cottonwood tree sheds,
gilding sidewalk with gold leaf
autumn’s treasure hunt
not all that gleams is gold…
04 Aug 2025 17 Comments
in haibun Tags: gold, lake, moon, rain, shiny, silver
Our Alaskan adventure takes us into the heart of gold fever country from the Klondike in Yukon territory to Cripple Creek, the richest little creek in Alaska. We learn about the steep ice stairs of Chilkoot Pass where miners hauled up loads of grubsteak (each man with a year’s worth of food). Only a few struck it rich while most were flat broke within a year or two.
We tour Fairbank’s Gold Dredge #8 and pan for gold. Between the two of us, we share sweet $16 worth of gold flecks (and spend it on a $24 souvenir charm/magnet to display the flakes). Nothing new under the sun! They can keep their gold nuggets while I bask in the allure of silver…
silver rain puddles
flow in rivulets, cascade
to moon-mirror lake
Linking to dVerse where Frank Tassone hosts haibuns 🙂
ultimate kintsugi
02 Aug 2025 6 Comments
in haiku, senryu Tags: broken, gold, healing, kintsugi, pottery
broken, not ruined
God binds our wounds together
life’s cracks heal, gleam gold
_______________
Inspired by japanese pottery and Dawn Minott’s blogpost here…
sterling elocution
09 Feb 2017 20 Comments
in haibun, quote Tags: apples, gold, seagulls, silver, words, writer
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Like Solomon, who wrote these words, I find soul satisfaction in beautiful speech. As a writer, I search for delicious words to be framed in serendipitous syntax. I hope to pick ripe thoughts, artfully arrange them in woven-word baskets and serve a taste of lingual delights. I admire skilled poets and appreciate how different poetic brushstrokes reveal textured perspectives; unique angles on life’s truth. Flighty images of the mind settle to roost in solid words. Sentinel ideas on signposts outline silent spaces for contemplation. Hand-in-hand, we meander world with senses alert to the wild call of hurricane winds or the fresh whisper of gentle breezes, then collectively record richly scripted delicacies for our hungry souls to feast on.
*Proverbs 25:11, BRG
photo by lynn – Galveston beach
cripple creek, colorado
20 Sep 2016 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: aspen, creek, gold, Rockies
Carpe Diem’s prompt from Jane Reichhold’s “Dictionary of Haiku”: creek
aspens happening
autumn gilds rockie slopes
creek glistens with gold
photo credit: Mike Cather 2005 link: city data
sevenling (fantasy)
12 Apr 2016 25 Comments
in sevenling, Uncategorized Tags: diamonds, dust, gold, trees, wealth, wind
if dust were diamonds,
asphalt was gold, and
trees’ leaves paper money,
we’d sneeze on greed
drive over wealth, con~
sider banks quite funny!
fantastical, our discontent would blow away with wind~
Linking to dVerse Poetics with Lillian on “fantasy” theme…
pure iowa gold
20 May 2015 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: child, corn, dandelion, face, gold
what could be sweeter
ripe golden ears of corn or
child’s buttery face?
walking through ditch grass
sun smiles on up-turned faces
dandelion gold!
cup of soothing tea
facing toward open curtains
golden warmth of sun.
summa cum laude
14 Sep 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: autumn, gold, leaves, sumac, summit ash
sumac leaves blushing
summer is changing her clothes
summit ash wear gold
Photo credit: Colored Leaves mirrored in a lake
Linked to: Carpe Diem – Kishu’s A Crow Passes
a poem in my pocket 
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