
Magnetic “storm” quadrille, linking to De’s prompt at dVerse Poets.
posting poetic prose
06 Jun 2017 34 Comments
in magnetic Tags: death, dreaing, peaches, rain, rose, storm
05 Jun 2017 20 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: daisies, desert, God, gratitude, hills
Weekend writing challenge on “gratitude” with Sammi Cox
For undulations of the hills
for desert, daisies, daffodils
for love’s sweet longing family fills
God give us grateful hearts.
For grass to grow, mow everywhere
for pizza, pickles, peach and pear
for every breath we breathe of air
God give us grateful hearts.
For hiking, biking mountain steep
for swimming, surfing oceans deep
for every day our lives you keep
God give us grateful hearts.
For puppies, kittens, goldfish, frogs
for horses, cows, and baconed hogs
for reading books and writing blogs
God give us grateful hearts.

image from wikipedia
04 Jun 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: crab, ocean, seagulls, waves
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
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__
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
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
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!
29 May 2017 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: corn, expectations, farmer, promise, weather

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
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
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…
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