sound of dripping

03 Feb 2019 2 Comments

by lynn__ in fusion haiku Tags: , , , , ,

CDHK challenge to create a “fusion-ku” with the two given haiku:

black forest
night extinguishes
the snow

sun and snow
still in the pines
the black forest

© Jane Reichhold

 

Combination fusion-ku: 

wet needles on ground
morning birdsong from branches
announces spring melt

© lynn__

 

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photo by lynn

 

 

forecast blues

13 Oct 2018 7 Comments

by lynn__ in rhyming verse, rubaiyat Tags: , , , , ,

 

stuck weather pattern only brings more rain

while farmers ripe to harvest feel the strain

soybeans swell fat, cornstalks rot wet

without a crop, families grow debt

we hope and pray for sun to shine again!

 

(oh no, could that be snow?!)

 

 

 

Linking to dVerse  poets’ pub where Frank is toasting iambic pentameter…

soggy bottoms

22 Aug 2018 3 Comments

by lynn__ in etheree Tags: , , , , , , ,

Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer challenges us to write a poem using “water” and “thirst”. Mine is an “etheree” with ten lines, each of increasing syllables.

 

wet

when it
rains it pours

saturation,
precipitation,
weather aberration

water cannot drain away
groundwater rises, creek beds flood

farmers, crops and lawns thirst for sunshine
iowa’s summer uncommonly wet!

 

wet lump of humanity yields

20 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: , , , ,

 

clay in Potter’s hands

chosen, held firm, gently shaped

fired, purified, filled

vessel to pour out His love

beautiful, useful purpose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linking to Carpe Diem prompt: clay