Payday...
Another prompt driven poem.... count pennies and nickels and all the dimes I can find Thankful for quarters A dollar scraped together for MacD's coffee. Just a few more days to wait. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Snapshots...
Writing for a contest with title prompts....Not sure why....Oh well. Think I will try out tanka for this. Tanka is a little longer form poem than either haiku or senryu. Snapshots A moment in time captured for posterity extending image, my little children playing I am stuck for a last line....Ahhhh....tis so late I may have to leave this for now.... moments lost in time captured for posterity extended image my little children playing even though they are grown and gone Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 11, 2008
It is Friday...
Fabulous Friday.... What a crazy day....what could be fabulous about the wildly busy day....Ahhhhhhh! wild with end of the week stuff Thank God, the week is over Fabulous Friday, work wild with end of week stuff. Thank God, day is done.... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Raining and raining and raining...
rain rain go away come again? which other day? Oh bother. Just stay Rain, rain go away Come again? Which other day? Oh bother! Just stay. WOW! I think a wrote the first draft then the poem in two minutes. Guess I haven't lost my knack. Will have to ponder the poem for a while, and maybe revise a word here or there. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
poem in progress...a senryu, me thinks
....middle of the week light at end of the tunnel worst over It's hump day Wednesday Middle of the week. End-of-tunnel light seen. Worst over. It's hump day! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Work in progress...
I always think about trying to write a daily haiku, senryu or tanka, but don't get it going. These days I am more consistently at a computer keyboard rather than having a notebook on hand. If I try to keep a notebook with me, I invariably set it down somewhere only to run across it weeks later........So maybe I can play with drafts of daily poems on this site.........cloudy dreary day promised rain, delivering only brief downpours..... cloudy dreary day promises rain, delivers briefest of... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Winter's End...
Winter's End Pink and purple hue painting new day's horizon. Spring flowers come next. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
A summer haiku....
...maybe the first of several... Summer Scene Small gray speckled bird in outdoor cafe. See him fly by with french fry. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, April 30, 2007
(A tanka - a Japanese form of poetry)
Our Labrador runs two miles to nearest neighbors, then carries their pet's full dog dish all the way home. She lies down to eat morsels. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
another new poem
Boredom Lie down on the ground. Peer steadily at each blade - watching the grass grow. (This is a Japanese form of poetry called senryu) Sign in to see full entry.