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.
Soon I’d be three scores and a di… But surely that’s no crime Just have to alter my paradigm Find newer ways to spend my time! Years ago, I’d walk eight miles o…
She is the rain; life-giving, invi… Without her, his life a desert, ba… She is the sun; warm, radiant, lif… Through her, he feels the blessing… She is the wind; gently caressing…
A Sonnet Low lying mist hung o’er the dista… Treetops barely visible from afar; In the haze, its wrought-iron gate… A haunted house that gives everyon…
Tow’ring snowcapped peaks Highlighted in blue canvas Frame few can outclass Fields of evergreens Birds hover in escadrilles
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
by bright lights we’re blinded, we… in danger and pitfalls, we could w… so, we hold out our hands; we shie… fearful we’d be in harm’s way othe… but still we move onward, always h…
Last sunday afternoon had nothing to offer The cable on the blink due to the bad weather Trapped inside the house
A Sonnet Porcelain beauty! fine and delicat… Elegant beautiful mesmerizing Sparkling almond eyes lovely encha… Heart shaped rosy lips invite capt…
Alas! it’s September; it’s summer… Sad farewell to hot days and sultr… Goodbye to flowered shorts and lin… Gone the sunny beaches; my erstwhi… Autumn’s here, sadly! there’s fenc…
center Late afternoon early evening Sun setting it’s still light By the lamp post he stands All alone
when the truth hurts we lie when it’s uncomfortable we lie when we are fearful
After five days the egg hatches Atop a young snapdragon leaf The caterpillar starts to chew Its appetite beyond belief A few days its size quadrupled
A love story such as theirs deserv… For they have met at the rock-bott… Out of the ruins of their experien… That fate is gentle and their good… Life wasn’t gracious and there hav…
Not everyone will accomplish somet… Most of us just have to find meani… In mundane moments that we are wea… Into a tapestry of memories as we… Not everyone will achieve power; t…
The little seed’s imbedded in our… When first we hear the divine Wor… Fast, it will grow as soon as sin… And bloom abundantly in fertile so… On dark nights, the Word’s a lamp…