Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
“Darkness came, full of moths and beetles. I was oppressed by the velvety emptiness of the word and swathes of soft grass. Then the fumes of the night put me to sleep.”- Laurie Lee Night’s ink spills into my haunted garden while torchlights flicker… Continue Reading “So I Sleep”
From my writing room, I have a view of the front garden. The sun is rising in a pale pink sky and peeks through my window, creating rainbows from the hanging prisms. It is here, in this magical place where I watch the panorama… Continue Reading “#Haibun: Summer Feeding”
silently ringing- choral with midsummer rain bell flower fushcia Frank J. Tassone #Haikai Challenge # 91 Midsummer Rain
Scorching summer did not come calling as it has in years past instead, it seemed to sneak in with quiet rustling feetbetween long shadows dancing on seeded rye grassand red-ripe tomatoes hanging heavy on the vine. The buttery summer squash gleams in brilliant sunits… Continue Reading “Quiescent Summer”
to listen,cicadas singing in treeshot summer evening fine not to listen, fine too…night chorus in the gardencrickets chirping song nightingalesinging a sweet ariaunder the moonlight Author’s Note: It’s Troiku Month at Carpe Diem, where we are given a haiku from which to create our… Continue Reading “#Troiku: Nightingale”
steamy nightstorm on western horizonsummer downpour comes fireflieslighting the verdant wet fieldtwinkling stars on earth out in the raindancing with wild abandoncool mist on bare skin Author’s Note: The haiku Kristjaan gave us to create our Troiku: steamy nightfirefliesout in the rain © Jim… Continue Reading “#Troiku: Fireflies”
Now in these dark days that follow when death has trod along the pathlaying bare souls, bleeding us hollow leaving behind an anguished wrath We seek solace in this black gloom sharing memories of our friendhis smile could light a darkened room a life… Continue Reading “Now In These Dark Days”
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