posting poetic prose
19 Sep 2018 6 Comments
in decastitch Tags: egg, minute, parents, phone, timer
long distance phone calls
when parents set
three minute
timer
talk
talk
timer
three minute
when parents set
long distance phone calls
Ramblings of a Writer with “egg timer” poetry form: unrhymed decastitch with syllabic pattern 5-4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4-5, last 5 lines mirror first 5 lines.
05 Apr 2018 5 Comments
in magnetic Tags: egg, hot, lies, mad, rust, tongue, whisper
Sometimes you just gotta play…magnetic poetry! (First time I used one set of words, no “adds”.)
26 Mar 2018 33 Comments
in quadrille, shape poem Tags: egg, humor, spring, write, yolks
Kim hosts an “egg” quadrille prompt for dVerse Poets this week before Easter…
12 Apr 2017 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: Easter, egg, indigo, moon, sky
An “American sentence” is made of 17 syllables…usually not so pretty 🙂
Easter egg moon waxes yello-quently on indigo sateen sky.
29 Jan 2017 6 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: blue, egg, robin, sky, wings
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s spring retreat theme is ” fragile beauty”.
sky blue robin’s egg
delicate avian life
beginning of wings
flight aborted, premature
my eggshell heart softly cracks
photo by lynn
29 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: boy, egg, girl, pearl, purity
Anticipating new grandchild and contemplating “purity” theme at CDHK.
photo by Ladd
promise of new life
a singular affection
robins’ nest treasure
bathe with sea water
birth in gritty suffering
shell’s precious jewel
dreamstime image
a poem in my pocket 
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