if you want to know
what kind of person you are,
there’s a simple rule:
if you help others, you cool;
if you hurt others, you fool.
–photo by me
tanka tuesday 10/13/26
Tag: photo
haiku 206
a grassy meadow
bathed in soft morning sunshine
lends hope to the day
–photo by me
hues of happiness
i match our ‘happy hormones’
to the trees of late september;
it makes their scientific names
less painful to remember.
*
the yellow trees are dopamine,
the orange are serotonin,
the green ones are the endorphins,
and reds are oxytocin.
*
repeat this once or twice a day,
and pretty soon you’ll see
that oftentimes a little rhyme
enhances memory.
–photo by me
better view
weary of reality
i ride out to its edge
there, i smoke a little herb
and leap right off the ledge
my flailing arms turn into wings
i soar into the blue
and high above reality
i find a better view
–photo by me
limerick 96
i was having some warm butter pie
when i saw something dark flutter by,
and it gave me a fright
so i turned up the light–
it was only an orange butterfly!
–photo by me
meteor shower shadorma
the stars are
falling all around;
i cannot
help but smile.
you may want to go to town–
me? i’ll wait awhile.
–photo by son aaron
sunday thoughts 9/13/26
they say dark matter’s all around–
it can’t be seen; it makes no sound.
yes, you can look, but you won’t see
it’s amplitude nor frequency.
although it e’er remains unseen,
it can be felt, like gravity.
i find these facts a little odd–
dark matter acts a bit like god.
–photo by me
september scene
school buses and geese
amass for final review
before heading out
–photo by me
lost in the fray
my daughter is a grandmother
my son is turning grey
and autumn’s come around again–
the timer ticks away
still, the answers elude me
i am lost in the fray
but i’m starting to suspect that
it’s all designed that way
–photo by me
fleeting beauty (tanka)
shoreline flowers that
can see their own reflection
are both blessed and cursed–
they’re blessed at their blooming best
and cursed at their withered worst
–photo by son aaron
