Child Bride

marriage innocence find full  confining edge
huffing picture pursuing traces capable maze



to find herself in a confining marriage
pushed her over the edge
not a picture perfect situation

all traces of her innocence lost
navigating a nightmare maze and not capable of
keeping her huffing pursuing husband at bay
she became full of despair

all she wanted was her mother
she was only 12

Sundays Whirligig 
Poets Pantry Poets United

Marching Backwards

i suppose one might say we have come a long way
from scratching on walls

 

with
leonardo's genius
expressing beauty and grace
feeling and flesh
a spirituality transformed
from brushstrokes into wonder



or maybe not...

a few days ago
a basquiat 'masterpiece' ?



sold for 110 million dollars at auction

outer darkness weeping  and gnashing of teeth 
spring to mind
another indication of  lunacy
in a world gone mad

the collective renaissance heart
sinks like a lead balloon

Sergei Rachmaninov - Variations on a Theme of Corelli

Pumpkin Flowers

 Haiku -Tomayushi Fusei





The flower of a pumpkin
as well as Mt. Ishizuchi
is great in scale
a floral counterpane
for a compost heath 

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Weekend Meditation

Jane Reichhold Haiku

morning breeze
coming in the window
surf sounds
mingle with the aroma 
of coffee and hot toast

without lights
the brightness of  a blue sky
full of stars
so close you could touch one
with a finger tip

balanced at dawn
a full moon slides into the sea
without ripples
sinking into dark blue
without a splash

stars bend down
into the wind of white caps
morning light
the pale ghost moon disappears
before the sunrise

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

haiku heaven
a cocktail of thoughts and words
splashed sparsely on a page

Good Bye April

the years are whizzing by
we've been doing this thing
for the past four years
moon dancing in the sky

last year you wore a tuxedo
looking suave and no one sleeker 
this year you wore a blue satin coat
with a russian bear  hat and sneakers

your poured some shots of baileys
a whiskey laced  irish cream
you danced right off the planet
whirling in  white hot  steam




and as you started swinging
from the crystal chandeliers
i said hey you'd better cool it
this is all going to end in tears

*to be continued
same time next year*