posting poetic prose
06 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
in ekphrastic Tags: cloud, cypresses, flames, grasses, mesa, moon, sky
Inspired by online poetry class with John Sibley Williams.
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Living flames of cypresses
leap upward as evergreen branches
swirl like burning driftwood.
Even Vincent’s baby blue
skies curl with playful energy
trying to escape lemon peel moon,
which already took a bite from cotton
candy cloud floating above wave
of distant mesa’s high water.
Saffron grasses dance freely in
summer breeze while eyes of
wildflowers and juniper berries
look on with a childlike joy.
13 May 2026 Leave a comment
in limerick Tags: fly, grandchildren, grandma, sky, spring, swings, wings
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I once pushed two grand kids on swings
when the big sister started to sing:
“We do like to fly
so high in the sky”
Grandma thinks it’d be fun to have wings!
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29 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in list poem Tags: afternoon, colors, dawn, dusl, evening, glory, morning, night, paint, sky, wash
He paints pale pewter twilight
with splash of blood-orange dawn;
a wash of lemon yellow morning,
with buttermilk clouds layered
on cornflower background,
blends to tangerine afternoon;
then, sweet lavender dusk which
transforms eggplant evening
into deep indigo night.
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“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Psalm 19:1
18 Apr 2026 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: art, mirror, sky, sunset
I attended a special art exhibition of watercolors by artist, Judy Thompson, paired with poetry by her daughter, Kristin Gifford.
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leaving the art show
sun blazed pinks on evening sky
in rear view mirror
29 Dec 2025 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: dogs, sky, sun, winter
bark shrill in pale sky
damp chill creates twin sun dogs
guard stark winter day
20 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: autumn, clouds, God, sky
God paints evening sky
across watercolor clouds
with autumn’s palette
18 Nov 2023 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: geese, skein, sky, sweater, winter
jagged vee of geese
unravel skein of grey sky
winter’s sweater snagged
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My haiku included in Lyrical Iowa 2023 (received 2nd Honorable Mention).
25 Mar 2022 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: champagne, moon, sky
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half moon of champagne
spills into conversation
fizzes as it wanes
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21 Sep 2020 20 Comments
in quadrille, scripture Tags: freedom, hope, Jesus, sky, surrender
A photo and quadrille of 44 words for dVerse poets on “sky” theme…
i desire to be
a prisoner of hope
captivated by love
learning to surrender
to ultimate good will;
transformed, renewed,
impassioned and freed
to serve, unreservedly, as
we await full redemption
when Jesus, our glorious
hope, returns in blazing
sky with power to reign!
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. “
(Romans 5:1 & 2 NIV)
30 Mar 2019 4 Comments
in haiku series Tags: aurora borealis, dance, lights, sky
XIII.
shimmering lights of
aurora borealis
dance in northern sky
pixabay image
Linking to CDHK and “joy of light” retreat…
18 Feb 2019 4 Comments
in tan renga Tags: air, birds, day, hope, sky, sunshine
Tan renga with Kim at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, hosted by Kristjaan.
the sky is bluer
birds are singing once again
caressed by sunshine
© Kim M. Russell
each day is little longer
lenten season buds with hope!
© lynn__
17 Sep 2018 4 Comments
in classical haiku, worship Tags: crstal, drown, harvest, heaven, river, sky
harvest gathered in
crystal sky glitters invite
river of heaven
image – pixabay
Linking to Frank J. Tassone site, where “haiku poetry matters.”
a poem in my pocket 
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