God paints evening sky
across watercolor clouds
with autumn’s palette
to be gladiolus
24 Apr 2025 12 Comments
in nonet Tags: barn, clouds, flowers, memories, mother, quilt
cumulus in fetal position
children laugh in hayloft of barn
fresh flowers for mother’s day
amish quilt block holds bright
memories’ colors
of mid-western
bountiful
garden
home
taken by storm
31 May 2024 12 Comments
in onomatopoeia Tags: bridge, clouds, rain, rapids, river, stor, thunder, trees, wind
Linking to dVerse where Bjorn hosts onomatopoeia poetry prompt…
clouds gather darkly
thunder rrrumbles
wind whooshes wild
through trembling trees;
leaves twitter with ppips
of raindrops…plopps on
gravel road…drumms atop
car roof; aloof to river rapids
churling, swirling swiftly along,
rushing, gushing underneath
old bridge as it creaks rustily.
the color of hope
20 Jun 2023 33 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: baby, clouds, colors, forest, hope
_______
the color of hope must be soft white
like summer clouds puffing along
in cerulean sky which may gather
into dizzy-high cumulonimbus to
shudder and shower wet blessings
on thirsty fields and caked riverbeds
_______
the color of hope must be pale pink
like a newborn grandbaby’s tiny toes
wriggling with the joy of being bare
in the warm air to be tickled by grandpa
which soon grow nimble to run in grass
dotted with dandelions and butterflies
_______
the color of hope must be deep green
like a conifer forest on a mountainside
which exhales pine-scented oxygen to
support life of creatures that nest in
the upper boughs, tap bark for insects,
or rest quietly in cool daytime shadows
_______
Join dVerse Poets where we paint the colours of hope inspired by the poetry of Jen Feroze!
brilliance
23 Aug 2022 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: clouds, glory, God, morning, sun, sunrise
morning sun breaks through
rain clouds radiate glory
God smiles with favor
january sky
03 Feb 2022 6 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: beach, clouds, dunes, waves, winter
roaring down the beach
at the height of winter waves
mist clouds
by Jane Reichhold
roll damp chill over sand dunes
ghosted with dusting of snow
by lynn__
Tan renga response to another poet’s haiku. Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
sea of tranquility
29 Aug 2019 3 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: beach, clouds, dreams, foam, sand, seagulls, surf
Lillian at dVerse invites us to write a quadrille (44-word poem) on the most beautiful word in our language: tranquility
adirondacks sit on
porch of beach house
surf flows in, lightly froths
foam over fine sand…
sucked back to sea,
leaving castaway shells.
seagulls perch on pier…
launch upward in lazy arcs
where white clouds float,
billow, accumulate into
tranquil dreams…
of sunny tomorrow.
photo by lynn
mid-western disaster
11 Apr 2019 8 Comments
in distillation, free verse Tags: bales, bridges, cattle, clouds, dam, flood, ice, mud, rain, snow
Linking late to Linda’s “water” prompt at dVerse poetics…
water, water, water, everywhere!
dark clouds broiling across plains’
hard-crusted snowy landscape; soil
soaked by heavy rains, washes into
half-frozen rivers, ice breaks loose
floating icebergs grind along banks
dragging down bridges, trees, poles;
pressured dam gives way into torrent
that floods downstream in spreading
wave that engulfs barns, farmhouses’
families escape on muddy roads while
cattle are trapped on shrinking islands
hay bales swept away, fields ruined and
Nebraska is once again a broad ocean…
natural revelation
11 Feb 2019 7 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beach, blue, clouds, heaven, prayer, waves
sunday morning
all the waves in white
kneeling on the beach
© Jane Reichhold
prayer clouds in blue heaven
creation’s meditation
© lynn__
Tan renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
portent
11 Jan 2019 5 Comments
in impressionism, tanka Tags: blackbirds, caw, clouds, hail, storm, thunder, wheat
wild swoop over wheat
blackbirds caw in unison
ominous wing beat
storm clouds darken horizon
thunder rumbles threat of hail
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai featuring “blackbird” kigo.
fishing for stars
18 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: anchor, boat, clouds, dreams, drift, waves
“Tan renga” chained together for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, where Delores wrote a beautiful haiku reminding me of poem by Eugene Fields and park sculpture.
clouds and waves
carry my dreams away
tugging my anchor
© Dolores
drift along in private boat
of winkin’ blinkin’ and nod
© lynn__
photo: C Bakunas Art
peace…and quiet?
31 Jul 2018 11 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: beaver, camp, clouds, grass, meadow lark, mosquitos, silent, stones
pack me light
stamped for camp
undress the stress
in quiet wilderness
where grass rustles
stream gurgles clear
beaver crew bustles
clouds thunder near
meadow lark sings
mosquitos start riot
forest tree rings
stones, alone, silent
Listen to the “sounds of silence” with Dwight tonight at dVerse Poets pub…
a poem in my pocket 
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