posting poetic prose
02 May 2019 16 Comments
in lai
The “Lai” is an old French form with 9-line stanza(s) of 5 syllables/2 syllables in repeated pattern and rhyme scheme: aabaabaab.
i wish we could sing
of winter or spring
limbo
what will weather bring?
sunshine’s raincloud fling
bimbo
robins on the wing
mud on everything
gumbo
30 Apr 2019 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: family, fireplace, herbs, loneliness, scent
smoldering fireplace
the sweet perfume of burned herbs
loneliness grabs my throat
© Chèvrefeuille
my loved one’s scent lingers here
embers of family ties
© lynn__
Tan Renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
30 Apr 2019 12 Comments
in haibun Tags: beach, boardwalk, dunes, picnic, sand castle, seagulls
Linking to Gina’s picnic themed haibun prompt at dVerse Poets…
Camping near the beach, we plan a picnic lunch to the enticing sound of surf. The cool morning sea breeze has acquiesced to the gentle sun’s insistent warming. We pack water bottles, ham, cheese & lettuce sandwiches, chips, sugar cookies, and mandarin oranges into the yellow backpack. We pull on swimsuits, grab thick towels, sand implements, and two shapeless sack chairs for us parents.
In sandals and flip flops, we traipse across hot asphalt parking lot, zigzag along boardwalk down the grassy dunes to the beach. Happily off-season, we take our time choosing just the right spot on the uncrowded sand. Mom and Dad commence to read or nap in the sun while sons eagerly deploy tools for building the world’s greatest sand castle near the water.
southern vacation
keep sand out of sandwiches
seagulls beg for crumbs
photo by lynn
29 Apr 2019 2 Comments
in classical haiku, haiku Tags: autumn, ears, leafy, pillow, whispering, wind
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where host, Chevrefeuille, invites us to “improve” on a classic haiku; re-write and make it look better (like a photo-shopped image).
autumn has come
visiting my ear on
a pillow of wind
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
autumn rustles in
whispering wind tickles ears
fluffs leafy pillow
© lynn__
photo by lynn
28 Apr 2019 1 Comment
in classical haiku Tags: cherry petals, earth, gentle, pink, snowflakes, tree
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai with “cherry petals” kigo challenge…
cherry petals float
gentle from tree to kiss earth
scent of pink snowflakes
free image- pexels
26 Apr 2019 17 Comments
in lai Tags: black, cat, hiss, huntress, magnificent, rat
she’s maleficent
so magnificent
black cat
huntress proficient
mercy deficient
poor rat
acting diffident
looking innocent
hiss…spat!
photo by lynn
The “Lai” is an old French form with 9-line stanza(s) of 5 syllables/2 syllables in repeated pattern and rhyme scheme: aabaabaab. Prompted by Grace at dVerse Poets
23 Apr 2019 12 Comments
in enjambment, free verse Tags: cupcake, dawn, fairy, kiss, lips, maleficent, poison, villainess
no sleeping beauty, she’s an
(un)fairy, frightful villainess
come back in black; horned,
winged, pale with hungering
what do you offer to appease?
appeal? tease? or try to deal?
a cupcake?! O, she’s no mousy
muffin that you’d be stuffin’!
whip up a delicacy for those
cynical red lips, a mouth that
purses when speaking curses;
bake over coals of tongued fire,
in thick forest of thorny briar
rich, dark chocolate cake–it’s
devil’s food; a true-love’s kiss
baked inside, laced with poison;
white-frosted, too-sweet icing
serve at dawn as darkness dies
Linking to TS Poetry where Callie invites us to make cupcakes for a fairy tale character! Also linking to dVerse Poets where today we re-visit legends with Anmol.
22 Apr 2019 24 Comments
in quadrille, rhyming verse Tags: crucifies, hate, kiss, lives, Messiah, rise, soldiers, tomb
disciples and Jesus
share passover meal
Judas betrays him—
kiss seals the deal
arrested, on trial
in kangaroo court
soldiers spit, hit,
crown him for sport
Pilate denies
hate crucifies
Messiah dies
tomb found empty
wondrous surprise
because he lives
we, too, will rise!
The day after Resurrection Sunday and linking a quadrille (44 words) for dVerse prompt using the word “rise”.
20 Apr 2019 3 Comments
in haiku series Tags: cat, garden, garnish, herbs, parsley, sunshine, tongue, windowsill
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai with classical spring kigo: “seri”
I.
gray stripes with white patch
hidden beneath the parsley
cat prowling garden
II.
pot on windowsill
green herbs sprouting toward sunshine
fresh ingredients
III.
holiday garnish
refreshing cleanse for the tongue
miniature tree
free image – pexels
17 Apr 2019 9 Comments
in free verse, story Tags: crucifix, dust, flame, heaven, hymn, island, pyre, smoke, towers
Dark-vowelled smoking columns aspire ruin
as dust-tongued, forested roof caves innavely;
water-spoken island surrenders to timbers
of flamed and lillified heaven-circling pyre.
Aghast of tragedy, fire-dwarfed gargoyles are
hearting a tear-culled Paris in hymnally tone
to dignify bell-voiced ash of towering ages;
above rubble, The King’s cross, power-gilded stands.
Linking to dVerse poetics with Laura Bloomsbury and loving the hyphenate-coined words by poet Dylan Thomas (as featured in my poem).
14 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
Completion of my series for retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….
XX.
light explodes in tomb
hallelujah, Christ arose!
all graves will empty
It’s the beginning of “passion week” for the church. We will celebrate the death of Jesus for our salvation. Christ, the Lord of life and light, has the final word over death on Resurrection Sunday. He is my JOY!
a poem in my pocket 
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