posting poetic prose
04 May 2026 31 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bloom, child, fruit, growth, leaves, ripe, seed, sprout, weed
plant tiny seed
in garden womb
grow like a weed
till out of room
when time is ripe
birth little sprout
stem stretches tall
leaves wave about
water with LOVE
nurture strong roots
let sun chase gloom
wait for the fruits
watch child bloom!
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Quadrilles are blooming at dVerse Poets pub where Lillian hosts today. We have a new grandson…see previous post for photo 🙂
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.
a poem in my pocket 
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