Tag Archives: Poetry Pantry

Bonfire Lights

Posted on April 1, 2018 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Bonfire Lights | Tagged ash, bonfire, burn, dance, desire, NaPoWriMo, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, sparks | 18 Comments

Weather, or Not

Posted on January 14, 2018 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Weather or Not | Tagged cold, January, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, The Sunday Whirl, Weather, wordle | 20 Comments

Monkey-Business In Moonlight

Posted on November 19, 2017 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Monkey-Business In Moonlight | Tagged kiss, monkey-business, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, silence, Sundays Whirligig, swordplay, The Sunday Whirl, wordles | 20 Comments

In Present Moments

Posted on October 29, 2017 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in In Present Moments | Tagged aging, no longer limber, past, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, present moments, sky as mirror, The Sunday Whirl, wordle | 15 Comments

Caught: a Haibun

Posted on June 18, 2017 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Caught: a Haibun | Tagged caught, Father's Day, fishing, haibun, perch, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles, words | 21 Comments

Milkweed Ancestors

Posted on May 7, 2017 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Milkweed Ancestors | Tagged ancestors, black soot, milkweed, origins, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles | 18 Comments

April PAD Challenge: Final Day

Posted on April 30, 2017 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in April PAD Challenge: Final Day | Tagged aging, conversation, PAD Challenge, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, suggestions, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles | 17 Comments

April PAD Challenge: Day 23

Posted on April 23, 2017 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #296 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com split, strip, row, key, lethal, deck, hollow, thrum, court, stay, fight, glass For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #108 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ soft, blind, peacetime, moons, candy, bastards, lilting, maidens, rots, buggers, seldom, midnight For Poets United: … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 23 | Tagged current news, PAD Challenge, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles | 16 Comments

April PAD Challenge: Day 16

Posted on April 16, 2017 by 1sojournal

For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #107 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ insane, products, setting, try, devices, similar, considering, mad, nameless, make, waking, call For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #295 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ nail, stone, scrape, breeze, barrier, trunk, turn, reach, listen, taste, follow, sigh For Poets United: … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 16 | Tagged hero, poet, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, resurrection, struggle, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles | 19 Comments

April PAD Challenge: Day 9

Posted on April 9, 2017 by 1sojournal

For Sunday Whirl: Wordle #294 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com slack, can, undo, cheer, single, vent, handle, strap, shell, line, trim, grin For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #107 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ noon, stone, scene, waited, desert, flute, farther, hard, panting, without, elbows, could Poets United: Poetry Pantry … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 9 | Tagged birthday poem, bonfire, memories, PAD Challenge, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, seventy-one, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl | 23 Comments