snow in the flowers
has all too quickly become
flowers in the snow
–photo by me
haiku 130
Tag: poetry
earth
o mother earth
giver of all life
you wear your
jewel-encrusted
flowing blue robe
like a great queen
your shimmering
emerald auroras
crown your brow
with ghostly tiaras
you are a tiny isle
of life in a vast
ocean of death
you are a bright
sky-blue tv screen
in a pitch-black
living room
they say that those
who’ve seen your
sphere of life
against the utter
emptiness
of space are
forever changed
shatner cried
hikewise (tanka)
if you go hiking
to get away from it all–
you’ll bring it with you
be out there to be out there
and for no other reason
–photo by me
bad candidates
when going to the polls
let us open our eyes
to the self-serving souls
of the wolves in disguise–
instead of debating
they keep pushing lies
creating more hating
to our nation’s demise
water nymphs (shadorma)
water nymphs
gather on the lakes
like a mist
before dawn,
but as soon as morning breaks
they are quickly gone
–photo by aaron
Limerick 43
It looks quite benign at first glance
But a bog is a deadly expanse–
If you step off the deck
You’ll be up to your neck
In a carpet of meat-eating plants
–Photos by me
secrets (tanka)
deep in the forest
our secrets are still not safe
from the babbling brook
if we want to keep secrets
we must hide them from ourselves
–photo by me
haiku 129
leaves are most lovely
when the beholder knows that
they’ll all soon be gone
–photo/art by me
versification (archives)
inspiration
find a view
imagination
stir the stew
exasperation
what to do
determination
see it through
publication
start anew
–photo by me
shot of the day 9/17/22
while hiking through
a land unseen,
i stumbled on a view
where luscious hills
of verdant green
encradle waters blue
–photo by me
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