Roses for Mothers Day, attempt at “lai” form poetry and linking to dVerse…
velvet blooms blood rose
subtle scent wafts nose
petals
folds of ruffled rows
vivid color grows
sepals
thorns prick of sorrows
wilted tomorrows
medals
posting poetic prose
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…
velvet blooms blood rose
subtle scent wafts nose
petals
folds of ruffled rows
vivid color grows
sepals
thorns prick of sorrows
wilted tomorrows
medals
24 Mar 2019 1 Comment
in distillation Tags: beauty, flowers, heart, hue, roses, scent
Chevréfeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompts a “distillation” of a sonnet…
Sonnet 98 (by the master)
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odour and in hue,
Could make me any summer’s story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew:
Nor did I wonder at the lily’s white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight
Drawn after you, – you pattern of all those.
Yet seem’d it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.
© William Shakespeare
my distillation in tanka form:
© lynn__
07 Feb 2019 5 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beauty, life, monarch, waterweed, weight
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “tan renga” challenge…add 2 lines to original haiku.
waterweed
floating away, despite
the butterfly’s weight on it
© Chiyo-Ni
beauty flits magnificent
but life’s current moves stronger
© lynn__
02 Feb 2019 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: awe, beauty, chrysanthemums, tea
for his morning tea
a monk sits down in utter silence-
confronted by chrysanthemums
© Matsuo Basho
a holy moment of awe
contemplating God’s wonder
© lynn__
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, designer, mirror, snowflake, symmetry
Sammi Cox at Author Aspiring hosts ten-word challenge on theme of symmetry.
Symmetry
creates
balanced beauty
of mirror images
determined by
Designer
19 Feb 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, morning glory, vine, water, well
Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenges us to “revise” a classical haiku by famous female haiku writer. Here is my humble attempt…
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
© Chiyo-Ni
* * * * *
glory of morning
entangled in blooming vine
beauty fills my well
© lynn
20 Sep 2017 10 Comments
in scripture, senryu Tags: beauty, clay, God, hands, potter, wheel
creating beauty
spiritual transformation
God is the potter
steady pressure on life’s wheel
reforms wet clay in love’s hands
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
15 Feb 2017 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, colors, sunrise, sunset
sunrise/sunset shine
beauty at day’s raw edges
colors soothing balm
27 Dec 2016 2 Comments
in music poem, tanka Tags: beauty, flower, music, promise, virgin
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme, Let the Music Inspire You.
raven flower blooms
beauty attracts flutter-byes
celebrate sweet youth
pledge virginity to one
who will promise a lifetime
13 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: beauty, death, life, milkweed, productivity
fibers reflect light
gossamer seeds scatter on wind
creativity
erupts in transient beauty
life leaves empty pod with sigh
15 Feb 2016 14 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, birthday, jacuzzi, love, mountains, palm tree, sunset
beauty of sunset
on san diego mountains
purple shades of love
palm tree silhouettes
jacuzzi bubbles…up gaze
bright smile slice of moon
sweet birthday passes
gracious love touches my life
our time in God’s hands
Thank you to my blogger friend, Ngobesing Romanus, for his best wishes:
http://yoursuccessinspirer.com/2016/02/15/happy-birthday-fellow-blogger/
Check out his blog… Success Inspirer 🙂
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in prayer, Uncategorized Tags: beauty, clarity, Jesus, prayer
grant us clarity
our love’s beauty transparent
pray they may see you
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