Tag: poetry

  • #Haiku (5/23/24)

    #Haiku (5/23/24)

    5/23/24: charcoal the aroma of burning charcoal soundside walk #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Such Transience

    Such Transience

    The Cherry Blossoms that so delighted us rained down on the grass below. As more green foliage grew in, more blossoms fell to join the fallen. Only two weeks after peak bloom, not a blossom remains. Almost 28 years ago, A 23-year-old me stepped into his first classroom as a teaching assistant in a suburban…

  • “early morning…” a #tanka (5/22/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

    “early morning…” a #tanka (5/22/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

    5/22/24: bridge early morning “like a bridge over troubled water” playing again and again #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka

  • #Haiku (5/22/24)

    #Haiku (5/22/24)

    5/22/24: fossil moonrise an exposed fossil bathed in light #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “skidding…” a #tanka (5/20/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

    “skidding…” a #tanka (5/20/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

    5/20/24: gravel skidding my bike on gravel always seeking a shortcut #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka

  • #Haiku (5/20/24)

    #Haiku (5/20/24)

    5/20/24: pebble beginning with a pebble … landslide #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Old Friend

    Old Friend

    We met at St. Augustine’s School in the last days of fourth grade. You became my best friend during a time when I had none. We carried each other through our middle school years. Sure, we hit our road bumps through high school, hanging with different cliques. But we managed to hang together through college,…

  • #Haiku (5/18/24)

    #Haiku (5/18/24)

    5/18/24: riptide riptide carrying a child  out to sea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry