10 Mar 2018
by lynn__
in cinquain
Tags: bloom, bud, bunny, crocus, nature, rain, spring
Cinquain is a 5-line poem with a pattern of 2-4-6-8-2 syllables. The Weekend Writing Challenge is to include these words: spring, blossom, bud, nature, bloom.
trees bud
spring rains softly
nature’s fresh bloom of praise
hungry bunny nibbles crocus
blossom
24 May 2017
by lynn__
in quadrille
Tags: clothesline, cloudburst, rain, sidewalk, umbrella, vine
pitter – pat – patter

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on sidewalk
spitter – spat – spatter
on windowpane
beads drip
from
clothesline
baubles drop
from
leafed vine
gutters gurgle
cheerily
rivulets burble
merrily
umbrella unfolds
earthworm unholes
birdsong stills as
rain gauge fills
lightning tumbles
thunder rumbles
cloudburst pours
find shelter indoors!
Quadrille prompt on “sound” ideas with Victoria at dVerse…
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)
08 Nov 2016
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: ideas, inspiration, leaves, poet, rain
photo credit: “wet leaves” by David Slotto, featured at dVerse (too late to link post)

color-full ideas
ripen with passing season
inspiration rains/reigns
poet living inside head
forgets to water houseplants
03 Nov 2016
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: hearts, kiss, lovers, rain, umbrella
See CDHK special, Japanese Poetry in the Lowlands, featuring Jeanine Hoedemaker
intermittent rain
old lovers exchange warm kiss
under umbrella
pit, pit, patter of raindrops
two hearts offbeat together
24 Aug 2016
by lynn__
in Uncategorized
Tags: camping, rain, sleep, weather
Theme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is “power of words”: let the rain kiss you
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” ~Langston Hughes
pack to go camping
forecast predicts rain showers
great sleeping weather
21 Jul 2016
by lynn__
in classical haiku
Tags: duck, mandarin, pond, rain, watercolor
Painters and poets learn by “copying” (imitating style of) the masters!
mandarin duck –
rain falls silently
from an oak
© Yosa Buson (1716-1783)
mandarin ducks glide
silent in feathered beauty
watercolor rain
c) lynn__
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