It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day; spring is near at hand, and the mail is beginning to stir… Spring flowers in bloom Hope rides letters on the wind— Rejection season. That’s right ladies and gents, the season of rejection letters is beginning. Just got another gem of one today. Personally, I like to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Haiku/Senryu’
The Season of Letters
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, tagged Flowers, Funny, Galford, Haiku/Senryu, Hope, Nature, Observations, Poetry, Publication, Reflections, Rejection, Rejection Letters, Satire, Seasons, Senryu, Spring, Thoughts on March 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Winter-White Haiku
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Photography, Poems, tagged Cold, Haiku/Senryu, Longing, Memory, Michigan, Photography, Photomanipulation, Photos, Poetry, Rockford, Seasons, Silence, Snow, Summer, Warmth, Winter, Winter Photography on January 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Cold…so cold. High of 14 today. Inside writing, doing my best to hide from the chill. Not as much snow as in the photo – the picture’s from back in 2009 – but the wind and the ice don’t make things any better. On the bright side, a little cocoa and some tiny marshmallows do [...]
Haiku
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Photography, Poems, tagged Beaumont Tower, Color, Death, Flowers, Haiku/Senryu, Life, Nature, Observations, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflections, Seasons, Sleep, Snow, Spring, Thoughts, Winter on January 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Woke this morning with thoughts of Winter playing in my head – and a sheen of ice outside my window that stretched from home to street and all the roads beyond. Reflecting on the beauty of the colorful Spring past, this little thing popped into my head: Waiting to dream life Color sleeps beneath the [...]
Haiku
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, tagged Clouds, Darkness, Distance, Fire, Haiku/Senryu, Haikus, Leslie Moon, Light, Observations, One Stop Poetry, One Stop Poetry Form, Photo Prompt, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Rain, Seasonal, Seasons, Shadows, Sound, Summer on January 3, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Clouds veil summer light The sound of rain distant rise Shadowed flames leaking. *For One Stop Poetry’s first ever One Stop Poetry Form…today’s subject: Haiku.
Homeless Holidays
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, Thoughts, tagged Alternative, Carolers, Charity, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Family, Forgotten, Friends, Haiku/Senryu, Holidays, Homeless, Humanity, Ignoring, Luxury, Memories, Noise, People, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Society, Tendencies, Thoughts, Unemployed, Unfortunate, Writing on December 24, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Too often this time of year, it is habit and standard to think of those closest to our hearts, those we love and cherish and hold above all others. We think of those presents we wish to give them, the smiles on their faces. We think of the cheer on their faces and let it [...]
Holiday Mornings
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, tagged Christmas, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tree, Cocoa, Haiku/Senryu, Holidays, Hot Chocolate, Morning, Ornaments, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Silly, Waking, Writing on December 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Laser-light waking Dancers spin to winter globes– Cocoa steams the notes.
Shooting Stars
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, tagged Brail, Galaxy, Haiku/Senryu, Haikus, Hope, Knowing, Knowledge, Luck, Monday Poetry Potluck, Observations, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Reading, Reflections, Shooting Stars, Space, Stargazing, Stars, Thoughts, Truth, Universe, Writing on December 20, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Shooting stars for luck Tiny fire braille heralds truth Yet always: falling.
Silly Internetz
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, tagged Al Gore, Comedy, Funny, Haiku/Senryu, Internet, Internets, Interweb, Laughter, Modern, Observations, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Reflections, Silly, Society, System of Tubes, Ted Stevens, Thoughts, Trolling, Twitter, Web on December 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Because sometimes I just want to be silly: Twittered about Trolls in that fine system of tubes– Al Gore had a laugh.
Never seen Mountains
Posted in Haiku/Senryu, Poems, tagged Being, Body, Discovery, Haiku/Senryu, Jingle, Journey, Kavita, Knowing, Knowledge, Learning, Mountains, Nature, Never seen Mountains, Observations, People, Philosophy, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Pots, Reflections, Soul, Spirituality, Struggle, Thoughts, Thursday Poets Rally, Wisdom on December 2, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Keeping to a “short but sweet” theme that seems to be overarching my poetry this week, I give you a Haiku. Enjoy: Never seen Mountains; the inner is higher than without: nothing known. And by the by, as a part of that, I nominate Kavita! Read any of her stuff. You’ll quickly figure out [...]
