heart
~ deeper reflections ~
image: unsplash
frozen dreams
06 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in haiku series, troiku Tags: belly, holiday, ice cream, luscious, summer, truck, vanilla
Join Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai for an ice cream “troiku” challenge!
snow fall in belly
adding lusciousness to feast 
vanilla ice cream
© S.D. Tiwari
snow fall in belly
pocket change for tinkling truck
cool summertime treat
adding lusciousness
to fruity pie a la mode
at holiday feast
vanilla ice cream
lactose intolerant now
such sweet memories
a poem in my pocket 
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