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A Haibun: Portable Gardens

I love being surrounded by plants and flowers. When two kittens adopted me, I had to move my “toxic” plants into a closed room. The weather has warmed enough to bring them outdoors for the summer. The pots get heavier each season. No fresh cut flowers In vases on the tableCurious felinesGardens indoors and outdoorsTransitionContinue reading “A Haibun: Portable Gardens”

A New Chapter

Hope with each sunsetPromises a new day metWithout fear or regret A beautiful new chapter W3 Prompt #107: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Sadje, prompts us to write a poem on the theme of hope. Ovi Poetry Challenge 48: PROMISE

Happy Place

Lostin verdant green;The urge to rollin ground cover beds;To settle gentlyin an earthy embrace;Inhale intoxicating scentsthat draw eyelids heavy;Feel the whispering breezelull to sleep;Wake to sunbeamspiercing tree branches;Outshined onlyby contented smile. dVerse Quadrille #201: Poems of Place hosted by De Jackson.

Not a Frog

Just a toad am IA prince shall not be found here Though kisses welcome Season Words Week 19: “Frogs Start Singing” by Mark S.

Vantage Point

Eyes observeFrom trees newly greenVast landscapeEarthbound one Coveting its vantage pointWishes she could fly A shadorma written for Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 33. “Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5.” I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LXIII

Fleeting Love

Wandering aimlesslyDestinations unknownTraveling solo and soloWorlds collideSparks igniteLove unleashedGratitudeUnleashed loveIgnite sparksCollide worldsSolo and solo travelingUnknown destinationsAimlessly wandering W3 Prompt #106: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Punam, prompt us to: Featured image generated by Bing.

Wallflower

There she standsA modern day wallflowerMysterious in her silenceEnticing partygoers to inquireFinding she has nothing to offerShe in not part of their networkNo high profile jobNo advantageous connectionsThey have discounted her very essenceHer infinite wisdomHer boundless loveShe shall show them Sadje’s What do you see # 237

Eastern Sweetshrub

Cherished native bloomHints of allspice tantalize Treat for the senses Week 18: “Peonies Bloom” by Mark S. Cee’s weekend Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

Red-Masked Parakeets

Exotic feral birds we areTransported from afarOur cage doors left ajarNo longer helplessWatch us cuddle in a treeHear us banter merrilyPeaking curiosityHelpless in our presence Ovi Poetry Challenge 46: HELPLESS by Ronovan I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LXII

Belonging to Nature?

Microcosms of the universe;even in ashes or dustwe shall beone with nature.Yet…We are intruders.Destroyers of habitat,polluters of sky and sea.Determined to disturb nature’s balancefor our own gratification;to our own demise.We don’t belong. W3 Prompt #105: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Destiny, prompts us to: “Compose a free verse poem of no more than 12Continue reading “Belonging to Nature?”