29 Apr 2018
by lynn__
in haibun
Tags: blooms, garden, gazebo, roses, walking
I completed the April challenge!
Roses have graced my life. Growing up, I admired my mother’s backyard roses with blooms of varied hues. I sniffed each bush’s blossoms to compare scents. Upon high school graduation, I received a lovely long-stemmed yellow rose. Later, I carried three pure white roses in my bridal bouquet and following the birth of each child, my husband presented me with a dozen red roses.
I’ve tried to tame wild roses in my farm garden: a yellow settlers’ rose (possibly planted by pioneers) and a pink prairie rose (our Iowa state flower). Roses require nurturing. Admire the roses and have respect for the thorns in life’s garden. Cut roses fade fast.
roses in the park
tender touch of Gardener
walking by my side
prompt & photo – CDHK
28 Mar 2018
by lynn__
in free verse, story
Tags: bike, boats, clouds, cottage, garden, petunias, pier
it’s a sunny-side up
Pixabay image
happy-spatula kind of day
outgoing fish boats bob:
“goodbye, dear old pier”
children find glinty pebbles
to hopscotch village street
under random puffs of
gourmet popcorn clouds
reflection of blue-er sky,
grandma’s retro/deco bike
blooms petunia pink
beside faded stucco cottage
outback/inside pickety fence
she digs in earthworm garden
boy swings dilapidation’s gate;
hook-line fresh on bamboo pole
Linking cheer at dVerse Poets pub today…
02 Jul 2017
by lynn__
in haiku
Tags: camping, farmer, garden, lake, river
farmer mowing grass
nesting killdeer scold and swoop
wild roses blush pink
* * *
humidity soars
spirals of corn reaching up
thunder rumbles rain
* * *
smell of fresh cut hay
cattle swishing tails at flies
farm wife hoes garden
* * *
camping in state park
birdsong floats on morning breeze
cotton flies from trees
* * *
biking lakefront trail
past fishermen on pier
slow goose crosses path
* * *
evening slowly fades
lamps illuminate old bridge
reflect on river
* * *
daylight awakens
glad summer sunday morning
voices raise in praise
08 Jun 2017
by lynn__
in Uncategorized
Tags: blessings, garden, lai, seeds
This is my attempt at a “lai”. You can learn more about the form at dVerse…
look out my window
garden plants on row
i see
green beans, potato,
snap peas, tomato
must weed
good seeds that we sow
cause blessings to grow
freely
03 May 2017
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: garden, hobbit, keyhole, paradise, shire
japanese garden
or hobbit homestead in shire
color of summer
pause to peek through the keyhole
smell blossoms of paradise
Kiwinana challenges us to write a tanka with “color” and “summer”.
19 Mar 2017
by lynn__
in shape poem
Tags: garden, girl, impressionism, rose, watering can
summer afternoon in
grandmother’s garden
follow sunlit pathway
strawberry blonde girl
clutches watering can
to sprinkle flowers
her smile like daisies
picked by chubby fingers
her cheeks reflect color
of bright hair bow and
bold rose briar blooms
garden and granddaughter
both cultivated, well-groomed
portrait of fresh youth
wholesome in nurture
Girl with Watering Can – Renoir
30 Jan 2017
by lynn__
in tanka, Uncategorized
Tags: bird, garden, life, neighbor, pond, stones
quiet stones by pond
ornamental trees blossom
bird chirps inside bush
remember neighbor who’s gone
…resurrected to new life!
While on vacation (visiting a Japanese garden in Hermann Park, Houston), we learn of a neighbor, Loren Meyer’s, sudden passing…
16 Nov 2016
by lynn__
in rhyming verse
Tags: garden, green, honeybees, mud, windmill
my garden is…
a nurturing place
rejuvenating space
my garden grows…
green food for health
veggies’ bountiful wealth
my garden knows…
thorn pricks can hurt
worms benefit dirt
my garden shows…
shoes track in mud
fingernails collect crud
my garden flows…
slime trails of slugs
bees’ honeyed hugs
my garden hoes…
weeds will NOT win
squeaks windmill spin
my garden chose…
to raise leafy praise
for long summer days
photo by lynn__
Joining with poetic gardeners at dVerse Poets on Kim’s garden theme!
29 Aug 2016
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: caretakers, earth, garden, green, soil
caretakers of earth
placed in garden for purpose
listen to the soil
all creatures on green planet
need resources to sustain
photo by lynn
24 Aug 2016
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: bees, flowers, garden, love
This Saturday will be our 33rd wedding anniversary…
photo by lynn
forget-me-not blooms
honeyed pollen on bees knees
tulips press rose hips
lover like flower garden
in all its morning glory!
29 Jan 2016
by lynn__
in imagism
Tags: garden, snowdrift, windmill
small windmill teeters
on edge of tired garden,
steel frame shows rust
thru dull aluminum paint,
concrete pad tips slightly,
buried under snowdrift.
faded red tail fin hangs limp
unresponsive to bitter wind
as head, spun clean away,
lies on frozen ground, useless,
one broken blade
now missing.
Linking to dVerse Poets where Victoria explains “imagist” poetry: Imagists sought to represent “things” in clear, precise language—in the words of Ezra Pound, “luminous details.”
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