this small boat
bobbing on calm waters…
elemental
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: essence
Category Archives: Poems
‘engine of change’
engine of change
what’s behind the growth
of young leaves
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: engine
‘squinting to see’
squinting to see
what the heart already knows
Solomon’s seal
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: eye
‘trumpet sound’
trumpet sound
of his guitar pick
ivory tusk
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: elephant
‘open air concert’
open air concert –
and then the shawl slips off
her shoulders
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: excitement
‘all notes’
all notes
spoken for –
summer jazz
.
Prompt: Everlasting
‘strength’
strength
in their tenderness?
bamboo shoots
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Emerald
‘pointing’
pointing
the way to a new you
peony blooms
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Enter
PAD Day #30 prompt: Calling it a day
PAD Day #30 prompt: Calling it a day
.
closing time…
all the daffodil bulbs
in the bag
PAD Day #29 prompt: Magical realism
PAD Day #29 prompt: Magical realism
summer reading
the book of sand slips
through my fingers
.
The Book of Sand, by Jorge Luis Borges, is one of my all time favourite short stories!
This poem was written in honour of Gabriel García Márquez who was both influenced by and extended/added colour to Borges’ magical realist worlds.
PAD Day #28 prompt: Settled
PAD Day #28 prompt: Settled
.
double rainbow
a smile settles
on her face
PAD Day #26 prompt: Water
PAD Day #26 prompt: Water
.
gentle rain
even the tortoises
rejoice
.
Checking whether ‘tortoise’ is a kigo word, I came across the following blog post about ‘tortoise cries’ on Icebox
PAD Day #25 prompt: Last straw
PAD Day #25 prompt: Last straw
.
hay fever
the last straw
PAD Day #24 prompt: Tell it to (the world)
PAD Day #24: Tell it to (the world)
.
telling
the whole world about it
peony budding
PAD Day #23 prompt: Place
PAD Day #23 prompt: Place
insects astir
all the dark places
I’ve been
PAD Day #22 prompt: Half full, half empty
PAD Day #22 prompt: Half full, half empty
.
half full, half empty…
the ebb and flow
of my moods
PAD Day #21 prompt: Back to basics
PAD #21: back to basics
.
back to basics
the hint of stubble
on his chin
PAD Day #20 prompt: Family
PAD #20 prompt: Family
.
warm receiver
after the long distance call –
heat shimmer
PAD DAY #18 prompt: Weather poem
rain lashes
buds on the apple tree…
Easter Week
.
(Another aspect of rain!)
PAD DAY #18 prompt: Weather poem
‘consolation’ in tinywords
.
consolation in each raindrop the sea
.
Delighted to have my one-liner appear on tinywords today!
PAD Day #17 prompt: Popular culture poem
star trek
I let my balloon
go
PAD Day #17 prompt: Popular culture poem
PAD Day #15 prompt: Love/not Love
PAD Day #15 prompt: Love/not Love
.
long night
tussling over
the duvet
PAD Day #14 prompt: If I were
PAD #14 prompt: If I were
.
if I were you
I’d leave all this behind…
blossom rain
.
and
.
If I were a bird
I’d be a dove drinking
from your lips
the nectar
of words
PAD Day #13 prompt: Animal poem
my head
on the pillow
birds enter clouds
.
PAD #13: animal poem
PAD Day #12 prompt: City
city lights
all fireflies
in the jar
.
PAD Day #12 prompt: City
PAD Day #11: Statement poem
PAD #11: Prompt: statement poem
no titles
.
no titles…
spring rain washes off
the “Mrs”
PAD Day #10: Future
railgun
seven times the speed
of fear
.
The article that inspired this poem can be found here
PAD Day #9: Shelter
.
she crouches under
magnolia stellata
and viburnum carlcephalum
hiding the scent
of her fear
.
and
.
spring rain…
a baby doll under
Solomon’s seal
PAD Day #8: Violence/Peace
.
how often
the avalanche of years
makes itself felt…
yet your gentle touch always
awakens my heart
.
and
.
on thin ice
the way we keep
our peace
PAD Day #7: Self-Portrait
PAD #7 Self-Portrait
.
beach combing
I even collect grains
of sand
.
message in a bottle…
the shells on the beach I wrapped
in tissue paper
if only I could read
the rhythm in their stories
.
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2014-april-pad-challenge-day-7
