Tag: Poem

#Tan Renga: Chestnut

autumn moonlight a worm digs silently into the chestnut © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) boring a path to soft heart ravaged kernel shakes in wind ©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg Carpe Diem: #1659 Tan Renga Chestnut

Theory of Love

Where is love today?Withering awayPassionHolding hearts at bayEmotions blur, greyAshenIntimacy swaysWhen one is betrayed Commitment decaysSouls become dismayedCrashingBurning in the frayNothing left but prayPassionWithering awayWhere is love today? dVerse Poetics: Theories of Everything and Anything

#Haiku: Trees Newly Green

fresh growth on bare limbs life bursts forth from dormancy brilliant green of spring Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #84

Earth-bound

I dare not question why blackbirds can rise upinto an iridescent turquoise skysoaring high above our mortal heads. Birds have brilliant wings and sing, while earth-bound you and I with lead feet heavy on solid ground can only talk, walk and run. dVerse Poet… Continue Reading “Earth-bound”

Lovers in Dystopia

He offers her red- poisoned fruit tainted with Satan’s brand while she looks on with pleasure at her dystopian land For here in this deadly contaminated state there is only agony and pain caused by the fall of man so woman takes his rib,… Continue Reading “Lovers in Dystopia”

#Haiku: Lightning

battle ready sky bony fingers scratch dry earth desert storm looming I am Jann Doe: Writing prompt Lightning

#Haiku: Blossom Haze

heady perfumed haze spring’s citrus-honey essence- magnolia blossom Frank J. Tassone: Haikai Challenge #83