Tag Archives: Poetry Pantry

Bonfire Lights

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Bonfire Lights Sparks fly upward dance in darkness for one moment. Then drift downward on evening breeze becoming only ash to be swept aside. But in that one moment they burn with desire to be one with their distant sisters … Continue reading →

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Weather, or Not

Posted on January 14, 2018 by

Weather, Or Not Neither game nor superstition, January is a shady train taken in hopes of some mysterious list of sane gravity, somewhere in a balmy future. Chickens need not apply, especially any who might hope for some grain of … Continue reading →

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Monkey-Business In Moonlight

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

Monkey-Business In Moonlight Air is stung with blows from swords strapped on with relish. Clangs merge with strident song of iron that rings across and over field stubble, or against hard stone of filled silo. One can only wonder at … Continue reading →

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In Present Moments

Posted on October 29, 2017 by

For The Sunday Whirl – Whirl #323 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ and Poets United: Poetry Pantry #376 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ In Present Moments No longer limber enough to walk shoreline. Sigh at my inability to toss a pebble into cold morning mist, or hear the … Continue reading →

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Caught: a Haibun

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #116 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ running, again, knee, father, girl, bends, way, legs, angel, where, smiling, thank For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #304 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ whistle, touch, wheel, word, gnaws, ring, prints, apart, broken, echo, thread, fall And Poets United: … Continue reading →

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Milkweed Ancestors

Posted on May 7, 2017 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #298  https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ born, radiates rings, snapped, rain, cave, limb, spirits, thin, origins, stories, ash For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #110 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ tiny, old, flare, gaze, month, clover, thick, milkweed, drifts, melt, parch, perishes For Poets United: … Continue reading →

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April PAD Challenge: Final Day

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #109 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ mingle, woven, rope, daughter, splash, burning, daffodils, calendar, jays, branch, yours, first For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #297 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ spiral, saints, run, life, list, lace, settle, sum, prayer, itch, sing, chip Poets United: Poetry … Continue reading →

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