clouds hang... fixed in pond reflections, or has my mind slowed?
Topsy Turvy World [Haiku]
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Waiting on the Cascade [Haiku]
the falls dwindle. rain clouds in the distance. all eyes await the swell.
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Dead-Eyed [Haiku]
Queen of Slaves [Lyric Poem]
Of all the masters & all the slaves,
I find that mind fire burns in waves.
And sometimes the emotions derail
too quickly to lengthen the exhale.
Trees falling in the forest, unheard,
can still crush a nest of baby birds.
Turns out it's not the sound that matters,
but what the destruction leaves in tatters.
The phrase “Queen of Slaves” comes from a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem (Canto 4, No. 24)
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Jumbo Leaf [Haiku]
a slow rain starts,
playing jumbo leaves: nature’s
percussion section
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Cathedral City [Haiku]
Ubiquity [Blank Verse]
I ran into a seeker from far lands,
and asked him what he sought in my hometown.
He said he sought what's true and beautiful.
I asked him if it was here, more than his home?
"Sometimes you have to walk a thousand miles
to find that which resides beneath your nose.
To unlock truth, the tumblers must align
from the shake of experience and time."
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Bougainvillea [Haiku]
Bougainvilleas,
densely blossomed,
nonplussed by rain clouds.
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Forest Road [Free Verse]
The forest is parted by a line of asphalt. Speeding cars send leaves fluttering. Everything that crosses that road is imperiled by someone's need to get nowhere quickly.
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Wetlands [Haiku]
the liquid world
merges with the earth,
and both are one.
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