Venice (touch n go)

8 of 12 in ‘The Adriatic Affair’ series from Jemverse

The fog came down, it was quite thick
and we weren’t moving far
and dropping anchor out at sea
was unspectacular
Then the captain on the tannoy said
Venice was closed today
which as you might imagine
was met with some dismay
But then out there to starboard
a pale sun made a show
and as the pea soup dissipated
the ship prepared to go

-16.05.18_22:38-

The night is wet and noisy,
Clammy hands cradle me

High Hilled Moor

Fog rose out of the valley
Where Hoar Oak Water runs
Swarmed up onto our hill path
Rose further to blot the sun

HAIKU: YOUR BLANKET OF LOVE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Like A Gentle Fog

You, Me and the Fog

I know you are out there

a dense-pallid fog hangs between

parting you and me

and i cannot see , the Beyond.

THE EARTH KNOWS SHE’S SICK OF US

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The earth knows

she’s sick of us

volcanos cough

a rain of tears

the wind blows

and the earth knows

she has a cold

nine lives of fog

fog peered over the fence
shyly curling fingers around
cold tree knuckles, warming
their hands chilled by

Fog on the Ring – tanka

Fog thick as pea soup
shrouds the Sussex countryside
Trees hide like shadows
Quiet whispers, coy and shy
as again I climb the Ring

The fog

The fog descended

Like a blanket of white

hiding everything from view

Morning Fog Haiku

I woke in a fog
Covering all the world but me.
Gentle way to start.

 

The Fog

.

Stillness Whispers All Around,

Delicate,

Imperceptible,

Incongruous Sound;

In from the fog

I could tell by all the seagulls
and the chap up on the prow
getting ropes all ready
that we were nearing Porto now

-28.04.16_18:59-

The cold and wet
Rolls in
Anesthesing reality
Leaving naught but
Grey,
Slowly filling
My mind.

Newcastle

Lindisfarne echoed
across Newcastle tonight
The fog on the Tyne

Walk On

 

What do you say when you have run out of words
How do you reconcile ‘one’ that has become two
Do you take the time to look back and analyze
Or must you accept that your we is now just a you.

Into the Haze

Emptiness lies beyond the mist

Pallid colored crystals shift

She walks on tip toes, through the grass

Blades that feel like shards of glass

Fog

You’ve taken my innocence and trust away

Your cold hands cover everywhere

The mist you bring under your veil

Is spreading all around

Fog

There are times I am in such a fog
Walls up, not to see or to be seen
It can be cold in this misty light
Depressed, optimistic, I’m in between.

-12.06.14_10:28-

Here we sit
Wrapped in gauze and cotton
Silent as the grave
Waiting for the evil overhead
To restore our vision

-06.10.13_19:27-

Grey blanket
Wrapping me
Around with silence
And wet,
Smothers my world