posting poetic prose
23 Sep 2026 7 Comments
in free verse Tags: breeeze, clouds, monarch, ox-eye, pilgrimage, prairie
i amble around ripe prairie loop
(adjacent to alma mater campus)
fall breeze ushers clouds in early.
no geese migrating overhead yet
but late monarchs linger on golden
ox-eye, heavy stems wave goodbye
to summer …a fleeting reminder to
many (any) observant pilgrims who
walk this way that all of life is sacred.
Linking to dVerse poets where Bjorn hosts poetry on theme of “non-religious” pilgrimage…is there such a thing?
13 Jun 2026 2 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: blackbird, clouds, corn, gravel, morning, walk
early morning walk
gravel crunches under foot
nature awakens
red-wing blackbird sings on post
whorl of corn plants reach for clouds
20 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: autumn, clouds, God, sky
God paints evening sky
across watercolor clouds
with autumn’s palette
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
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.
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!
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
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.
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
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…
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…
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.
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