posting poetic prose
10 Mar 2017 6 Comments
American (death) sentences in 17 syllables…
People will do nearly anything to avoid sitting still to think.
Don’t expect excess love; most live desperate, separate and alone.
Seems our differences are reasons to hate rather than celebrate.
Work seen as important, not words; what value prayer or poetry?
If i feel like a caged bird…when i die, will i be freed from this cage?
We are broken beyond our repairing; who can save us from ourselves?
08 Mar 2017 11 Comments
in tanka Tags: basket, flowers, meadow, rabbits, spring
Tanka prompt challenge with Kiwinana Week 35: Spring & Flowers
06 Mar 2017 24 Comments
in haibun Tags: camping, forest, hikers, night, shadow, trail
How are we wandering Americans to know it’s Canada’s provincial parks camping weekend? Of course, all campgrounds from Jasper to Banff are overflowing so we drive on. Sun is setting low over the pass when we find a lonely parking lot near trailhead where we can park our pickup camper for the night. Tired of riding, we decide to check out the trail as dusk settles on forest.
Light fades fast in the high country, exaggerating shapes and shadows. Full skirts of fir trees appear as dark illustrations straight from the Brothers Grimm. My apprehension only serves to amplify the crunch of pine needles and sounds of skittering. We meet last pair of hikers coming back down trail and I note they have walking sticks equipped with bear bells.
night envelops trees
alpine woods bathed in shadow
autumn falls early
Poets at dVerse are writing haibuns and “forest bathing” this week!
04 Mar 2017 11 Comments
in tanka Tags: beloved, lent, master, rose, star
sweetest blood-red rose
comes weeping over city
bright tears, mourning star
dying bears love’s stigmata
risen in perfect beauty
04 Mar 2017 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: hot springs, pool, relax, steam
relax in hot springs
whole mind/body find relief
let go of worry
quiet pool deep in forest
steam smells faintly sulfurous
image of hot springs, Japan ~ Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
03 Mar 2017 22 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: giggle, scream, snowflakes, winds
A poem for the child in all of us 🙂
when winds blow mean
snowflakes scream
as they downstream fast
when no winds niggle
snowflakes giggle
as they squiggle past
25 Feb 2017 5 Comments
strong puritan oak
in modesty clings to garb
until spring leaves bud
24 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Kemah, seagulls, waterfall, waves
source: CDHK
kema-cho, japan
hear gently falling water
whispering to leaves
photo by lynn
kemah, galveston
seagulls on boardwalk
soft waves lapping pier
22 Feb 2017 20 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: depressed, middle-class, porches, school, suburbs
middle-class resides
huddled
somewhere in middle
muddled
‘tween everywhere/now(here)
befuddled
dead doors safely
bolt-lock
living close(d) to neighbors
on block
empty chairs fill porches
undocked
choice of school (lots) pay
to play
public schoolers should not
(not) pray
buses take young snotty
tots away
hard(est)-working to
impress
absent dad hopes mom
knows best
all seem blessed, why sooo
depressed?
Check out dVerse Poetics, where Oloriel invites us to submit “suburban poems”
22 Feb 2017 1 Comment
20 Feb 2017 4 Comments
in magnetic Tags: child, life, miscarriage
A poem for mothers who’ve miscarried and in memory of our first grandchild.
17 Feb 2017 2 Comments
in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: fire, hearts, love, marriage, valentine
Artist: Sherry Evaschuk Artwork Title: Hearts afire
two he(art)s ignite fire
heat waves of desire
old dreams be yearnin’
new memories burnin’
but just lust is lyre (liar)
trust stirs flames higher
real love colors bright
true blue lovers right
veins bleedin’ energy
he(art)s needin’ synergy
married love k(not) hot!
a poem in my pocket 
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