Japanese Tanka
“Exhaustion” One... last... hushed...droplet from rooftop ice surrenders its frozen voice as mutterings of wing`ed things push pale winter into spring Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A seize the day poem...
Haiku: I seize October's swirling leaves; my arms full of fire, red and golden. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
I wrote this over a year ago, before I learned to write a sonnet...
so it flows, naturally, with no counting- was about a loss...many years ago. "Why Are You So Silent, Jackleen?" While she is sleeping and snuggling with me, I hold her tiny, warm feet to my breast. No baby noise do I hear as she breathes, No sound is heard as my rocker did rest. Like a fading... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Bird Talk. Hey, CC. What kind of a bird are you?
Come Fly With Serendipity I am a bird, quite indescriminate. I'm not an ornithologist, you see. I met him at a rhyming online blurt. We flew in tandem, temporarily. I did not ask his past; nor did I flirt; One does not delve into such idle chatter. I found this feathered bird a tempting tease. Until... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Still in class over at the Uof Penn.
Gertrude Stein the new subject of our Modern Poetry Course. She's not my favorite. Her poetry about as lithe as a horse! Her neighing goes on forever and forever. She just keeps neighing! And thinks she's clever. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Birthday Card for Annicita...
Like the dropped petal of a rose God knows each of us... So with mirth Celebrate Annicita's Birth! Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Another tornado; my opinion: god had nothing to do with it...
The Tornado The children wear their finest Easter bonnet they rise to sing their song with their mama They twitter as the birds and born their sonnet as whirling winds begin to blow, blow, blow! The small church beamed, atop a steep hillside and those who entered, filled with such a joy. For... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
the German "minnesang" ( or lovesong)
"Minnesang" My eyes are filled with tears and in disgrace; My lady shows her love with strong disguise. She cast a dismal eye upon my face; My loyalty to her will 'ner survive. She cast a loving glance upon my horse. And now my horse seems traitor to my course. Oh, earth will groan, complain a... Sign in to see full entry.
A little philosophy...
“The Keys to Wisdom" Mystics foretell of many codes broken; Antique faces exclaim from their headstones. Angel voices harmonic have spoken Man longs to belong to a circle known. Ancient stone statues pitched backward to lean, Stare with solemn eyes the cosmos to see; Holographic, marvel at... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
My Place in the Cosmos
"I am" I am dusty, swirling singularity spun through fierce amplification of wormhole. Sign in to see full entry.