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.
Nestled behind tall trees, the old… Stood stately and elegant, a muted… To a bygone era; a time of grace a… Unlike today, when everything’s gl… But this morning, there’s panache…
perfect lovely day ending magical the sunset otherworldly mystical minutes ago the sky’s crimson and… enchanting vista poets have extoll… but now willowy clouds calm the su…
A Sonnet Exquisitely stunningly ravishing Striking breath-takingly incredibl… She’s lovely! a sight electrifying In his lovesick eyes none more bea…
the jacaranda explodes in purple m… a prince in the midst of the green… in the breeze, its blossoms swayin… under the sun, moist from the morn… the mighty oak spreads its wings t…
Tow’ring snowcapped peaks Highlighted in blue canvas Frame few can outclass Fields of evergreens Birds hover in escadrilles
A gigantic tree, a hundred feet ta… Its canopy akin to voluminous drap… And its knuckled branches are twis… Into gnarly arthritic shapes. It’s been around umpteen generatio…
The secret he’ll keep till the day… No one will know, his lips sealed… Confession he did, eyes toward the… The truth to his Maker and Redeem… Not ‘nother woman neither an affai…
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…
Infinite, limitless, boundless Continuous, unbroken, incessant Concepts beyond my comprehension..… Constant, uninterrupted, endless I gaze at the heavens and I see
center lies only work when blended with the truth; without it, lies may be too farfetched
Frantically, he went up the Arts… To get the remaining cards for mat… When an angel in blue jeans cast h… What a beauty! An apparition, a v… A freshman, she’s registering for…
Its outer bands, emissaries of des… A broad swath, it struck with merc… Funnel clouds spawned, trees uproo… Roofs blown, houses leveled with i… Then the heavens gushed; sheets of…
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…
Without a commitment to forgive To start afresh and anew each day, The heart hardens; unwilling to gi… Love loses its luster and fades to… Failure to forgive rings the doorb…
A Tribute to my Daughter Amanda.… Her shiny steel blades crack the h… As she glides through the frosty d… It’s freezing, an arctic morning,… And she would rather be here, than…