My very first attempt to write a poem using the 5-7-5 haiku format. So please be kind!
The poem itself describes the dichotomy of nature, its amazing beauty as well as its inherent cruelty.
Life is a string of pearls; black,… gray of every shade Each pearl a moment; happy, sad, a… emotion in between Moments in our life shape us; that…
A Love Time Could Never Bind… A Sonnet For ten long years, their love has… A steady light through life’s unce… She lifts his heart, and he, the s…
In my youth I dreamt that I could soar above the clouds O’er the trees and o’er The green hills of our sleepy town I’d glide up to heaven
And so, I paused a moment, there… As verses came to mind; the birth… Then a smile curled my lips; and a… Gripped my heart, for at last, my… For when words abandon me, I’m a…
I was only eighteen years old when… The best college fraternity this s… Soon I was introduced to the Corn… My young life irretrievably change… The Corner, eight steps in front…
On the table, a blue saucer With coffee stains in the middle Small stirring spoon made of silve… Next to remains of a candle In the middle of the table
Faraway long, long ago Lived an old, grizzled wizard With long beard as white as snow But the eyes of a lizard He walks with a long-gnarled staff
For many days it poured unrelentin… Behind thick hoary clouds Apollo… Wrothful infuriated Zeus pulled t… Rain torrential no longer nourishi… Poseidon gloating; for he ruled th…
With desire in his heart, he gazed… And imagined the taste of her lusc… As he stroked and caressed her flo… Her face reminds him of a thousand… He adored her from afar; never fel…
She’s waiting for tomorrow Hopeful, better it will be Today was a real challenge For her emotions, mostly In truth she hurts all over
Torrents! Sheets of rain fell all… At times, six to eight inches an h… Nature’s display of destructive po… And we were impotent before its mi… We watched the fireworks; hunkered…
’Twas the warmest night of the sum… Damp, muggy, suffocating and miser… The old ceiling fan droning; a flu… Of gossamer wings; the heat unbear… She lay beside him above the bedco…
I ‘m all alone nursing a mocha fra… Reading a novel, listening to musi… But my mind wanders; pleasant thou… Into my consciousness; images of m… People went in and out, ordered an…
A Sonnet From behind tall trees, a golden s… Awakens a weary world from slumber The cool gentle breeze, whiffs of… Touches my face; an angel in disgu…
Day at last over Night shadows are darkening Crickets soon singing Soft evening breeze cools the air And night lovers leave their lair