30 Dec 2018
by lynn__
in fusion haiku, troiku
Tags: candlelight, champagne, darkness, future, hope, midnight, year
CDHK’s weekend meditation to create “fusion ku” from 2 haiku and then write a “troiku” series, using lines of your fusion haiku. (Free image from pixabay.)
a new year
rising from wild seas
a few stars
filling
the glass with candlelight
champagne
© Jane Reichhold
raise glass to new year
candlelight and stars twinkle
above champagne seas
raise glass to new year
share toast and kiss at midnight
uncork thankfulness
candlelight and stars twinkle
hold out brave hopes for future
in uncertain darkness
above champagne seas,
wild waves roll with bubbly foam
high tide is rising
© lynn__
19 May 2018
by lynn__
in haiku series, troiku
Tags: bell, butterflies, death, flowers, hope, mothers
CDHK weekend fusion challenge: fuse two haiku, then create troiku…
temple bells die out
the fragrant blossoms remain
a perfect evening
will we meet again
here at your flowering grave –
two white butterflies
© Basho
church bells’ somber ring
fragrance of casket flowers
butterflies wing hope
© lynn
church bell’s somber ring
ask for whom is it tolling?
time waits for no one
fragrance of casket flowers
roses, daisies, carnations
florals dress-up death
butterflies wing hope
loved by two mothers, i know
we will meet again
13 Mar 2018
by lynn__
in etheree, quadrille
Tags: crash, grateful, hope, pressure, stress
An etheree poem with 10 lines of increasing syllables.This is also a quadrille of 44 words, including the word “fire”. Read more at d’Verse Poets pub
stress
hard pressed
fire’s hot test
find release valve
to manage pressure
start to count love’s good gifts
name all that makes you grateful
hold joy in life’s little moments
live each day with enthusiasm
clinging to hope, you will not crash and burn
It’s calving time on the farm and our manager/son had an emergency appendectomy so he’s laid up for a month. The rest of us are working hard trying to cover for his absence!
09 Oct 2017
by lynn__
in quadrille, Uncategorized
Tags: courage, fear, hope, love
Keeping hope alive with dVerse Poets in a “quadrille” of exactly 44 words…
hope dangles around courage’s neck,
name etched on soldier’s dog tag.
image by lynn
hope throbs within young love’s heart,
hands held in first awkward clasp.
hope gazes into future’s eyes,
grandchildren carry family name.
hope laughs in fear’s masked face,
dove flies home after violent storm.
18 May 2017
by lynn__
in list poem, scripture
Tags: flame, hope, petrichor, rain, swan, tomato
Sharing with dVerse…fits earlier prompts for list poem and sensory play.
hope smells
like fresh petrichor
of welcome spring rain
hope tastes
like first juicy tomato
of sun-ripened summer
hope sounds
like migration call
of swan o’er autumn field
hope feels
like flickering flame
of log in winter hearth
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
(Romans 8:24-25 ESV)
13 Sep 2016
by lynn__
in prayer, quadrille, scripture
Tags: grace, hope, love, shepherd, truth
Prayer in “quadrille” form, exactly forty-four words…link to dVerse Poets
Open my hands
to receive extravagant grace
Open my ears
to hear shepherd’s voice
Open my eyes
to see beauty of narrow way
Open my mind
to know transforming truth
Open my mouth
to speak words of hope
Open my heart
to love courageously.
Jesus spoke “Ephphatha!” to deaf/mute man (see Mark 7:31-37)
29 Apr 2016
by lynn__
in haiga
Tags: apple, blossoms, hope, rain, spring, tears
Doesn’t this beautiful photo of apple blossoms on orange background lift one’s spirit? One more day of NaPoWriMo challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days! A lot of mine were haiku/haiga 🙂
18 Aug 2013
by lynn__
in Uncategorized
Tags: hope
A promise to return
after darkness falls deepest.
Hope hangs on the eastern
edge of history’s horizon.
Nothing can stop the dawn
from overtaking night’s domain.
The whole sky brightens with
cloud colors of blazing glory.
Light reclaims this world and
we earthlings stare, illuminated.
That morning begs a question:
Will you fly toward Him…or away?
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