A complex puzzleI find myself analyzing each pieceShifting this oneTransforming that oneFinding the altered pieces don’t meshA fragmented stranger I allow the pieces to return to their original stateObserve them come together A perplexing yet perfect wholeAccepting what is W3 Prompt #100: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Suzanne Brace, prompts us to write anContinue reading “Perplexing Puzzle”
Category Archives: Poem
Palm Warbler
Early mornings quite chipper‘Round the tree tops they flitterPuddle bathing they chitterPleasing warmth where they winter This is a Filipino Tanaga form prompted by Val’s (aka Murisopsis) Looking at Poems Around the World: “4 lines with 7 syllables per line and written as a monorhyme.” I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVII
Beyond the Gate
What lies beyond the gate?Sealed to outsidersThe wall too high to peer overFrustrating the curious spectator Gate doors for Dan’s Thursday Doors at nofacilities.com.
Spring Day
Enchanting spring dayI rise in the tranquil dawnCool mist surrounds meSunrays warming skinCotton clouds dot deep blue skyDeft birds enter cloudsPeaceful spring eveningSurrenders to chirping frogsHazy moon tunes in Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 27, 3/26/24, Part II
Peach Blossom
Blooms from my backyard peach trees stand-in for cherry blossoms. Each spring I admire them with reverence. Each summer I curse them for their failure to produce edible fruit. The bees and squirrels don’t complain. Absent cherry bloomsPeach blossoms pleasingly serveLovely spring display The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit. The featured image isContinue reading “Peach Blossom”
Ramgoat Dashalong
Yellow alder bloomOnly six short hours of lifeBrings a day of smiles Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD) Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Smiles by Gerry C & Sue W
Moonbeam Dream
(an American Sentence) She dreams of flying through silver moonbeams to wake up among the stars. Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #260
A Tragic Tale
Forbidden love will not prevailRivals determined to assailSure to be a tragic taleDeath is on the horizonLooming peril does not deterArdent pursuit of the loverClandestine meetings do occurHeartbeats rise to the occasionClimax at last – caught in the act Succeeded by brutal attackMusic intensifies impactAll fall silent on deathHeartfelt lamenting songPrayerful cries of unjust wrongTearContinue reading “A Tragic Tale”
Loggerhead Shrike
Perched high in spring dawnNot known for pretty birdsongThough beauty you are Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 26, 3/19/24, Part I I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVI
Light and Shadow
He hides in darknessFolded in on himselfHis sharp tongue at the readyShould any dare intrudeShe dances through sunbeamsGracefully leaping over shadowsHer light is contagiousFor all those who dare to seeShe peeks into the darknessHe unfolds Sadje’s What do you see # 230 dVerse Quadrille #197: “Look Sharp, Now! (Let’s write a poem.)” Hosted by DeContinue reading “Light and Shadow”
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