A haiku on “perpetual motion” for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai reprise…
ocean breaks in waves
seagull sentinels keep watch
foam washes up crab
photo by lynn
grieve a breeze
02 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in haiku series Tags: breeze, grieve, humidity, summer
“Time Travel: Ancient Japanese Poetry” with Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Even a breeze may fail me
When I desire it.
Little I should grieve,
If only, sure of its coming,
I could await even a breeze.
waka by Princess Kagami (7th century)
extreme summer
wrung out from humidity
even breeze feels hot
haiku by lynn__
non-resistance
01 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: Christians, dead, faith, martyrs
christians in egypt
men, women, children of faith
shot dead on the sand
do not resist their captors
when asked to deny their faith
Coptic Christians martyred on way to worship as reported here in NY Times
nature’s adoration
31 May 2017 10 Comments
in tan renga Tags: dawn, light, sunflowers, worship
Tan renga is a haiku poem by one poet answered with 2 lines by another…see CDHK
in the light of dawn
sunflowers reach to the blue sky
praising their Creator
© Chèvrefeuille
upturned faces in worship
joyfully follow the light
lynn__
image from pixabay
present-ing…
30 May 2017 23 Comments
in free verse Tags: create, desire, gift, need, serve, work
(Poem inspired by article at The High Calling & poetics “gift” prompt at dVerse.)
work is life gift
created to create
something productive
with whatever we have
stretch and hone abilities
promote one’s self-respect
provide for own desires
satisfy another’s need
give something back
to world we live in
joyfully serve six
actively rest one
weekly rhythm
work is life
…a gift!
“great expectations”
29 May 2017 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: corn, expectations, farmer, promise, weather
dust to dust
28 May 2017 5 Comments
in tanka Tags: cemetery, destiny, dust, eternity, stone
Link to Sammi Cox’s weekend prompt on “destiny”.
no survivors here
man wrestles with destiny
life’s dash etched in stone
listen in cemetery
silence of eternity
“But still, like dust, I’ll rise” – Maya Angelou
photo by lynn
why look back?
26 May 2017 8 Comments
in tanka Tags: graduation, growth, prayer, pride, wisdom
Tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer: growth & wisdom
graduation day
parents startle at child’s growth
earn moment of pride
launch dream of hope-full future
prayer for wings of wisdom
google free photos
sound of rain
24 May 2017 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: clothesline, cloudburst, rain, sidewalk, umbrella, vine
pitter – pat – patter
google free image
on sidewalk
spitter – spat – spatter
on windowpane
beads drip
from
clothesline
baubles drop
from
leafed vine
gutters gurgle
cheerily
rivulets burble
merrily
umbrella unfolds
earthworm unholes
birdsong stills as
rain gauge fills
lightning tumbles
thunder rumbles
cloudburst pours
find shelter indoors!
Quadrille prompt on “sound” ideas with Victoria at dVerse…
hEar da boyz R bak!
23 May 2017 25 Comments
in free verse Tags: boom, church, hometown, jet, pilot
clear SUNday mornin’ [early 1950’s] 2
US navy uniformed young pilots ~swag~
fighter jets flyin’ hi, leavin’ con-trails…on
official run: san diego(go) to chicago—GO!
idea 4fun stunt [see lightbulb flash]
RE-duce altitude& RE-connoiter over
rural mid-west in search of 1buddy’s
tiny hometown on farmz checkerboard
[needle in haystack] eye spy white chURch
(as)pire to steeeple – jets dive hard ‘n fast
bein’ boys, makin’ noise…ZOOOOM x2
cock(y)pit laughter, silence in sanctuary
week later, pilot ONleave re-turns home-y
BIG talk in small town about 2 (too) low planes
overhead [IN yer head] soundin’ off, poundin’ off
shatterin’ the air, stoppin’ preacher’s pray-er
(dad still grins when tellin’ his sins!)
lion’s tooth in sun’s face
19 May 2017 7 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beach, dandelion, sea, seeds, spring
A tan renga written for challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
dandelion dandelion
on the sandy beach
spring opens its eyes © Ogiwara Seisensui
warm salty sea breezes blow
…dandelion sneezes seeds lynn__
photo by lynn
hope not seen
18 May 2017 20 Comments
in list poem, scripture Tags: flame, hope, petrichor, rain, swan, tomato
Sharing with dVerse…fits earlier prompts for list poem and sensory play.
hope smells
like fresh petrichor
of welcome spring rain
hope tastes
like first juicy tomato
of sun-ripened summer
hope sounds
like migration call
of swan o’er autumn field
hope feels
like flickering flame
of log in winter hearth
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
(Romans 8:24-25 ESV)
a poem in my pocket 
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