floating on black pond
mysterious lotus heart
~ deeper reflections ~
image: unsplash
opening to lovelight
09 Jul 2019 4 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: heart, lotus, love, pond, reflections
spring yearning
24 Mar 2019 1 Comment
in distillation Tags: beauty, flowers, heart, hue, roses, scent
Chevréfeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompts a “distillation” of a sonnet…
Sonnet 98 (by the master)
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odour and in hue,
Could make me any summer’s story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew:
Nor did I wonder at the lily’s white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight
Drawn after you, – you pattern of all those.
Yet seem’d it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.
© William Shakespeare
my distillation in tanka form:
in beauty, scent, hue
all the flowers, roses too
cannot surpass you
winter’s lonely heart would thrill
if return to spring we will
© lynn__
lament for erica anne
28 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in free verse, lament Tags: Erica, eyes, grief, heart, lament, suicide
hear our anguished cries, O God!
why do the loveliest ones die young?
she had her daddy’s perceptive eyes
that saw beyond this world’s pretense;
she had her mother’s tender heart
that loved beyond this world’s ache.
Erica belonged to a better, purer world.
depression’s demons
pushed her till she fell,
desperate to escape.
her mortal body broken but
her timeless spirit caught in
arms of compassion
and carried home,
like lost lamb on gentle
Shepherd’s shoulders…
Lord, carry us in our grief!
For my friend and family who lost their sweet daughter/sister. Read Erica’s obituary here.
honey-dewed sighs
16 Aug 2018 17 Comments
in mirror poem Tags: chest, hands, heart, honey, love, mirror, nest
honey, do you love me?
why don’t you say it louder
with your warm, strong hands
holding me closer until i melt
into your steady, beating chest
where i find the safest nest
within your steady heart best
so hold me closer until i melt
into your strong, warm hands
why not say it louder–
honey, you do love me!
A mirror poem for Frank’s reverse poetry prompt at dVerse Poets
soft as cashmere
14 Aug 2018 4 Comments
in senryu Tags: cashmere, ears, graceful, hands, heart, music
Folk music of Kashmir, India featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
hypnotizing voice
exotic music sways heart
sung by graceful hands
castaway
15 May 2018 9 Comments
in haiku Tags: castaway, daylight, footprints, heart, sand, sea, tide
Carpe Diem “Crossroads” challenge to fuse two haiku into one.
Ozaki Hosai
on the field
where evening has died out,
my footsteps
the heart
that seeks something
I release to the sea
© Ozaki Hosai (revised by Chèvrefeuille)
fading with daylight
washed to sea by searching tide
footprints of the heart
© lynn__
photo by lynn
spiritual connection
15 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in haibun, senryu Tags: conversation, God, heart, prayer, scripture
Prayer is sharing an intimate conversation with God.
open the scripture
listen, study, meditate
speak response from heart
“One bun” (haibun of one line of prose plus haiku) in response to CDHK prompt.
grandmutter clutter
23 Oct 2017 6 Comments
in epanalepsis Tags: bread, grandmother, heart, pieces, toddlers, toys
chunks of myself run
around as toddlers who
hold hunks of my heart.
my fragmented thoughts
consider their future. it’s a
sadly fragmented world.
pieces of puzzles and
toys scattered on floor;
ordered home in pieces
spread a slice of bread
with peanut butter n’ jelly,
enjoying this slice of life.
“Epanalepsis” is a literary device developed into a new poetry form by Mick Talbot with repeated words, according to this pattern:
RED: Repeated words in epanalepsis don’t have to be identical, but must be in context.
BLUE: Epanalepsis can occur across two sentences.
GREEN: Same word used at the beginning and end of a sentence.
VIOLET: Epanalepsis can occur within a clause of a sentence.
(I used violet instead of Mick’s mauve because it shows up better on my page)
proverbs for pondering
02 May 2017 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: diverse, forgive, gratitude, heart, integrity
Thankfulness for the small stuff enlarges heart with joyful gratitude.
When heart is broken open, make no demands, simply let love spill out.
Forgive as you have been forgiven is the crux of Jesus’ teachings.
Beauty of diverse colors be found in kaleidoscope of people.
Integrity is found by building identity on solid rock.
life mimics art
17 Oct 2016 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: heart, lotus, peacock, purple
photo by lynn
lotus opens wide
in ageless petaled beauty
God’s world inspires he(art)
purple passion awakens
adorned with peacock feathers
Joining CDHK and Kala Ramesh for “lotus viewing”
rose quote quadrille
27 Jun 2016 30 Comments
in quadrille Tags: blossom, bud, heart, love, rose, thorn
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. ~Gertrude Stein
(photo by lynn)
love is a rose is a
rose is a tightly rolled
tender bud is a sweetly
opening blossom is a slow
unfurl of soft petaled glory is an
irresistible, heady fragrance
is a wilting passion ravishly
spent is a sharp thorn
prick to the heart
We’re smelling the roses at dVerse poetics and writing 44-word quadrilles!
perfect skipping stone
31 Mar 2016 2 Comments
in free verse Tags: forgiveness, heart, pocket, stone
bitterness weighs
like smooth stone
in a deep pocket,
turned over and
over and over, worn
by the long fingers
of hurtful memories;
familiar, uncomfortable
too full of mean-ing.
choose to limp
with lumpy baggage
or let forgiveness
reach firmly into
heart’s hidden folds,
remove hard burden
and fling it far,
leaving space
for lighter grace.
