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.
Let every word we utter Be fraught with encouragement Each phrase a nourishment... To everyone who’ll hear Let every verse we write
Misadventures of a Water Droplet Snow crystal melting then cascadin… Into rills brooks and rivulets White water on rocks splashing Streams through fields of bluebonn…
In our minds the beginning Of conscious innermost thought However, it’s in our hearts An idea spreads its root Nurtured nourished it’ll flourish
He held his breath for as long as… Wishing the moment will forever la… For the first time his lips, she k… And he’d stop his heartbeat, if he… Her lips tasted of honey, unctuous…
You are... The soft breeze blowing my hair The sun’s rays caressing my face The soothing sounds a songbird mak… The sweet warmth of a baby’s embra…
Life’s a speeding bullet train One moment an eighteen year old Fresh and pure as the morning air Thoughts of changing the world Aspirations ideas visions dreams
Show me a happy poet; I will say… It’s not an oxymoron, but few such… For a poet writes of the sadness i… Of the lost Eden, that he ne’er w… He writes of the pain, the hurt an…
In awe-inspiring majesty, one of… Breath-taking, impressive, carved… At the dawn of creation, from befo… Of history brought man into these… In silence, we gazed at the immens…
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…
center The embers rippled In the chilly nighttime breeze Red and white and shimmering Flames not so far away
Dusk casts a spell on fields of gr… And the serene sea of metallic blu… The cloudless sky turns deep purpl… Just like the color of an old brui… The world fades to black as night…
On a beach, on the western shore Big waves and surfers congregate Mostly young, men and women both Best surf assuredly, no debate Daring youth, all with surfboards
Infinite, limitless, boundless Continuous, unbroken, incessant Concepts beyond my comprehension..… Constant, uninterrupted, endless I gaze at the heavens and I see
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…
A Sonnet Ling’ring mem’ries of moments toge… Still excite and comfort her griev… Lifting her spirit, she sees forev… Yet sink her soul, when recollecti…