Tag: poetry

  • #Haiku (3/6/24)

    #Haiku (3/6/24)

    3/6/24: Dune Muad’Dib’s Arrakean dream this downpour #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Three-Lake Loop

    Three-Lake Loop

    Sunday. A March day in the 50s (F). We forego our Zazen sit to hike an 8-mile loop in Fahnestock State Park. Dormant Maples and Birches greet us as we traverse the opening leg of the first trail. We skirt the edge of the first of multiple marshes we encounter. A winding ascent brings us…

  • “cold rain…” a #tanka (3/5/24)

    “cold rain…” a #tanka (3/5/24)

    3/5/24: storm cold rain headlights reflect off the street yet from the kitchen the thock of her knife #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (3/5/24)

    #Haiku (3/5/24)

    3/25/24: ocean spring rain a longing to float in the Atlantic #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • An Unwise Disturbance

    An Unwise Disturbance

    They should’ve let me sleep. They could have. A short slumber is all I asked. A brief respite of time in which to pretend I was human. But no. They awakened me. So now, they pay! whirling limbs the folly of dances with dragons Punam tends Quadrille #196 over at dVerse Poets Pub. There, we…

  • “in the middle…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/4/24)

    “in the middle…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/4/24)

    3/4/24: alarm in the middle of our co-planning the fire alarm another recital of “the best laid plans…” #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (3/4/24)

    #Haiku (3/4/24)

    3/4/24: river gliding sea gull a longing look at the Hudson #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Unrealized Disasters

    Unrealized Disasters

    A pair of headlights reflect off the rain-soaked street. Bird cries sound in the distance. The naked branch-ends of the Cherry Tree next door tremble like the swaying fingers of concert fans. The terrible things that I went through this week never happened. Somewhere in Elmira, New York’s Woodlawn Cemetary, Mark Twain is laughing his…