Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/14/18)

    4/14/18: persimmon dawn birdsongs a burnt tongue after a sip of persimmon tea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018

  • A Haikai Ars Poetica

      The tai chi windchime’s melody plays without ceasing. Spindly, naked branches atop towering locus trees sway. Grasshoppers chirp in a choral counterpoint to the bass drone of the Friday evening rush-hour. Shrivelled, potted daffidils bathe in the late afternoon sun. A hawk soars in a tight circle high above the tallest Locus. The warmest…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    Yankees’ losing streak — that New York Giant must not hold out! #haikuchallenge (giant) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/13/18)

    4/13/18: ceramic Spring visit yet another of his ceramic cups #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018 13/30

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    croaking bullfrogs — dreading a chance of snow in the next forecast #haikuchallenge (chance) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Domestic Landscape: a #haibun

      Walk down Victory Road. The Ramapo Mountains rise above the cluster of Maples around the Mahwah River. Trees line the front yards of the diverse houses flanking the street. They are an aboreal honor guard for passersby. Their sunburst colors in Autumn will arrest you in your tracks. Close your mouth before the flies…

  • #Throwdown Thursday (4/12/18): Shepherd’s Call…my latest #haibun on .@ImageCurve

    Shepherd’s Call     Each year, The Catholic Church celebrates Christ the Good Shepherd. A common Gospel reading for that Sunday Liturgy is the Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ calls himself “the good Shepherd.” (John 10: 14) and says that his sheep “hear my voice.” (John 10:27) What do I hear? The tweets,…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/12/18)

    4/12/18: garden(s) morning light in the bare garden beds deer tracks #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo201812/30