CDHK challenge to write haiku about rainstorm without using the word…
full creeks run swiftly
cattle huddle in wet mud
autumn’s cold deluge
hey bun, issa mud mess!
25 Jun 2018 37 Comments
in haibun Tags: farmers, flood, hay, mud, oil, rain, rivers, sheep, soil
enough rain here five to six inches already and counting with basements filling and ditches flowing as swollen rivers carry away sheep too frightened to move to higher ground and wash out culverts which derailed a train of oil tanker cars spilling into the flooded fields and seeping downstream calling out hazmat teams and trucks hauling rocks while farmers groan at wet hay rotting crops covered with silt and black soil carried away and why must it rain another day?
farmers grow webbed feet
wading through muddy season
who’s building that ark?
road wash-out next to flooded field
Jilly at dVerse poets encourages writers to “break the rules” with this week’s haibun. Our local weather has been unconventional too….and destructive.
pond-erings
19 Apr 2018 17 Comments
in ekphrastic, story Tags: acorns, bike, crawdad, goose, mud, pond, turtle
Sarah hosts “ekphrastic” poetry (inspired by visual art) at dVerse Poets!
art by Fay Collins
Wheels
whizzing
on steep
downhill
bike path
trying to
avoid fallen
acorns and
slick goose
droppings
which may
skid tires
and flip a
rider over
handlebars
splashing
into cool
water and
algaed
scum of
Cooter’s
Pond…
may also
disturb
turtles or
crawdads
buried in
muddy
bottom
Whooaah!
garden gnome poem
16 Nov 2016 21 Comments
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!
umbrella forgotten
30 Apr 2016 2 Comments
in shadorma Tags: mud, puddles, raincoat, spring, umbrella
mud puddles
announce spring is here
splash outdoors
jump to rhymes
“rain in spain falls on the plain”
yellow raincoat joy
The “shadorma” is a poetic form consisting of a six-line stanza (or sestet). The form is alleged to have originated in Spain. Each stanza has a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5 for a total of 26 syllables. A poem may consist of one stanza, or a series. Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
spring runoff
20 Apr 2016 2 Comments
in haiga Tags: mud, roads, snow, water
photo by lynn New Mexico 2016
