Tag: poetry
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#Throwdown Thursday (2/8/18): my latest #haibun #poetry on .@ImageCurve
Weekend-feeling Weekday Sharon Van Etten’s Taking Chances croons in my earbuds. Late afternoon heat breaks, and a pale-blue sky remains at sunset. Some cardinal flies from branch to branch, as the hoot of an early-rising owl sounds. More songs play, while twilight descends, and our nightlight turns on. Last birdsongs. My hand slaps my leg…
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#nahaiwrimo #3 (2/8/18) #haiku
winter sunset … last Our Father prayed at their grave #haikuchallenge (our) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#nahaiwrimo #2 (2/8/18) #haiku
2/8/18: Mother that day in May — my brother’s tear after kissing Mom goodbye #nahaiwrimo #myhaikupond #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#nahaiwrimo #1 (2/8/18) #haiku
2/8/18: paintbox snow day his unused paintbox given away #nahaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#nahaiwrimo #3 (2/7/18) #haiku
snowfall — the struggle to solve for X before the bell rings #haikuchallenge (solve) #naihaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Of Love and Struggle: a #tankaprose…#tanka #haiku #poetry
(Alexander Bruckmann Allegorie des Fruehlings 1842) chosen fate a life put to the test for the final time “If you are the son of God…” Devil’s words in the crowd’s mouth Life is not without it’s sense of irony. Valentin’s day falls on Ash Wednesday this year. The day celebrating romantic love coincides…
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The Old Neighborhood: A #haibun…#haiku #poetry
(courtesy of the New York Times, October 2, 2016) The Sleepy Hollow, New York neighborhood of Webber Park lies between a bend in Route 9 and the historical Sleepy Hollow Cemetary and Old Dutch Church. It’s across the State road from the equally historical Phillipsburg Manor. Multi-family homes on small lots flank the warren…
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#nahaiwrimo #2 (2/7/18) #haiku
2/7/18: passing train morning coffee … train and traffic noise passing through the storm door #nahaiwrimo #myhaikupond #haiku #micropoetry #poetry