deep blue skies
the dragonfly’s limpid
efficiency
AWAD: limpid
.
Sharing from last week’s excursion to Bad Bayersoien; a swimmer got into difficulties and the emergency doctor had to be called. He was there in a matter of minutes, by helicopter. Impressive! I hope the swimmer had a speedy recovery too.
On dragonflies
butterfly–
maundering on
about herself
.
AWAD: maunder
fardel of sticks
the apple tree’s fall
from grace
,
AWAD: fardel
rambling rose—
her hair caught
on a thorn
.
AWAD: ramble
and the haiga I made using this poem is from a photo of a dark passage under a bridge in the old town of Guenzburg
absorbing
sunlight through her black habit
sober nun
.
AWAD: sorb
on the road—
the wounded deer’s
panting
viola
the splenetic kid stops
and listens
.
AWAD: splenetic
garden vistas
the rocket salad
piled high
.
rocket: arugula
*
helianthus
enervated sun emits
a plasma flare
.
AWAD: enervate
fructuous hours
the riverbank awash in
crabs
.
AWAD: fructuous
prolegomenon…
pressed between the pages
morning glories
.
AWAD: prolegomenon
thin clothes—
turbid veins of the heart
of darkness
.
AWAD: turbid
no smoke without fire
on swidden hills
blood red poppies
.
AWAD: swidden
tenebrous rooms
even the sun
papered over
.
AWAD: tenebrous
Stella Pierides 