Ah the moonlight shines downHear the hoot of the owlA lovely sound within the nightTo some it does give frightNot to me I am quite safeTo a mouse fright should causeFor it’s life could soon be a loss A dVerse prompt: Give a hoot about the rules and write us a poem of exactly 44Continue reading “Hoot Goes the Owl”
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Tilting Away & Towards The Sun
I look outside my windowSnow falls downLike the down feathers of the fleeing geese gone for winterCold bites through me as I turn away from the sunThe dance remains the same from millenia to milleniaAs we dance through the cosmos revolving one around the otherI circle you yet it is coldest when I am closer.IContinue reading “Tilting Away & Towards The Sun”
From The Dirt
Got here from the dirtYou mean the mud?No, mud had waterWe had none.Salt of the earthCause our fields were saltedKilling crops, growing on nothin’.Hard packed soilMade into clayBuilding walls to make us stay.Going down by the river Jordan?Nah, we keep our feet in the soilTouching grassCause we working off our assReach up to the skyKissContinue reading “From The Dirt”
Shades
Shades Black and whiteWhy hast thou forsaken me? No colorThe rainbow does not fill the page All the discourse seems black and whiteWhere are the shades? Nuance paints within the greysStark lines No curves or bendsInorganic ArtificialNot like the tides or the waves It makes me sadLike Jesus within the garden He weptShadesBlack and whiteNoContinue reading “Shades”
Comic Book Sans
Zing! Bang! Boom! Do that thing you do. That supercalifragilistic, bombastic, pop ‘em in the lip shtick. Batguy or superwhirl, spiderfan or wander female I marvel at your decency Better you, couldn’t be me. With power comes responsibility All it takes is one day. A dVerse Quadrille with zing. The prompt: Just pen us aContinue reading “Comic Book Sans”
A Hint of Longing
The hint of jasmine a memory of youRolling through my sensesThunder after the rainVanilla wafts with the breezeCombined make melancholy of memoriesBetrayed by scents, my sense left, since you leftA hint of longing I lay upon your doorstep A Quadrille prompt from dVerse. Write a 44 word poem with the word hint in it. IContinue reading “A Hint of Longing”
I Know Not But You
I know not the stars for they hang too high within the sky,Yet I know your eyesThe depths of the ocean I have not traversedYet I feel depth of my longing for youThe heat of July’s dessert’s sun has not burned itself upon my skinBut I’ve felt the heat between us dance upon my bodyIContinue reading “I Know Not But You”
Finding The Face of God
The blazing sun stood in the sky like a sentinel; cold unfeeling, waiting for those under its gaze to die. “Why are we out in this heat?” whined Charley. “We’re getting treasure,” replied Justin. I shook my head. Charley loved to wine and dine the old ladies. That he would sweet talk them out ofContinue reading “Finding The Face of God”
Fragile: A Burning Haibun
Fragile by StingIf blood will flow when flesh and steel are oneDrying in the color of the evening sunTomorrow’s rain will wash the stains awayBut something in our minds will always stayPerhaps this final act was meantTo clinch a lifetime’s argumentThat nothing comes from violence and nothing ever couldFor all those born beneath an angryContinue reading “Fragile: A Burning Haibun”
My Misfit Toy
BangIt goesAgainst the wallShattered piecesBroken Bang Loud crash I couldn’t bear To hear screams Bouncing around EchoesToyWith meMy emotions emptyMy words meaninglessSyllables ofNothing Drum Into my Pounding, pulsing brain Angry cries love Misfit Toy Another dVerse Quadrille prompt, this time you must write a poem of exactly 44 words including the word “bang”. Hope youContinue reading “My Misfit Toy”
