Hand in hand, we walked. The silence between interrupted by the shuffle and crunch of leaves. The icy waters threatened their power with rushes and white caps. The peaks ahead displayed their strength. Surrounded by nature, we were but two in the whole vastness. Small,…

If you stretch your neck, Looking up and up and up, You can just see the shell of sky That cracks and dribbles Against wall and window. Gray skies, pale and vulnerable Against the sun, Tremble, a child’s wobbling jaw Before the watery flood. We…

Haibun…Murasaki   Carnation Purple Temporal color and form Pantone petals bright. First time smelling your sweet breath or is it the baby’s that you hold so dear? Your presence signals that all will be well, gracing my home when all is in order. You are a…

High above the city With my face pressed against the glass I watched the lights dance with the people, looking like rhythmical black specs jockeying for position on the gray pavement blew

The dragonflies still buzz today Flying so carefree and peacefully Their wings dance on the breeze Without a care in the world Flying so carefree and peacefully Reminding me of days in my youth Without a care in the world It was a much simpler…

Write a poem about or involving one of the following images.

A child built a boat                                                                                …

It’s no surprise they’re all criminals Did you really think they’d let someone honest win? Are you tired of voting for evil as representative? Does it reflect the system or the culture? Did you really think they’d let someone honest win? Are you so indoctrinated…

I stand upon the precipice of knowledge, knowing the world revolves around nothingness. Red, yellow, black, and white learned this lesson once, before man discovered himself as different. Knowing the world revolves around nothingness, I prayed to my scarred ancient ancestor, before man discovered himself…

A cool moon keeps watch in the warm night. Her shift is soon over, ready to pass the baton. The golden god of the sky is starting his fiery climb. The circles turn, a day begins, the heat is on. Her shift is soon over,…