Blue skies linger as plovers skitter down the shore; Waves whoosh lullabies. Gulls wheel as minnows flash, catching dayflies at surface. Solstice days extend. Cloud’s shadows dance along bright beach umbrellas while babies sleep in cool shade. Sunset is still hours away. I tried to put the double tankas side by side but…
Category: poetry
dVerse — Merfolk — Ondine
He found her floundering in his net, which was empty until then. Lost troubled face; confused and spent. Docked at the empty cottage where his mother lived before; he gave her baggy clothes to wear. Off to the village to see Annie, he didn’t see her bury something in the garden. She sang, the fish…
dVerse — Flower Blooms in May
In February of 2018 our department decided to use an empty suite of offices one floor up. Our intake workers, including me, had offices now instead of cubicles for the first time in a long time, with the suite accessible only by key card. Quiet and secluded is a positive when asking clients sensitive questions….
dVerse — imagism — Lookin Out My Back Door
Tall bushy green hair tops over thick black poles, Standing, ‘fro touching ‘fro, as a living gateway to a field that is somewhere between fresh cut and gone to seed. The welcome mat is wide for the feet of grazing deer at dusk, frisky rabbits, and the occasional whooshing wings of a hawk. Green…
dVerse — Rest in the Peace of the Meadow
Love Poem, by Audre Lorde Speak earth and bless me with what is richest make sky flow honey out of my hips rigid as mountains spread over a valley carved out by the mouth of rain. And I knew when I entered her I was high wind in her forests hollow fingers whispering sound honey…
#Haikai Challenge #143: Choose-your-own Summer Kigo — one night in June
short cool night wellspring mists settle frogs huddle in the mud the silver kimono falls from her warm shoulders Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the summer (or winter) kigo that you select…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #139 and #MM Saturday Mix — My Transgressive Prescription
My Transgressive Prescription In our tribe, from birth we’re taught Follow has its time and place Strength in herd will save your skin Bend the knee and serve with pride Safe we’ll be, but are we free? Bound with threads of should and ought Shrug them, soon you’ll find disgrace Couched in terms like bad…
