My very first attempt to write a poem using the 5-7-5 haiku format. So please be kind!
The poem itself describes the dichotomy of nature, its amazing beauty as well as its inherent cruelty.
A love story such as theirs deserv… For they have met at the rock-bott… Out of the ruins of their experien… That fate is gentle and their good… Life wasn’t gracious and there hav…
In younger days, he feared not dea… But all the pain that comes before… Would anguish steal his breath and… Or would it strike too swiftly to… Through years, he watched as suffe…
Aimlessly drifting, lacking direct… Unanchored, meandering out to sea Nimbus clouds, horizon to horizon Land nowhere near, miles away from… He bobbed in the waves, but nowher…
Sonnet to Brotherhood Four scores and a dime, many moons… Sixteen young men, they forged a b… To seek the truth, promote the com… Chase adventures, gear up for tomo…
‘Twas early winter night, a pregna… Soon to be full, rose quarter high… And illumined the snowfield and fr… Otherworldly dreamscape, as far as… Vast wonderland gleaming in silv’r…
A Sonnet Four lines of poetry I wrote toda… Then my mind went blank; I can wr… The well is empty like never befor… As if all my thoughts have been bl…
Just for Laughs A winding ribbon of red stars Snaked out far into the night As I sat quietly in the cockpit Hoping my ship will soon take flig…
Born today gone tomorrow Life unfolds fast never slow Thin slice of eternity Half note in a symphony Ghostly mist life appears
In late summer afternoon, the sky’… As roaring thunder could be heard… And the rays of the sun– on raindr… It’s a picturesque sunset that we… Usual harbinger of a pleasant tomo…
Decadent, thus tempting It oozes, like a river It flows, yet viscous It’s thick, and rich, and gooey... So inviting!
A dead doe, belly up, udders showi… Under a tree in an ocean of grass Half mile away a herd of deer graz… Silently mourning what has come to… Overhead the morning sun burning b…
His face was ashen, Frozen by the sight he’d seen— Taunting grinning clown Heart pounding, he turned to flee, Feeling gutless misery
Atop a hill he stood, in the magic… The sun shining sideways, colorizi… Rainbow hues have exploded in brea… And the rolling golden fields of g… Turned deep ochre; burnt orange, t…
A gigantic tree, a hundred feet ta… Its canopy akin to voluminous drap… And its knuckled branches are twis… Into gnarly arthritic shapes. It’s been around umpteen generatio…
A shooting star flashed across the… Vaporized; petered out somewhere n… Too late to make a wish; all he di… Wistful yet hopeful, gazing at the… In the east a quarter moon, yellow…