posting poetic prose
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
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
12 May 2019 6 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: breeze, fern, green, leaf, peace, water
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.
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__
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
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!
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
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
a poem in my pocket 
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