birdbath visitor
quick sips–jay on high alert
blue blur whirs away
shades of cyan(ide)
19 Sep 2025 16 Comments
in free verse, imagism Tags: blue, cold, glacier, hate, ice, iceberg, ocean, ship, water
polar bears ride floes
on aquamarine surface
under faded denim sky;
neon sun glows coolly
over subarctic ocean’s
darkest cobalt depths.
(feel sharp inhale of chill
air from looming glacier)
cerulean calm of water
belies danger below…
an iceberg submerged
could sink big ship like
cold hearts steeled in
cyan crevasses of hate.
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Meeting the bar at dVerse poets pub, Laura hosts an imagist’s colour motif. NPS Photo of Pedersen Glacier, Alaska, taken by Jim Pfeiffenberger.
inundated
27 Jun 2024 9 Comments
in tanka Tags: disaster, flood, rain, volunteers, water
mucky floodwater
rain brings too much of good thing
overwhelming force
strikes levees, homes, bridges, schools
volunteers come, help clean up
perfumed flavour
21 Jun 2023 6 Comments
in ekphrastic, haiku Tags: cup, perfume, petals, rose, water
scent of rosewater
distillation of petals
sweetness fills my cup
drawing water
27 Mar 2021 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: source, trinity, water
Father, again I THIRST for you
like the psalmist, deer on the run
who panted for streams of water
like the woman at the well, dried
up, life poured out and wasted.
Jesus, you offer living water
abundant and refreshing, pure
well-spring of new LIFE within;
fill me up and wash over me
with your actively loving Holy
Spirit; fill to overflowing that I
may spill on others; I lift empty
CUP to you for my daily drink
where you lead me beside such
crystal clear and quiet waters.
You are one, true living God,
fountain of life; my only source
of soulful, deep, abiding JOY in
your presence today, tomorrow;
like a river eternal forevermore!
weathered stones
22 May 2019 12 Comments
in ekphrastic, haiga Tags: bayou, horizon, humidity, rain, squall, storm, water
This week, Sarah Southwest hosts dVerse poetics and invites us to write ekphrastic poetry featuring artwork by Mary Frances from her “New Worlds in Old Stones”…
undou (movement)
12 May 2019 6 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: breeze, fern, green, leaf, peace, water
river of sustenance
03 Nov 2018 2 Comments
in renga Tags: cicada, heron, house, lonely, moon, river, water
at the gate of a deserted house,
a cicada is crying in the rays
of the evening sun © Shiki
neighbors left hot summer house
allow insects to move in
pressing sushi;
after a while,
a feeling of loneliness © Buson
parents and children are gone
eating alone so quiet
the coolness
of the sound of water at night,
falling back into the well © Issa
overfilling my bucket
splashing on path back to hut
autumn’s bright moon,
however far I walked, still afar off
in an unknown sky © Chiyo-Ni
harvest moon is calling me
reflections on dark water
all my years
floating in the river
a childish heart © J. Reichhold
living half my life on our
family’s wooden sampan
a flash of lightning:
the screech of a night-heron
flying in the darkness © Basho
monsoon rains and avian
wildlife are my companions
wikipedia
Italicized “renga” responses © lynn. Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai .
least resistance
14 Oct 2018 2 Comments
in question poem, tanka Tags: creek, floodwaters, rains, snow melt, toads, water
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
-Lao Tzu
creek overflows banks
floodwaters rise with fall rains
toads tired of swimming
what is softer than snow melt?
what is stronger than water?
Quote and inspiration from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
psalm for earth day
23 Apr 2018 2 Comments
in triolet, worship Tags: air, bless, creatures, earth, life, soil, water
Psalm 104 is a poem that celebrates creation! I write a humble triolet for earth day. Okay, I’m a day late but to a farmer every day is earth day, right?!
bless the Lord who forms the earth
he calls us to be caretakers
let creatures thrive, let life give birth
bless the Lord who forms the earth
air, water, soils of priceless worth
forgive us wasteful mess makers
bless the Lord who forms the earth
he calls us to be caretakers
free image – liturgy website
haiku (in)fusion
29 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: fusion, iris, silk, starlight, water
Chèvre at CDHK challenges us to create a haiku through “fusion” of the following:
rabbit-ear iris
how much it looks like
its image in water
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
And…
a silk tree
even through the leaves weary
of starlight
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
My “fusion: of the two:
rabbit-ear iris
bends weary leaves toward water
silk reflects starlight
© lynn__
well & done
19 Feb 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, morning glory, vine, water, well
Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenges us to “revise” a classical haiku by famous female haiku writer. Here is my humble attempt…
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
© Chiyo-Ni
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glory of morning
entangled in blooming vine
beauty fills my well
© lynn
a poem in my pocket 
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