Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Tanka


a brisk autumn walk
the muddy blend of colors
deepens my mood
where are the highlights
and bright spots of  yesterday?
 Ribbons:Tanka Cafe

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Tanka Prose


Nights in White Satin

 

It’s not just the music, the minor key plaintive sound or the voice, the anguished cry of loneliness and longing, or the words, a soulful declaration of love. It’s all of one piece, one compelling surge of raw, emotion. It lingers in memory, replaying at odd moments, unsettling, piercing one’s equilibrium and soul, shattering one’s peace so hard come by.

 

I play the song

knowing it disturbs and hurts

knowing and needing

      there is a solace in pain

      there is hope for acceptance        

 

* by the Moody Blues


Haibun Today

 

 

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Haiku


 garden show
beginning outside the gate
with dandelions
Kingfisher

Haibun

Odysse y            An elusive floating.  I reach out and clasp sunbeams. I move forward,  searching for I know not what, yet, understanding...