image link Monster Defense Struts in Struts like he’s boss Boss of me Boss of the world World smiles World steps aside Aside or he kicks it Aside in his dreams Dreams I’m his Dreams of forever Forever forgiving Forever forgetting Forgetting the monkeys Forgetting the debt Debt they remember Debt they collect Collect…
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TPJphoto.net inspired haiku
via Swallows, Hundreds Feeding On The Marsh Click on the link to see the photos that inspired my haiku. Ted Jennings’ photographs are always beautiful and often evocative. Swallows, leaping from water, mirror fish below – gators, sly witness.
The Daily Prompt — Resonance
image link Faint as a butterfly’s pulse Light as a snowflake’s touch Sweet as a drop of warm honey Rare as the perfect pie crust Precious as a baby’s first smile Engaging as a cat watching a bird feeder Mindful as counting inhales and exhales Where yin meets yang Resonance the daily prompt —…
Cosmic Music
image link Cerebral Grooves, niches, Spaces; the arena for Synaptic sparking of axons and dendrites into threads Called memories. Consider: Each electric thread Twangs distinctly. Visual Aural Gustatory Somatosensational Olfactory Sixth sensual, And many other* Aspects; Yet together, The threads Build a tone, unique In time And space. Repetition in other Times and spaces Build…
Day 31 — OctWriPoMo — Pearl Jam
image link Today is the final day of the 31 days 31 poems challenge of OctWriPoMo. My choice of form is the acrostic, and the subject is one of my favorite musical groups, Pearl Jam. The words used are all PJ song titles. Present tense, push me, pull me Even flow, Amongst the waves, animal,…
Day 29 — OctWriPoMo — TAP TAP!
image link Taken directly from the shadow poetry website: This form is “Synchronicity” (The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism. Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related.). This form consists of eight three-line stanzas in a syllable pattern of 8/8/2. This poetry type has no rhyme and is written in…
Day 28 — OctWriPoMo — WORK and TRAIN
image link Today’s offerings are two poems in the Clarity Pyramid form. The first is pretty clear, it is about a sense of belonging at my job, which is in a human service field. The job is challenging, demanding, and would be impossible to do without the support of my co-workers! WORK human comradeship…
Tao Talk 