Embarrassingly
Crimson roses stand alone
Under the hot sun
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Today I wrote a Senryu and a Haiku, and they were both about the ‘nature’ of existence, so I thought I could present them here as the one poem … I think my idea worked ok.
Please Note, All Photos: were taken by Derrick Knight and are copied from his site and reproduced here on my post with his permission. >> https://derrickjknight.com
The Core (a Poem)
The Core (a Senryu)
Existence crawls down
Through my neck into the heart
Of where my soul lies
The Core (a Haiku)
Through the winds of time
Existence descends from trees
Perpetually
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Over on Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Warning. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
My poem below “Trees Without Shadows” is a subtle WARNING from Mother Nature.
Trees Without Shadows
A dry foggy dawn
Eerily gloomy for summer
Gray blurry clouds
Brazenly obscure the sun
And thirsty barren trees
Stand starkly without shadows
The becalmed and breathless world
Waits for the anchored sky
To hear the beckoning breeze
Be aroused by the atmosphere’s
Guardian spirit bird
Who ceremoniously flaps his wings
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Today I was prompted to revise my poem from June 2020, because I had just received a lovely hand-designed “Penguin Christmas Card” from my Philadelphia cousin.
There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard (Revised)
my courtyards a frozen pond
cold enough for a penguin
shards of ice lay upon the ground
and a crisp sharpness cuts the sound
of frost covered songbirds unsilenced
as fernery fronds curl in glaciated defiance
in the corner hangs a frigid spider’s web
above the crystlised succulent flower bed
and in a white sky the sun’s ambient saffron disc
again predicts that golden dawns do exist
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A Sweaty Hat Day (a Haiku)
A hot summer sky
Above brown thirsty paddocks
Sweat drips off my hat
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A big thank you to Bartholomew >> https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2023/01/06/fraiku-not-just-a-little-shy/ for inspiring my “deep water thoughts”
I think I need to go to the beach
Volume Without Sound
when I am swimming
at the surf beach
and dive deep down
the eerie fullness
of my silent surroundings
enhances the volume
of those submersed thoughts
wafting within my mind
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A big thank you to Bartholomew >> https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2023/01/06/fraiku-not-just-a-little-shy/ for inspiring my “deep water thoughts”
I think I need to go to the beach
Volume Without Sound
when I am swimming
at the surf beach
and dive deep down
the eerie fullness
of my silent surroundings
enhances the volume
of those submersed thoughts
wafting within my mind
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The Sun Kisses Everything
Trees climb toward the unwrappable air
Reaching for the nutritious sunlight
Daylight kisses everything
Clouds flow beyond the blue skyline
Reflecting the illustrious sunlight
Daylight caresses everything
Dust accentuates silhouettes on the horizon
Crystallizing the incorruptible sunlight
Daylight touches everything
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A poem I wrote this time last year, and my hopeful Christmas message is repeated …
Featured Images: Taken at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Nurture, Give, and Receive
It’s a material world
That leaves us in a whirl
What we really need
Is a planet without greed
That needs our minds to proceed
By growing and nurturing her seeds
Then our journey becomes that of the giver
Rather than being nature’s grieving receiver
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My article from “Go Dog Go Cafe” that I posted this morning >> godoggocafe.com/2022/12/22/throwback-friday-an-emerald-tapestry-by-ivor-steven/
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ― Leonard Cohen
Featured Image Above: taken near Lal Lal, not far from Ballarat.
An Emerald Tapestry
I resumed living last decade
Narrowly surviving gravities finality
Now, I lean against my tower’s balustrade
That overlooks an emerald valley
Echoing from my castle’s balcony
I hear Leonard Cohen’s words about life’s pagentry
Outlining the spiritual tapestry
Of commonality, morality, and vitality
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