Morning Haiku and Waka

Jujube Tree

under the jujube tree
three sparrows chatter with glee
free fallen fruit

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Morning Haiku and Waka

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through the leaves
the splendour of mid-autumn
no thoughts for winter

Regrets – Echo Verse Poem

Ah – these endless streams across the sky
– I
See these wretched contrails weaving between a tree
– Free
Coming – going they’re never still
– Will
I find the peace with-in me to remain …

Trinet Challenge with a Wordle

Hummingbird moth
[Nexus nunchi]

(The Sea) – Free Verse Quatrain

 

Echoing voices in the wind –
Rumbling waves call unto me …
In sombre black unhappiness,
Between yesterday and tomorrow.

(Amberous Light) – Trimeric

in a cavern an amberous light
shimmering ghostly shades – set off the night
chilling whispers echo all around
reminding me of lives long gone

(The Finch) – The Paradell Structure

the finch sings a sad lonely song
the finch sings a sad lonely song
there, there in the poplar tree at dawn
there, there in the poplar tree at dawn
lonely the finch sings a sad song
at dawn in the poplar over there

First Snow – Trinet

snow fell
last night
whitening the mountains
chilling the green valley
at dawn
wood doves
bubble

The Warrior – Choka

The Warrior

under the moon light
in the last days of autumn
the warrior stood tall –

Tanaga

Vibrant reds and yellows glow
Brighter under rain and snow

The Door (Free Verse)

The Door

this old door
is
sometimes squeaky

Rorschach Ink Stain – Decuain

 

Rorschach Ink Stain

The steps were wet after the morning rain
As we tried to capture a spider’s web.

City Life – Wordling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City Life

With all her courage
she faced the traffic
running the risk
that she might get hit,

Splashes Golden Fire – Chained Shadorma

 

in the sky
splashes golden fire
majestic
resplendent
his spectacular adieus
illuminating

A Day In Lilliput – Kyrielle Sonnet (un-rhymed)

A Day In Lilliput

Black and white rain in Lilliput,
trickles like treacle in the hush,
as artists play their auto-harps
strumming on strings of vibrant blague.

How Vibrant These Colours Seem – Trimeric

How vibrant these colours seem
the red roof tiles glisten
the changing leaves are brighter
in the rain of this new day

Change ((Chained Shadorma)

 

sibyllic
the whispering wind

Stop Light – Terzanelle

Stoplight

along a lonely road
driving under the rain
water and traffic flowed

and then, memories of a train
of another age and day
seeped into my brain

OctPoWriMo: day 5 – Shadorma Summation

Travelling

streaking through the night
the train came from the dark

Morning Rain – Modified Echo Poem

beating – on a Plexiglas roof this morning – rainfall
squall

Pondering Fame – Prose Poem

Here am I, looking for that day under the sun, walking down the darkest alleyways or along some mystic trail … I’m wondering

OctPoWriMo – Palindrome

 

Palindrome
December evening:
Winter – blustering winds and
falling snow – roaring waves crashing.

Story Book Heroes – Acrostic

Acrostic

Story Book Heroes

Standing there bravely
Tall and thin by day

Cranberry Ichor – sonnet

 

Photo: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis

From where does this infection come
To which we all seem to succumb?
Our atavistic fears become
A bony heartbeat – inhuman drum.