Join me over at A Full Cup of Tea.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
A Full Cup of Tea
Join me over at A Full Cup of Tea.
Haiku: Creative Joy
thunderous vibrations
creative joy
seeking true purpose
through ancient rite of passage
from past to present
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Haiku: River Stones
cascading waters
break around the river stones
new destiny forged
break around the river stones
new destiny forged
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| Hot Cascades at Yellowstone National Park |
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Haiku: Sweet Dreams
twinkling lights
sing soft lullabies
sweet dreams
ancient stones guarding the night
keeping nightmares at bay
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Carpe Diem Oct 2: Stonehenge
keeping nightmares at bay
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Carpe Diem Oct 2: Stonehenge
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Cicadas Hum
standing tall
eerie buzzing drums
looking left
looking right
my lab won’t budge from the step
while cicadas hum
Friday, September 20, 2013
Undefined
Reciprocate yourself
to examine fractions
of your soul.
Reciprocate everything
to return home,
becoming whole again.
Reciprocate nothing at all
and you've become undefinable.
Honorable Mention All Poetry Competition
to examine fractions
of your soul.
Reciprocate everything
to return home,
becoming whole again.
Reciprocate nothing at all
and you've become undefinable.
Honorable Mention All Poetry Competition
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Nightingale's Angelic Voice
A crescent moon rises o’er, a
Nightingale singing fabled lore-
Gallant knights and wicked queens.
Every note calling to the stars that gleam-
Like a gold fleece stolen;
Ino’s boiling cauldron; and
Centaurs galloping the Milky Way.
Vivid dreams wonder astray
Out my bedroom window.
Inviting the night’s hero; to
Come play among the stars,
Enchanted by angelic voiced bars.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Readers' Note (Epistle Poem)
A note to my readers lies herein
Travel, moving, a wedding, and unpacking--
Such a busy summer it has been
My energy and inspiration has been lacking
A vacation on the calendar is nearing
So for the remainder of the month I'll rest
The creative juices recharging
To return renewed in September with new zest
dVerse Poetics — Sent With A Stamp
--I'll return to writing/posting on September 6th. I need to recharge and take some vacation photos for inspiration.
Monday, August 12, 2013
The Way Begins
You've come to the House of God for your weekly show to the world, paying your dues as good Christians. But sitting next to you in the pew--I know the truth. The venom of the devil flows from your mouths. Gossiping and cursing your neighbors. When I have a say about the abominations you've become, about how you've twisted the purity of the word, the sanctity of His house-- I am the one out of line. I'm the one not following along.
And looking around, I see the world around me clearly for the first time. How naive I've been! The world of man pretends to be saintly one day a week and those who question that false holiness are cursed worse than those who pretend.
No longer will I follow this false path; I will find my own way. Spirituality is not defined by sitting on a church pew on Sunday. There are many paths to God.
--
the way--a journey
as unique as the person
Carpe Diem Kamishibai #4, Cathedral- My 'autobiographical'-haibun
And looking around, I see the world around me clearly for the first time. How naive I've been! The world of man pretends to be saintly one day a week and those who question that false holiness are cursed worse than those who pretend.
No longer will I follow this false path; I will find my own way. Spirituality is not defined by sitting on a church pew on Sunday. There are many paths to God.
--
the way--a journey
as unique as the person
Carpe Diem Kamishibai #4, Cathedral- My 'autobiographical'-haibun
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Eagle
surviving eagle
fights another day
for freedom
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| By Photo credit: NASA/Gary Rothstein [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
fly like an eagle
as free as a bird in the sky
be a dreamcatcher
-Chèvrefeuille
a brand new world awaits you
red, white, and liberty blue
-Jennifer Seals Cooper
Monday, August 5, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Wait for it-
Hop on up to the edge and commit;
It'd be a shame to quit.
Hey, step back a bit,
Wait for it-
Oh!
I promise hard ground you will not hit;
Just don't look down in the pit.
Hey, step back a bit,
Wait for it-
No!
It'll be over lickety split;
Adventure worth every bit.
Hey, step back a bit,
Wait for it-
Go!
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Linked to dVerse Open Link Night.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Cup and Coaster's Ecstasy
Toad's Sunday Mini-challange was to write a love poem between to inanimate objects, so here is my tanka between a Cup and Coaster which I've also combined with the fitting Carpe Diem prompt: Ecstasy.
As days grow colder,
our meetings fewer--shorter;
On top at long last,
let me ride to ecstasy,
until my wetness soaks through
our meetings fewer--shorter;
On top at long last,
let me ride to ecstasy,
until my wetness soaks through
Friday, July 19, 2013
Ducklings Swim
ducklings swim near the shaded banks
while otters play devious pranks
on mellifluous lake fae
evading the water spray
toads cheer from sinking lilies
for more games and sillies
as the sun scorches shaded flanks
ducklings swim away giving thanks
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| By Fr.Latreille (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons |
Real Toad's Friday prompt: Artistic Interpretation "Dog Days of Summer" with Margaret
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Open Heart Lune
open heart cradles
the entire world
rock gently
Going back to the La Lune for for dVerse and which kind of a variation on haiku for Carpe Diem.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Porch
On hot summer days
Humidity haze
Outside
Escaping sun's rays
Country music plays
Inside
Back porch cabernets
Steak, cole-slaw, and maize
Supplied
pungent thunder
sweeping me from the porch
sirens call foul
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A Lai poem for dVerse's Open Link Night and a Haiku for Carpe Diem's Special #47.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Little Red Riding Hood
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| The Red Cape - Claude Monet |
It's off to Grandmother's I go
My red hood keeps out winds that blow
The way through the forest I know
Skip to and fro, Skip to and fro
Is that a wolf I hear howling
Not a time for leisure strolling
With that low menacing growling
Must get rolling, Must get rolling
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Experimenting with a new form for today, Monotetra. Shared with Toad's open link.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Baseball Tableau
sit back and listen
as Mike calls the game
the boys of summer
are taking the field
for fun in the sun
beneath Arched gateway
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| Opening Day 2007: St. Louis Cardinals |
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Shared with Fireblossom mini challenge and Poetry Pantry.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Summer Mirage Tableau
Late day sun hitting
Back patio grill
Heat radiating
Heat radiating
Beer tastes of weekend
Cruel heat mirage
As Wednesday withers
Shared with dVerse's Poetics.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Blush
in the humid evening breeze
lovers holding hands
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| By Kor!An (Андрей Корзун) (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons |
in the stillness
between the arrival of guests
the peonies (Buson)
gossiping of love affairs
blush at the sordid details (zennjennc)
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A haiku for haiku friday and haiku heights and a tan renga for Carpe Diem. If you read them together you can tell I've been watching too much of the Syfy show Defiance, but that's not what I intended when I wrote them. ;)
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Weeping Web
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| Dew Nugget ~ by Scott Holmes |
A lack-luster lover caught
Widow's woven web trap
As Dawn dreams of day break
Delicate dew drops weep
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Shared with dVerse Form for All, which is accentual-alliteration today. I keep mine short, but I think I kept with the Bang, Bang, Bang, Crash feel. I even added some alliteration into the title :)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Haiku: Writing Courage (trio)
Only frowns dispayed
Punished for revealing
The insiders view
Excitement faded
Measured not by my talents
My words locked away
More than ten years pass
Ink and quills gathering dust
Until courage shines
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Haiku trio shared with dVerse Open Link Night and Haiku Heights #263 - Measure.
Monday, July 8, 2013
sea lullabies
the
sea
whispers
lullabies
as she rocks to sleep
sailors beneath the moonless sky |
| Setting Sun Outer Banks, NC |
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Shared with imaginary garden with real toads Open Link Monday.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Let me play a song for you
through the setting sun's protest
'Let me play a song for you'
only dusty wasps
dance to the twilight request
'Let me play a song for you'
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Linked to dVerse's Form for All: The Princess’ Poem to her Secret Love
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Twins
Match
Mirror Image
Rivaling, Cloning, Mating
Carbon Copy Alter Ego
Mirroring, Replicating, Equaling
Parallel Portrait
Twins
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Recycling this poem from April for dVerse's Entwin(n)ed Poetics because it was fun and I am lacking inspiration with the move this upcoming week. I don't know if I'll get to posting any more poetry for the rest of the month, but I'll be back in July charged with inspiration from the move and travels for poetry and haiku.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Conversation ( #5prompt #thepush #mpy )
speak to me in softness
over candlelight
reclaiming the art
of lost conversation
as the wine glass empties
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Anger Squalls
Masked
by bought and borrowed veils
Naught
but lies and tall tales;
Like
a rare ride through the dales--
Jump
track and the train derails;
Anchor
set in anger squalls
Wait
for the weak-willed wails
Berating
until faith fails
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A rhyming alliterisen poem linked to dVerse Open Link Night.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Wake Up!
Follow, follow, follow
Too busy texting
Too busy photo taking
Too busy chatting
Too busy posting
To realize the lies
To realize the misinformation
To think for themselves
Wake up from the Matrix!
Stop the oil production
Stop the natural gas production
Increase the clean air regulations-
that will cease coal production
How will you drive with no gas?
How will you charge you electric car with no coal?
How will they manufacture your iphone with no-
Petroleum based plastics?
What will millions of people do for work?
How will they feed their families?
Maybe plant their own gardens if they have a home left?
GMO's cheaper than organic?
Don't like the GMO corn?
Fine use it for fuel-
But where will we grow our food
-when all the land is used for fuel?
Some crazy who shouldn't have a gun-
shoots some people
So take away everyone's guns?
Criminals will still find a way-
Hello?! Criminal!!
Too busy Facebooking-
to know someone broke in
Take away everyone's guns-
Everyone's but the government
A government who will pass a bill without reading it!!!
These are your elected officials!!!
Did you even vote???
Too busy Instagraming?
To know the budget crisis?
Wake up!
Everyone has an agenda!
From the environmentalists to the oil producers
From the corn growers to the manufactures
From the lobbyist to the politicians
Statistics spun to favor the seller
Don't just jump on whatever is the hot ticker item for the moment
Without looking at both sides
Without looking at the bigger picture
Knowledge is power
Get your head out of the technology cloud
Do your research
Think big picture
Think long term
Think globally
Use your voice
Make a difference
This is the life we're making
This is the world we're making
For ourselves
For the next generation
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Since June is the month of Allen Ginsberg's birthday Kerry at Real Toads encouraged us to howl or rant about something we feel we needed to let off some steam about. Everyone seems to have a cause that they latch on to, but it amazes me how often people will just go along with whatever is flavor of the month issue without doing the research, without thinking about how it affects the system-locally, regionally, globally, and for future generations. I happen to be on the older side of Gen Y and it seem like a lot of us don't care or are too busy or think that our voice doesn't count-when we're the one who are going to have to live in the messed up world for the next 60-80 years. So its time for us to wake up and speak up!
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