dusky sunset chalks sky’s rose window
fireflies flicker their candles’ brief flame
cicada choirs hum nightly prayers, and
robed birds chirrup their evening praise
doxology in our grove
15 Jul 2018 4 Comments
in free verse, worship Tags: birds, cicada, fireflies, grove, praise, sunset
birdie’s b & b
07 Jul 2018 4 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: breakfast, eggs, groom, July, muffins, wedding
image from Carpe Diem
morning of wedding
in small town setting
pass the raspberry jam
baskets of muffins
platters of melons
eggs with sausage & ham
under the arbor
of appetite’s ardor
the groom, his men & fam
raise teacups to toast us
(july sun ’bout roasts us)
antique china serves glam!
Eleven years ago today, our oldest son married his sweet bride in Corsica, S. Dakota. Our hostess served us a sumptuous breakfast out in the orchard.
finding the way
06 Jul 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, senryu Tags: compass, exiles, Jerusalem, north, prophets, way
air-borne
05 Jul 2018 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: dandelion, death, fragile, life, seed, sleep
life force strong but a
puff will scatter fragile seed
sleep…a breath from death
image & idea from Carpe Diem
chinese empress
03 Jul 2018 5 Comments
in haiku, tanka Tags: angel, blossom, empress, mountain, paulownia, sunlight
This tanka began as a “fusion” haiku inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
in mountain meadow
source: leafsnap.com
one paulownia blossom
flutters through sunlight
like an angel, brings message
of creator’s intentions
Note: The paulownia tree, native to China, is also called “empress tree”.
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Combination of these two haiku:
a distant mountain
seen in the sunlight:
a desolate field
a leaf of a paulownia tree
has fallen
in the sunlight
© Takahama Kyoshi (Tr. Katsuya Hiromoto)
renga with basho
30 Jun 2018 8 Comments
in haiku, renga Tags: crow, junk, koi, moon, sea, watchman
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s ”Renga Challenge” create a renga with haiku by Basho.
rainy season
sea glow lights held up
by the night watchman
pale koi bubble to surface
paddle junk into harbor
the blue sea
in waves smelling of saké
tonight’s full moon
sitting with friend on the beach
quietly sip from warm cup
on a bare branch
a crow settled down
autumn evening
vermillion koyo fallen
colors faded with sunset
Haiku © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) Renga response © lynn__
for us and our posterity…
30 Jun 2018 9 Comments
in tanka Tags: constitution, freedom, govern, independence, law
liberty in law
men died for independence
let’s govern ourselves
constitutional freedoms
preserved in the bill of rights
LET
FREEDOM
RING !
Linking to Frank J. Tassone’s Haiku Challenge…
dreams at dusk
28 Jun 2018 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: dreams, dusk, fireflies, lawn, magic, summer
fireflies spark magic
blinking lawn lights mesmerize
summer’s faerie dreams
image from wikihow/creative commons
taki trail
26 Jun 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: canyon, hike, mist, trail, waterfall
Waterfall (taki) themed haiku featured at Carpe Diem…
waimea canyon
trailing mist of silver veil
hike to waterfall
photo by lynn
hey bun, issa mud mess!
25 Jun 2018 37 Comments
in haibun Tags: farmers, flood, hay, mud, oil, rain, rivers, sheep, soil
enough rain here five to six inches already and counting with basements filling and ditches flowing as swollen rivers carry away sheep too frightened to move to higher ground and wash out culverts which derailed a train of oil tanker cars spilling into the flooded fields and seeping downstream calling out hazmat teams and trucks hauling rocks while farmers groan at wet hay rotting crops covered with silt and black soil carried away and why must it rain another day?
farmers grow webbed feet
wading through muddy season
who’s building that ark?
road wash-out next to flooded field
Jilly at dVerse poets encourages writers to “break the rules” with this week’s haibun. Our local weather has been unconventional too….and destructive.
it’s geek to me
23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in magnetic Tags: dragon, geek, perl, tech, video, web
Magnetic poetry online, geek kit…i created this using ALL original words given.
summer solstice
22 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in couplet Tags: ball, couplets, hot, June, rain, summer, sun
Rhyming couplets with Frank at dVerse…
notice yesterday’s date marked june twenty-one
means every day now we’ll see less of the sun
calendar says it was first day of summer
heat and humidity might be a bummer
we’ve had plenty of rain, thick clouds hide the sun
a hot sunny day watching ball sounds like fun!
a poem in my pocket 
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