she the reason for his smile
he the reason for her song
they in-tune turn the pages
harmony laughs along
watch their seasoned dance
dazzle misty night
the moon knows the reason
electricity takes a spike
Tag: anniversary
Search #poetry #blogginganniversary
What are you searching for? We are all looking for something: love, fame, a change, meaning to life. Don’t lose yourself as you are searching. Some of us do and then frantically have to find our way back. If you are a writer, express yourself and keep it fresh. If you are a painter, give yourself to the canvas. An athlete, put your heart and soul into the training. For every challenge keep aiming toward the finish line.
Simply put: search but don’t get lost!!!!
Looking for the start
path hasn’t been used in years
so many endings
I created a haibun from my very first wordpress blog post Six years ago today! Not much has changed – I like so many are still searching. If anything, the answers are more clouded and frayed. And thank you to dear friends (you know who you are) – you have kept me inspired when giving up looked like the only option.
“Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD’S anger.” ~ Zephaniah 2:3
Dawn’s Love #poetry #love
Too warm in your arms to form poetry
feasting on the heat in your eyes
chilly are the moments without you
left to focus on dawn’s skys
send me a rose when you’re thinking
about how you will miss me too
warm on the fire of memory
write of our love in haiku
rose imprint
snow too soon will forget
all memories
Plop… #friendship #haiku
walk river edges
circles ripple and collide
full of skipping stones
This haiku the theme River Stones is dedicated to each of the fantastic people (friends) at Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem.
This Haiku is full of symbols: River edges = life, ripple = friendship, skipping stones=haiku
Thanks to Kristjaan Panneman for creating an environment full of warm ripples and skipping stones.
Back at the Start #anniversary #blogging #thankyou
Thanks to each of you who have encouraged me (since 2009) to write and re-discover my love for poetry and find the art of haiku a delight.
If you know anything about me, you know I am a writer (children’s primarily) and an editor. This blog and the people I have been so fortunate to meet here have inspired me to express myself through poetry and more recently through photography and haiku.
Each of you will never know how much I appreciate your encouragement through the years. I give you a thank you from the depth of my heart.
Here’s to another year of inspiration and art with friends – Cheers!!
This poem (updated) is the first poem I posted on this WordPress blog. The original is archived here.
La Luna she is clothed
shimmery ivory white
she dances and she sways
the ritornelle at night
She gazes past her shoulder
reflection does she see
beams a fanciful knowing
an ageless beauty
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All who gaze upon her
delight at that profile
at evening lights their pathway
with her glowing smile
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La Luna is enshrouded
cloaked in deepest dark nest
surrounded by a silence
shivering emptiness
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No audience to marvel
her beauty in the wings
No chorus as she dances
she alone – no voice to sing
Read This in the Morning #poetry
Read this in the morning
as you push away my hair
my eyes are not yet open
fingers gently care
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Read this in the morning
as you pull away at dawn
the coffee’s set and brewing
the haze is not yet gone
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Read this in the morning
as you steady climb the hill
traffic keeps your focus
leaving me against your will
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Read this in the morning
as you slide into your seat
your love is softly dreaming
our lips in them will meet
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Read this in the morning
smile at my picture there
our love like a flower blooming
life together gladly shared
