posting poetic prose
26 Mar 2025 8 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: cats, child, curiosity, humble, learn, questions
curiosity is a wild child
wide-eyed, open-eared,
she turns every direction
sometimes hard to focus
speaks only in questions
she asks “why” and “how”
always tries to learn more
about everything, everyone;
which is endearing trait for
good student or best friend
her interest intensely genuine
but curiosity has a cruel side
she gets good little monkeys
into all manner of mischief and
has inadvertently killed cats.
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Mish at dVerse invites us to “personify the abstract” 🙂
25 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in magnetic Tags: angel, born, child, ghost, prisoner, sister, universe
Playing with magnetic poetry online (poet kit) and thinking of sister I never met, miscarried years ago…used words given at first try.
17 Jun 2019 17 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: child, cousins, fret, grandma, lesson, tantrum
little buddy red-
faced, setting the stage
to fly into kicking and sweating rage
wiser granny said-
stop your fretting, my child
there’s no use getting unruly riled
now go to bed-
buddy, until lesson you learn
to let kissing cousins have a turn!
Quadrille (44-word poem) including the word “fret”… with Kim at dVerse Poets
19 Mar 2019 5 Comments
in haiku series, senryu Tags: anticipation, birthday, child, eyes, light
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai retreat…
III.
light in child’s blue eyes
shines with anticipation
sweet birthday surprise!
27 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in magnetic Tags: brilliant, child, eternity, fish eye, joy, magic, ocean, star
Just playing around on magnetic poetry online…try it!
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in haiga, tanka Tags: candles, child, Christmas, evergreen, pine, star, trees
29 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in senryu, tanka Tags: child, father, prayer, study, Word
(link to Carpe Diem)
morning prayer time
empty mind of distraction
study ancient Word
quiet my soul like weaned child
leaning on my Father’s chest
23 Dec 2017 7 Comments
in haiku series, troiku Tags: bunny, child, moon, night, snow, wolf
Here I use a haiku by Chevrefeuille to create a “troiku” which is a unique form invented by our host at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.  Like a Russian troika, the original haiku is the “sleigh” pulled by the 3 “horses”/haiku verses.
silent night
snow falls softly on the graveyard
the Savior is born
©Chevrefeuille
on a silent night
cold moon casts wolf’s grey shadow
abrupt bunny tracks
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snow falls softly on
the graveyard where family
lays fir bough wreath
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the Savior is born!
child in manger embodies
resurrection hope
© lynn__
30 Aug 2017 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: butterfly, child, father, grasshopper, joy, life
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.
13 May 2016 12 Comments
in tan renga Tags: blackberries, child, nap, summer
Tan renga challenge and photo taken from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
taste of nature –
sweet blackberry bushes
sing to child and beesÂ
© Sara McNulty
pails full, fingers stained purple
take nap in dappled shade
(c) lynn
a poem in my pocket 
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