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.
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…
In late summer afternoon, the sky’… As roaring thunder could be heard… And the rays of the sun– on raindr… It’s a picturesque sunset that we… Usual harbinger of a pleasant tomo…
When love begins, sparks fly every… The world spins, in the sky a mete… When love starts, an indescribable… Two starry-eyed hearts, in unison… Then as love grows, many fairy tal…
Truthfully, he wasn’t always old Though he blew away his youth As if there’s no tomorrow; That’s the unvarnished truth Surely, he has nostalgic memories
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
When life’s problems overwhelm, I… As I watch happy, lucky folks; I’… At times I’d see red; for at the… But my heart’s never black wheneve… For you, my love’s pure, white as…
The fog hangs low this Sabbath mo… I saw a rose I could’ve… Red shimm’ring petals, not one tho… Out in the distance, so forlorn As I approached, a wintry breeze
Just for Laughs... How I love to dance! To waltz the… To trot with the foxes, in steps s… A lift here, a swing there, and ma… Perhaps a dip, a sashay and a high…
Farewell fellow traveler We’ll see you on the flip-side May tailwinds guide you safely As you cross the great divide A real pleasure knowing you
A Sonnet Exquisitely stunningly ravishing Striking breath-takingly incredibl… She’s lovely! a sight electrifying In his lovesick eyes none more bea…
O’er the eons rain fell mostly in… And a great blue lake was heretofo… But the surrounding peaks hungered… Now they’re treeless, barren and f… Yet cast against lake and sky in s…
A Love Sonnet The tension mounts, sparks about t… An earthy fragrance, as after a ra… Two hearts racing; all resistance… First looks all it took; passions…
Awakened from slumber, she remembe… She’s a drab, speckled-winged pepp… Trivial, unseen in the brown bark… A camouflaged moth, a trifling bub… In the dream a butterfly appears,…
Quickly, time moves forward! All of the passing years Have caught me unaware... And soon the end appears Have I enjoyed the laughter?
A Sonnet to Brotherhood The brothers shall meet by Lake E… Before the autumn leaves fall from… In the last days of summer, there… Renew a kinship pledge from days o…