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.
Filter everything he says through… Knowing he loves and truly cares f… Then between you, there’d never be… Even if his words sometimes make y… Sadly, he was born politically inc…
The world now awakes From cold winter’s deep slumber Freeze and snow over Grey depressing skies are gone With joy we welcome the sun
Even in the gloomiest of days, she… In the darkest of midnights, she’s… With her around, all the rose peta… Vibrant colors of the rainbow dazz… Without her, the days are gray and…
A Sonnet When we were children, often we ha… Knowing consequences, notwithstand… Gaffes and blunders, screwups of e… Still we were defiant, unrelenting
Romance, Anyone? when we satisfy our partners’ unspoken needs or desires, we get a soulful kiss, for we’re r… but when the action is prompted,
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
It’s a frightful curse That breaks families apart Because love departs In its place comes emptiness Void despair and loneliness
The Canyon’s Majesty The canyon calls! Its layers stee… In red and ochre hues the rocks ar… Where rivers shape the cliffs, as… While eagles soar through calm unb…
You can quote bible verses till yo… And testify to what Jesus has don… But if you haven’t turned your lif… Sadly, your words never will get t… A life changed is the greatest tes…
An Ode to the Sliderule From minds to the hands Numbers glide on wood and steel Then the big reveal Old tool, silent yet precise
She felt so empty Ever since he said goodbye Without saying why Pain at times unbearable Restful sleep she’s unable
The waves are epic, scary, towerin… And the ship rocks forward, backwa… Dozens, seasick, in bunkers coweri… Praying for end to ceaseless storm… The clouds ominous, the skies over…
All the forests are in bloom As cool weather sweeps the land Birds in the air soar and zoom Flying south to winter strand At long last autumn is here
Winter’s gone Good riddance Nature sings Ode to joy Revival
A book is more than its leather bi… More than the gilded font in its t… It’s the tales in the pages unwind… The crux of the matter, that is vi… More than a warm skin and a beatin…