Tag: Poetry

#Haiku: Summer Love Scenes

summer love dreamingthunderstorm over oceanraindrops on dry beach clouds darken seashoregathering shells in tide poolsmaking love in rain in the garden shadewaterfall cascades to poolsmoothing colored stones seductive french kissin a field of sunflowerslove shadow dancing Carpe Diem Hakiu Kai: Summer Love #1713… a… Continue Reading “#Haiku: Summer Love Scenes”

#Haiku: Twilight

day fading away twilight wears velvet slippers tiptoes into night Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1712 Twilight

These Hands

Hands freckled from brilliant sun, a whole lifetime spent being a momwiping tears from dirty cheeks, soothing bleeding scraped knees. These hands, now wrinkled with age still toiling in the gardenwriting and composinga rich life ’til another turn of the page dVerse Poets Pub:… Continue Reading “These Hands”

#Haiku: Cicadas

blazing hazy day cicadas boisterous hum summer’s heartbeat song Frank J. Tassone: Hakai Challenge # 96 Cicadas

To be the River

Subtlenature’s movementwhen deep dark rivers glidethrough rolling hills and lush valleystranquilsmooth stones buried in shifting sandOh! to be the riverto understandlife’s flow. Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge: #137 Kind & Shift Author’s Note: With Colleen’s Challenge, we are to use synonyms for Kind & Shift-… Continue Reading “To be the River”

When the Evening is Still

“Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.” –Joyce Carol Oates Another oppressive day watching the world go by as I sit insideeven when the sizzling sun sets red, low in the western skystill there will be… Continue Reading “When the Evening is Still”

#Troiku: Flowers

depth of a flowerhidden pleasures for honeybeesburied in petals flying away with the beea trail of bright yellow flecksfloats on summer wind some mysteryin the hive, sweet miraclerich amber honey Carpe Diem Maiku Kai: #1711 Flowers- Troiku Author’s Note: Here is the haiku we… Continue Reading “#Troiku: Flowers”