Curled in moonglow, warm-blooded family Breathe deeply, chests heaving frost Melting mallow marrow, fur against fur Thump-echoing thumps, living drums thrum night’s resonant hum Crystals crunch time; slinking latecomer Crawls in, yawns. Consensus is that Feathered dinner can wait until breakfast; Dreaming one dream. Note: The title of my quadrille is taken from…
Category: poetry
#Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter (mafuyu)
Dark’s pendulum swings heavy, to its furthest reach – dawn a memory Midwinter night, Luna’s lost Clouds sputter confused snow Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senyru, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to either midwinter (mafayu), midsummer (manastu),…
dVerse — prosery #7 — A Mother’s Love…
I watched a metallic spheroid rise in the distance over the lip of the arroyo. A shiny dime in a green-blue cloudless sky, the sun’s position behind and below it gave its outline a golden, mesmerizing aura. Sound below broke the spell when a calf bawled to her mother halfway up the ridge. Not…
#MM Saturday Mix — The Cut of His Jib
Some fine ladies, fool or wise, Measure a man by the hue of his eyes. Some women judge, by moon or by sun The silhouette of his tushy buns Others scream at the sheen to his wavy hair While his smile can lay their wild passions bare Some go by legs, others by hands, I…
#Haikai Challenge #116 (12/7/19): Cold Moon and dVerse OLN #256
Twelfth night December’s Iced globe – blue light broadcast Above and below Cold moon bounces cross-country Nature’s wordless winter song In long night’s silence Winter’s moon is small comfort To cold loneliness Two castaways, far apart, Look up and share a warm dream Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. …
dVerse — apostrophe — Cool Relations
Dear Snow, who comes and goes at whim, Dangling, tangling scarves here and there, Must you be so fickle and play until you stay? Perhaps this is why, when bundled, I love crunching you beneath my boots? Puny hairless human, how could I not try to toy with beings so ill-equipped for joy? Never once…
dVerse — Wordless
Laura is today’s host for dVerse. Laura says: The challenge is to choose ONE or MORE from THE LIST of words BELOW and include it/them in the body and/or title of your poem. If possible, add a soupçon of hopefulness for Hope is the message in this first advent week! ageless ~ boundless ~ breathless ~…
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