Tag: poetry

  • Water Psalm

    Water Psalm

    Flow is my nature. I am uncontained. I am contained by legions. But my essence is gift, and from my self-donation life follows. Can you endure long without my self-gifting? Three days? Five? The Bedouins understand how precious I am. They value me beyond gold, and for good reason. True, my giving can come in…

  • #Haiku (11/28/23)

    #Haiku (11/28/23)

    11/28/23: algebra November chill… I remember team-teaching Algebra I #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Unexpected Transitions

    Unexpected Transitions

    Who could sketch this? The light of a waning gibbous through an upper-windowpane. The illumination of a decorated, artificial Christmas tree. The chilly draft in the sun room from the windows within three walls. Seriously, who could? the difference a year makes cold night Mish hosts Quadrille #190 over at dVerse, where we write using…

  • #Haiku (11/27/23)

    #Haiku (11/27/23)

    11/27/23: icicle waning gibbous gleaming in moonlight icicles #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (11/26/23)

    #Haiku (11/26/23)

    11/26/23: mountain range sea gull cry missing the Ramapos again #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiga (11/25/23)

  • This Thanksgiving, 2023

    This Thanksgiving, 2023

    Filet mignon. Barbequed ribs. Chicken legs. A paella or mariscara. Multiple starches, of course. And Turkey. Can’t do this Holiday without that big bird, right? Most important of all: family. Both those gathered ’round the table, celebrating seperately, or beyond the veil. flowing in abundance gratitude A thanksgiving haibun for dVerse Poets’ OLN (pubtended by…

  • “trembling leaves…” a #tanka (11/23/23)

    “trembling leaves…” a #tanka (11/23/23)

    11/23/23: home trembling leaves outside our new home this Thanksgiving gratitude for sharing this life with you #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#happythanksgiving2023