Bird in the hand
the saddest thing
I listen to
the busy spring bush
and wish for the cages
to spring open
the clipped wings to be made whole
for the pinioned sky to sing.
Tag: micropoetry
wild
wild night to be out
blustering warm
and on the hill
the eerie cry of a vixen
carried in the mouth of the wind
Cinquain: Violets
This cinquain is for Colleen Chesebro’s challenge.
Wonder
in falling rain,
the rage of wind roaring—
at my feet, violets in damp
grass grow.
Daily poem: Essence 16
No moon this night of cloud,
no light on river loud.
Starfall
For the dverse prompt, a short poem that possibly belongs in a form but I can’t remember which.
Take a star,
drop it in a pool,
watch the glow spread,
ripples of
firelight—see the echo
in the sky above.
In the following, I have turned it into a cinquain.
Starfall,
dropped in a pool,
ripples of firelight—
I hear the echo in the sky
above.
Daily poem: Cherita 5
I should have posted this one yesterday…
Child is home,
drinking coffee
by the fire,
cat on lap
says, glad
to have you back.
Tanka Tuesday: Spring search
Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday challenge is to use synonyms for the words Bond and Seek.
Tie up the sky tight
with wind gusts, hawk swoops and watch
sunlight break the clouds.
I look for spring in damp earth,
among shooting daffodils.
Tanka Tuesday: Oak earth
For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday prompt. The words to work around are Play & Guess.
Wind riffles the leaves,
long dead and drifting, hiding
acorns, winter feast.
I wonder how many trees,
this deep earth can bring to birth.
Tanka Tuesday: Storm cloud
A tanka for Colleen’s weekly prompt. Words I haven’t used
Destination & Guide
Too full the sky, too
heavy with cloud and crow birds,
breaking sweet silence.
This path we follow through storm
and glimpsed sun will have an end.
Tanka Tuesday: Acorns
For Colleen Chesebro’s poetry challenge. This week’s word prompts are Bells & Past.
Photo©Ewen Roberts
Acorn cups empty,
oak mast fallen, carpeting
dry earth. No bells ring.
Once, this time was electric,
the past chimes with memories.