This summer solstice
Golden sun’s prodigious eye
Aligns with flowers
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #192: Eyes and inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #90 Crossroads … Summer Solstice (Troiku Hineri)
Catkins burst
Before the heat
Still spring
Mirage of trees
Shimmer in reflection
Cold hard glass
Spiritless crow
Adorning the sidewalk
Window strike
The unfortunate demise of this crow gave me an opportunity to appreciate for a moment the beautiful fragility of its being. What a privilege to hold such a captivating creature before it is rendered back to dust and a poignant reminder that in a mere instant, the miracle of being can be extinguished.
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #191: Being
Acrid ozone
Before spring rain
Washed my tears
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #190: Before
As I sit in your quiet house
A lifetime of memories haunt me
Sweet snippets of laughter play
A flickering old movie reel
Until the film finally runs out
Celluloid flapping against metal
Jolts me back to reality
Past relationships lost to time
Unwilling to mask my sorrow
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #188: Mask and #189: Quiet
No more dances
Around the sun
She is now
Back to stardust
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #185: Heavens
Feeling vulnerable
The constant Mother’s Day ads
A new perspective
Man made heavens
A meretricious imitation
To trees covered in birdsong
Don’t get me wrong, I am in awe of the human capability to create beautiful art, but nothing compares to the cosmos which is what inspires our art in the first place. Waking up under a canopy of trees by a birdsong alarm is my idea of heaven (even if my old back is stiff from sleeping on the ground).
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #185: Heavens
With morning’s first light
Overflowing abundance
Her cup filled with dew
