Month: January 2019

Red Lantern Year

Stuffing my worries into the red lantern setting them loose to roam the fresh airsending them packing, never to returnmy approach to this year- laissez-faire! I’ll treasure the days, the minutes, the hours anticipating a beautiful butterfly’s birthgreeting silvery moon with bundles of flowerswhile… Continue Reading “Red Lantern Year”

Withering Leaves

hoar frost dusted earth- withering leaves curl inward sheltering their heart Carpe Diem: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/01/carpe-diem-1586-withered-leaves.html

Spring Day

blue bird melody wafting on the soft spring breeze- pink petals floating Heeding Haiku MLMM: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-january-16th-2019-first-day-of-spring/

Those You Left Behind

I’m going now, so I bid you good-bye if you like, you can read about my demise in the Sunday paperA tragic dramatic ending to my sordid life I leave no note but know I go so not to cause more strife to those… Continue Reading “Those You Left Behind”

Icicles

frozen blue cavern opaque icicles draping fantasy in ice Carpe Diem: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/01/carpe-diem-1585-icicles-tsurara.html

Colleen’s 2019 #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge Recap No. 118, “Begin & Fresh,” #SynonymsOnly

Good Morning! I am so honored to have been chosen as Poet of the Week for Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. If you haven’t tried it yet, please check it out. Colleen posts a new challenge weekly with two words. Here’s the catch; you must… Continue Reading “Colleen’s 2019 #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge Recap No. 118, “Begin & Fresh,” #SynonymsOnly”

The Real Me

Once in the mirror I saw a sepia inked versionpleading to me for change like a beggar on the street. So I picked up my pen and papercomposed a poem to the real me.Now, I live and breath… in vivid technicolor. dVerse Quadrille: https://dversepoets.com/2019/01/14/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-quadrille-71/