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.
Is love unspoken, any less intense… There are many times, words fail To express all the emotions I fee… Times when words are inadequate, Rather than convey, words can conc…
center The future looks bleak As he stared into the abyss For it will be a world Where he will not exist!
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…
The sky is darkest in the midnight… When the new moon reflects not bor… The world appears mysterious but n… For the darkness conceals the eart… And all that’s visible are stars t…
Dark clouds weighed down on his S… Rough weather appears to be in sto… The prospects of bright tomorrows… And in the twilight of his life th… Life is so bleak; there is no suns…
Periwinkle skies, cold winter morn… After a stormy night of sleet and… Icicles in tree branches glistenin… Invitingly from the upstairs windo… The winter scene calls to her chil…
Portrait on the wall His daughter when she was young Big smile on her face Now grown up married with kids Living thousand miles away
center Tantric melody; Candied lullaby in his head Sweet emotions overwhelm; Soporific and hypnotizing!
The golden eye peeked from the wes… And glowered as streaks of cirrus… The clouds blushed, like purple da… And tangerine blossoms in the crim… Higher up, clouds are many shades…
center I see my father Every morning when I shave He speaks to me From beyond the grave…
Prelude They have met even before they wer… Far away in the spiral galaxies A remote corner of the cosmic cair… But born on earth, different centu…
There it was… Anchored in the shore Our neighbor’s outrigger One hazy Saturday afternoon It’s so inviting
He looks and feels old, exhausted… A life that’s been up and down but… The dull days broken at times by b… Yet not enough to make his journey… Periods of nothing much, just forg…
Born today gone tomorrow Life unfolds fast never slow Thin slice of eternity Half note in a symphony Ghostly mist life appears
I met a lady once, walking around… Quite upset that she’s going the w… I smiled, said hello, and reassure… “It may take longer, but you’ll ge… ***