Surprise lillies produce green leaves in early spring that wither away and the flowers arrive in late July, pink on two foot tall leafless stems. These two foot stems grow overnight, hence “surprise” lilly, holding four to six pale pink flowers. In another poem from my old blog I described them as seashells on a […]
Tiny Hands (NaPoWriMo day 1)
I have twelve children Each one named for a month of the year January February March and so on Here come the girls April May and June I call my children sweetheart precious darlin’ even when they aren’t I cradle each creation like they are my own even when they aren’t I talk earnestly with […]
Haibun Road/Cactus Haiku challenge
An hour run in the neighborhood before sunrise is peaceful. Brings peace. Peaceful power. The power of peace. An hour run in the neighborhood before sunrise. Before cars. Before school buses. Before dog walkers. Before striving. Before the sun. The road. The breath. The moon. Before the sun. Before the sunrise Road Breath Moon Run […]
Umbra or Umber
Blank page White page Gray sky Variegated sky Brown table Grained table Ground coffee Black coffee Yellow violet Clay pot Umbra pot What is umbra? Okay, dull red pot Blue coffee cup Blue coffee machine light Grinder Roaster Rooster Percolator Booster Mooster– the rooster with the mooster put some bread in the tooster his cousins […]
RonovanWrites weekly haiku poetry prompt challenge #246
Singing spring awake With their narrow minded songs The sun and sparrow
Purple Glass/Sabi Saturday week 2
My mother collected purple glass. Let me rephrase that. My mother COLLECTED PURPLE GLASS. The mantle was full of bowls, carafes, vases and chunks of purple glass. There was too much purple glass for just the mantle, the stuff was lined up on a desk next to the fireplace. Some glass was new, some antique, […]
Haibun Road week 4
Sometimes a bird flies through an open window and is difficult to persuade to leave. The bird and you flap around the room in confusion forgetting in your preoccupation that it would be better to settle down in sparse miracle. Sparrow in the house Flapping kitchen confusion Miracle of flight
