posting poetic prose
29 Aug 2019 3 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: beach, clouds, dreams, foam, sand, seagulls, surf
Lillian at dVerse invites us to write a quadrille (44-word poem) on the most beautiful word in our language: tranquility
adirondacks sit on
porch of beach house
surf flows in, lightly froths
foam over fine sand…
sucked back to sea,
leaving castaway shells.
seagulls perch on pier…
launch upward in lazy arcs
where white clouds float,
billow, accumulate into
tranquil dreams…
of sunny tomorrow.
photo by lynn
29 Jan 2019 9 Comments
in quadrille Tags: drive, dunes, sand, steeps, tea, travel
after the
tea steeps
let’s pour it,
steaming, into
travel mugs to
drive south
away from
bitter winter
over steeps
across desert
through cities
onto island
where sun
smiles for
sandy miles
where we
hide from
hazy sea-spray
between
steep dunes,
sipping tea
Mish invites us to write a quadrille (44 words) on word “steep” at dVerse Poets
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
14 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: beach, footprints, kiss, sand, sun
Chevrefeuille is “romancing haiku” at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
love absorbs sun’s heat
footprints on secluded beach
warm kiss remembered
photo by lynn
31 Jan 2018 10 Comments
in free verse Tags: beach, mirror, sand, surf, tide
Joining dVerse Poets for a mirrored reflection “through the looking glass.”
flowing
through hours’ glass
abrasive sands of time
etching faces
scratching hearts
collecting bits of
life memories
crushed on reefs
hurtled on beaches
worn down
accepting
movement of tide
high and low surf
swelling tears
foaming doubts
leaving behind
glassy mirror
washed shores
smoothed surf
shine on
photo by lynn
01 Jul 2016 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: coast, ocean, sand, sun, waves
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai wraps up virtual tour of Europe.
ocean waves lap shore
dig toes into warm wet sand
soak in sunshine coast
05 Feb 2016 5 Comments
in haiku Tags: roadrunner, sand
Japanese “undou” means movement; learn more at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
chaparral’s shadow
legendary roadrunner
scratches on sandscape
04 Feb 2016 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: desert, sand, silence, stars
unnerving silence
bleached bones exposed upon sand
lone vulture circles
inviting silence
milky way stars spilled on sky
holiness hovers
My scribbles in the sand on “inviting silence” theme at CDHK today.
17 Aug 2015 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: camel, pyramids, sand
Traveling to Sudan today with Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
huffingtonpost.com – getty images
kushite dynasties
pyramids north of khartoum
time’s sand will bury
caravans of rich tourists
camel attempts needle’s eye
