Ancient cathedral:
pews & altar
long gone.
Cold air creeps
through cracks
to flicker candles,
Candles lit for
those long dead —
though long remembered —
on a cold, winter day.
Candles [Free Verse]
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Tag Archives: poetry
Palace Pavilion [Haiku]
late afternoon sun
penetrates the pavilion —-
causing napper’s turn.
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Cheeto Skies [Senryū]
a shade of orange
that doesn’t exist in nature…
yet - there it is!
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Lake Ice [Lyric Poem]
Sun-sparkles on the lake’s far end
look icy cool beneath blue skies,
but Winter shivers, I suspend,
because late Spring is telling lies.
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Garden Lanterns [Haiku]
legs in leaf litter,
garden lanterns catch light
that pierces bare woods.
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Winter Woods [Haiku]
bare branches,
in the Winter forest,
look frost-covered.
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Ripples [Haiku]
through a window:
first ripples of a Spring rain
seen on a pond.
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Passing Buddha [Lyric Poem]
The train is speeding down the line.
Gold Buddha glints in the sunshine.
Jarring is the train whistle’s whine,
we plunge into a dark tunnel.
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Rushed [Haiku]
through the Autumn,
one tree holds leaves longer,
then drops them faster.
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Rain Splotch[Haiku]
chilly winter day,
prismatic splotch in sky—
no bow, no ring.
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