Category Archives: Poem

Resilience

Time was such an elusive idea Slipping through grasping fingers End of days incomplete Suddenly I find time staring me down Challenging my resilience In my new found freedom  Retirement alters the power of time Malleable as putty To be molded anew Time was such an elusive idea Challenging my resilience   To be molded anewContinue reading “Resilience”

A Haibun: Every Summer

Each summer, I gaze into the bright face of a sunflower and vow to plant some in my garden. Spring arrives… I ready my flowerbeds, go to the local nursery and buy the usual vegetables and annuals.  Deep summer arrives and I see sunflowers…  in somebody else’s garden. Faces shine brightly To rival the summerContinue reading “A Haibun: Every Summer”

Kingbirds

Flycatchers abound Balmy afternoon By southeastern lake They fly around me Swooping and darting One lands finally An eastern kingbird Perched high in a tree  Next day undeterredI walk by a swampAnd for goodness sake It’s a gray kingbird That swoops from the sky It may be absurd Is the app faulty? Same bird possibly dVerseContinue reading “Kingbirds”

Cottage on the Pond

Childhood revisited Pond-side summer cottage Just where it was so many years ago Rowboats and canoes Dock jumping at rustic community beaches  Barefoot freedom through green pastures and hardwood forests (yes!)Poison ivy infections…  an occasional bloodsucking leech (ugh!) Little has changed since thenJust the perspective The natural beauty breathtaking The adventure elusive W3 Prompt #119: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Robbie,Continue reading “Cottage on the Pond”

A Photo Cannot

A photo cannot capture the caress of a gentle mountain breeze.  Nor can it produce the sound of birdsong echoing through the valley.   It cannot release the perfume of wildflowers that dot the meadow or fill lungs deep with fresh crisp air.  It is simply a chapter in a much larger story. See theContinue reading “A Photo Cannot”