Haiku & Senyru

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Young at Heart An old man weeping, The New Year's parade over. Both lost in time's mist	Autumn Leaves of golden hue, Waving good-bye to Summer, Paint Autumn's portrait.
Volcanoes Spraying Her hot blood, Spear-points bursting from Her heart, Ashen kiss of death.	Feather Dreams So like a feather, Swept up by a warm spring breeze, Souls whisper a dream.
Strength Bending in the breeze Long concrete ribbons, shattered Tender blades of grass	Renewal Young geese, flying home Winter's ice yields to Springtime Feathered victory.
Streams The raging river Boulders give birth to pebbles New sheets for her bed.	Picnic The Aardvark pauses Ants, like soldiers on parade Dinner on the grass.
Doors Love opens life's door Opportunities knock once Death enters like thieves.	Curious Dead cat, stiff, silent Broken power lines, hissing Curiosity.

Young at Heart

An old man weeping,
The New Year's parade over.
Both lost in time's mist

Autumn

Leaves of golden hue,
Waving good-bye to Summer,
Paint Autumn's portrait.

Volcanoes

Spraying Her hot blood,
Spear-points bursting from Her heart,
Ashen kiss of death.

Feather Dreams

So like a feather,
Swept up by a warm spring breeze,
Souls whisper a dream.

Strength

Bending in the breeze
Long concrete ribbons, shattered
Tender blades of grass

Renewal

Young geese, flying home
Winter's ice yields to Springtime
Feathered victory.

Streams

The raging river
Boulders give birth to pebbles
New sheets for her bed.

Picnic

The Aardvark pauses
Ants, like soldiers on parade
Dinner on the grass.

Doors

Love opens life's door
Opportunities knock once
Death enters like thieves.

Curious

Dead cat, stiff, silent
Broken power lines, hissing
Curiosity.


Bed & Breakfast A new mother smiles Sated infant is sleeping Breasts make nice pillows.	Realism Water cascades down Wet people, miserable Frogs sing in the rain.
Night Bright stars prick the shroud Laid upon each dying day Dawn's embers burn it.	Snow Unique crystals fall Silently muffle Earth's scars With death and new life
Atmosphere Existing, unseen, Carrying the birds and clouds On life-giving shield	Creation With wonder, see how God's humor is reflected In Platypus eyes
Sin Eating heart and soul Vomiting what does remain Into Hell's fiery pit	A Smile No luminous trace Yet it brightens every soul Caught within its path
Time Trees, like all mankind Are rooted deep in their past Seeing not their future	Hugs Surrounded by warmth Consoling, comforting, love Touching skin and soul

Bed & Breakfast

A new mother smiles
Sated infant is sleeping
Breasts make nice pillows.

Realism

Water cascades down
Wet people, miserable
Frogs sing in the rain.

Night

Bright stars prick the shroud
Laid upon each dying day
Dawn's embers burn it.

Snow

Unique crystals fall
Silently muffle Earth's scars
With death and new life

Atmosphere

Existing, unseen,
Carrying the birds and clouds
On life-giving shield

Creation

With wonder, see how
God's humor is reflected
In Platypus eyes

Sin

Eating heart and soul
Vomiting what does remain
Into Hell's fiery pit

A Smile

No luminous trace
Yet it brightens every soul
Caught within its path

Time

Trees, like all mankind
Are rooted deep in their past
Seeing not their future

Hugs

Surrounded by warmth
Consoling, comforting, love
Touching skin and soul


Death A destiny shared Tasting its flavor each night Unknown, unmapped, sure	Redwoods Anchored to the Earth Yet striving to reach Heaven Majestic beauty
Aspens Whisper to the winds My lover, Autumn, draws near Bringing robes of gold	Waterfalls Cascade through rainbows Power and beauty bestow Watercolored life
Dawn Swallows and Bluebirds Greet each morning with their songs. Are trees envy-green?	Love Disguised as a friend You touched the strings of my heart. Beautiful music
Utopia Imagine a world Where Peace and Love are the rule, Not the exception.	Requisites Crows are not Eagles But both are necessities Within life's balance
Assumptions Bumblebees can't fly; A logical assumption All is possible.	Power Nature is power Man thinks he is powerful Vanity is death.

Death

A destiny shared
Tasting its flavor each night
Unknown, unmapped, sure

Redwoods

Anchored to the Earth
Yet striving to reach Heaven
Majestic beauty

Aspens

Whisper to the winds
My lover, Autumn, draws near
Bringing robes of gold

Waterfalls

Cascade through rainbows
Power and beauty bestow
Watercolored life

Dawn

Swallows and Bluebirds
Greet each morning with their songs.
Are trees envy-green?

Love

Disguised as a friend
You touched the strings of my heart.
Beautiful music

Utopia

Imagine a world
Where Peace and Love are the rule,
Not the exception.

Requisites

Crows are not Eagles
But both are necessities
Within life's balance

Assumptions

Bumblebees can't fly;
A logical assumption
All is possible.

Power

Nature is power
Man thinks he is powerful
Vanity is death.


Roses Soft, fragrant petals Opening their fragile arms Hide reality's thorns.	Poverty Poverty guides one Across chasms which divide Your needs from your wants
Greed Kindness is a corpse Within the soul of a man Where avarice rules	Anger Anger is a flame Which will burn serenity From a gentle heart
Knowledge The seeds of knowledge Flourish and ripen one's life Within fertile minds	Cost The death of a child Is far too precious a cost For hatred and war
Doorways Death is a doorway Through which all must, one day, pass To darkness or light	Paths Take the easy path, Effortless, with style! Then leave A lifetime of rags
Anger 2 What balm may be used For words, spoken in anger Scaring heart and soul	Hatred Eyes filled with hatred Reflecting a blackened soul Leave no room for tears.

Roses

Soft, fragrant petals
Opening their fragile arms
Hide reality's thorns.

Poverty

Poverty guides one
Across chasms which divide
Your needs from your wants

Greed

Kindness is a corpse
Within the soul of a man
Where avarice rules

Anger

Anger is a flame
Which will burn serenity
From a gentle heart

Knowledge

The seeds of knowledge
Flourish and ripen one's life
Within fertile minds

Cost

The death of a child
Is far too precious a cost
For hatred and war

Doorways

Death is a doorway
Through which all must, one day, pass
To darkness or light

Paths

Take the easy path,
Effortless, with style! Then leave
A lifetime of rags

Anger 2

What balm may be used
For words, spoken in anger
Scaring heart and soul

Hatred

Eyes filled with hatred
Reflecting a blackened soul
Leave no room for tears.


Truth The beauty of truth Is quite often measured by Its simplicity.	Common No man is common All have a purpose in life And each is unique.
Gifts Wrinkles are time's gifts The footprints of its passage Erased by death's winds	Ego Others have feelings! Egos are easy to see; Just open your I's.
Good Deeds Good deeds have beauty Like fine art, they need not be Painted with hubris	Lessons One's stupidity May be the best professor. Lessons are well learned.
Dirt Minds, unlike your hands Should not be exposed to dirt Those stains can't be washed.	Trust Trust is like a bird Soaring upon honest winds Broken on lie's rocks
Rumors Rumors are acid Pitting the armor of truth. Facts are sword and shield.	Fear Steel doors of fear's cage May be opened with a prayer. "God, give me your strength!"

Truth

The beauty of truth
Is quite often measured by
Its simplicity.

Common

No man is common
All have a purpose in life
And each is unique.

Gifts

Wrinkles are time's gifts
The footprints of its passage
Erased by death's winds

Ego

Others have feelings!
Egos are easy to see;
Just open your I's.

Good Deeds

Good deeds have beauty
Like fine art, they need not be
Painted with hubris

Lessons

One's stupidity
May be the best professor.
Lessons are well learned.

Dirt

Minds, unlike your hands
Should not be exposed to dirt
Those stains can't be washed.

Trust

Trust is like a bird
Soaring upon honest winds
Broken on lie's rocks

Rumors

Rumors are acid
Pitting the armor of truth.
Facts are sword and shield.

Fear

Steel doors of fear's cage
May be opened with a prayer.
"God, give me your strength!"


Summer Searing, white-hot Sun Dead leaves rustle on the ground Summer in Texas	Happiness Perfect happiness A much sought state of the mind Exists in one's soul
Man's Best Friend Has God provided A special place in Heaven For Seeing-eye dogs	The Play If life is a stage And you can not be the star Examine your role
Trying Do dreams pass you by Though you are applying the brake Apply yourself then	Dew Savor each new day Freshly washed in morning's tears Wept for dawn's beauty
Existence Experience life With a child-like innocence And age's wisdom	Woman Man is held in thrall Not by beauty, guile or needs But by mystery
Disguises One's soul is described By words which remain hidden Behind every smile	Sustenance Businessmen "Do Lunch" Millionaires eat at the "Ritz" Starving children "Die"

Summer

Searing, white-hot Sun
Dead leaves rustle on the ground
Summer in Texas

Happiness

Perfect happiness
A much sought state of the mind
Exists in one's soul

Man's Best Friend

Has God provided
A special place in Heaven
For Seeing-eye dogs

The Play

If life is a stage
And you can not be the star
Examine your role

Trying

Do dreams pass you by
Though you are applying the brake
Apply yourself then

Dew

Savor each new day
Freshly washed in morning's tears
Wept for dawn's beauty

Existence

Experience life
With a child-like innocence
And age's wisdom

Woman

Man is held in thrall
Not by beauty, guile or needs
But by mystery

Disguises

One's soul is described
By words which remain hidden
Behind every smile

Sustenance

Businessmen "Do Lunch"
Millionaires eat at the "Ritz"
Starving children "Die"


Shapes Old homeless beggars A miser's heart, mind, and soul Emaciated	Sharing How shall we answer When, in the end, we are asked If blessings were shared
Morning The owl goes to sleep Roosters awaken their world Dawn opens one eye	Winners Peace, Love, and Kindness Some things don't go together War and Victory
Lotus Blossom Kissing the sunrise Opening arms to the light Sharing beauty 'till eve'	Chicken or Egg Not which was the first But how either one exists Should be the question
Human Race Quicker and quicker Decades spent in the fast lane Life is not a race	Strangers The neighbors next door Heaven's hot eyes staring down Too distant to care
Measurements Real success in life Can’t be gauged by wealth and fame Measure memories	Night Songs Cricket violins Bullfrogs strumming on the bass Music of the night

Shapes

Old homeless beggars
A miser's heart, mind, and soul
Emaciated

Sharing

How shall we answer
When, in the end, we are asked
If blessings were shared

Morning

The owl goes to sleep
Roosters awaken their world
Dawn opens one eye

Winners

Peace, Love, and Kindness
Some things don't go together
War and Victory

Lotus Blossom

Kissing the sunrise
Opening arms to the light
Sharing beauty 'till eve'

Chicken or Egg

Not which was the first
But how either one exists
Should be the question

Human Race

Quicker and quicker
Decades spent in the fast lane
Life is not a race

Strangers

The neighbors next door
Heaven's hot eyes staring down
Too distant to care

Measurements

Real success in life
Can’t be gauged by wealth and fame
Measure memories

Night Songs

Cricket violins
Bullfrogs strumming on the bass
Music of the night


Night-blooming Orchid Behold the night's Queen Beauty revealed to the stars Death comes with the dawn	The Moon The Lunatic's eye Reflecting tomorrow's light Gives shadows gray veils
Peace For cognizant man No reason can justify Abattoirs of war	Intentions One's good intentions Are nothing without action Amorphous shadows
Vision Man's vision is not Limited by what he sees But by what he dreams	Rain The gentle rain falls Caressing Nature's fair face With pureness and life
Release Feelings are bared Words fly as missiles and bombs Emotional blitz	Homeless Night Shadows ooze down walls Hide foul cracks from jaded eyes Where some now exist
Love Lost My spirit and heart Buried in a shallow grave After love's demise	Heartbreak Dusk's colors, blackened Star-less night, dark as a tomb True shades of heartbreak

Night-blooming Orchid

Behold the night's Queen
Beauty revealed to the stars
Death comes with the dawn

The Moon

The Lunatic's eye
Reflecting tomorrow's light
Gives shadows gray veils

Peace

For cognizant man
No reason can justify
Abattoirs of war

Intentions

One's good intentions
Are nothing without action
Amorphous shadows

Vision

Man's vision is not
Limited by what he sees
But by what he dreams

Rain

The gentle rain falls
Caressing Nature's fair face
With pureness and life

Release

Feelings are bared
Words fly as missiles and bombs
Emotional blitz

Homeless Night

Shadows ooze down walls
Hide foul cracks from jaded eyes
Where some now exist

Love Lost

My spirit and heart
Buried in a shallow grave
After love's demise

Heartbreak

Dusk's colors, blackened
Star-less night, dark as a tomb
True shades of heartbreak


Autumn 2 Watch the swirling leaves Pirouetting in the air Autumn dances in	Promises Gray clouds closing in Small birds, finding a strong branch Promises of rain
Faith Trusting the unseen Believing in the unknown Faith's definitions	Amazon Mankind's legacy Virgin forest, raped, gutted Obiturary
Vision's Gift No sounds reach deeper No sights pierce vision's gift more Than a blind man's cane	First Kiss Hesitant lips meet Hearts racing in unison Remembered always
Caresses Raindrops on roses Wind's fingers ruffle your hair Nature's soft caress	Daybreak Loons laugh at the dawn Roosters announce its coming A new beginning
Broken Dreams The shards of one's dreams Slice to reality's bones When they are broken	Resurrection Green alpine meadows Ancient history's showcase Exhumed from the sea

Autumn 2

Watch the swirling leaves
Pirouetting in the air
Autumn dances in

Promises

Gray clouds closing in
Small birds, finding a strong branch
Promises of rain

Faith

Trusting the unseen
Believing in the unknown
Faith's definitions

Amazon

Mankind's legacy
Virgin forest, raped, gutted
Obiturary

Vision's Gift

No sounds reach deeper
No sights pierce vision's gift more
Than a blind man's cane

First Kiss

Hesitant lips meet
Hearts racing in unison
Remembered always

Caresses

Raindrops on roses
Wind's fingers ruffle your hair
Nature's soft caress

Daybreak

Loons laugh at the dawn
Roosters announce its coming
A new beginning

Broken Dreams

The shards of one's dreams
Slice to reality's bones
When they are broken

Resurrection

Green alpine meadows
Ancient history's showcase
Exhumed from the sea


Oppression In dictionaries And the souls of those repressed Freedom's just a word	Softness A new mother's touch A hand-full of rose petals Could be no softer
Storms Dark ominous clouds March on jagged legs of light To thunder's drum roll	The Cycle Raindrops coalesce Streams and rivers rush seaward Complete the cycle
Novas All the dying stars Cast into oblivion Remnants of their hearts	Views A world of beauty Awaits those who would see it Slip into my dreams
Fire-folk Shadows dance around The flicker of a candle Spirits of the flame	Renewal Amid war's rubble Life from death…Growth from decay Blades of grass emerge
Evanescence A child's sand castle The tide flows in, wave by wave Erase fragile dreams	Autumn Leaves Leaves, as frightened birds Scatter with the Autumn wind Like feathered rainbows

Oppression

In dictionaries
And the souls of those repressed
Freedom's just a word

Softness

A new mother's touch
A hand-full of rose petals
Could be no softer

Storms

Dark ominous clouds
March on jagged legs of light
To thunder's drum roll

The Cycle

Raindrops coalesce
Streams and rivers rush seaward
Complete the cycle

Novas

All the dying stars
Cast into oblivion
Remnants of their hearts

Views

A world of beauty
Awaits those who would see it
Slip into my dreams

Fire-folk

Shadows dance around
The flicker of a candle
Spirits of the flame

Renewal

Amid war's rubble
Life from death…Growth from decay
Blades of grass emerge

Evanescence

A child's sand castle
The tide flows in, wave by wave
Erase fragile dreams

Autumn Leaves

Leaves, as frightened birds
Scatter with the Autumn wind
Like feathered rainbows


In Time Canyon walls, cut smooth Deep ravines, filling with sand Even rivers die
Floating Carried by the wind Ride the crest of each new wave Emotions and ships
Candy Violins weeping Children laughing while at play Candy for the ears	Facades The unseen faces Wearing pretense like a mask Hiding from themselves
Lines Spiders and their webs Concrete networks filled with cars Geometric death	Prayers Naked and barren Fingers imploring the sky Trees pray for Springtime
Kites Broken and tattered The bones of a young child's joy Trees take back their own	Breath Give life, receive life Trees enjoy the breath of men But not their harsh touch
Introspection? Searching for true self? How far shall one man travel? Egotistical?	Mortality Weeping for the loss Longing for one more sweet touch Life is much too short.

In Time

Canyon walls, cut smooth
Deep ravines, filling with sand
Even rivers die

Floating

Carried by the wind
Ride the crest of each new wave
Emotions and ships

Candy

Violins weeping
Children laughing while at play
Candy for the ears

Facades

The unseen faces
Wearing pretense like a mask
Hiding from themselves

Lines

Spiders and their webs
Concrete networks filled with cars
Geometric death

Prayers

Naked and barren
Fingers imploring the sky
Trees pray for Springtime

Kites

Broken and tattered
The bones of a young child's joy
Trees take back their own

Breath

Give life, receive life
Trees enjoy the breath of men
But not their harsh touch

Introspection?

Searching for true self?
How far shall one man travel?
Egotistical?

Mortality

Weeping for the loss
Longing for one more sweet touch
Life is much too short.


Wonder I stare at the stars Countless eyes glow in the dark Are they looking back?	Alzheimer’s Mirrored stranger stares Memory's futile screams fade Echoes without sound.
Freedom Never be miss-led. The captive bird in a cage Is merely weeping.	Living Savor each moment The path of one's life is brief Leading to Death's door
Kindness Kindness is a seed Sown by the gentlest hand Growing care's flowers	Actions Actions are fingers Plucking the strings of a soul Let your song be felt
Butterflies From darkened chambers Winged flowers emerge in Spring Brightening the eye	Wisteria Fountains of purple Cascade through tree's naked limbs Nature's perfumed gowns
Water Sweet liquid music Raindrops, waterfalls, oceans Nature's timpani	Waves Rocks, thrown in a pond Sandpipers dancing in foam Good-byes without words

Wonder

I stare at the stars
Countless eyes glow in the dark
Are they looking back?

Alzheimer’s

Mirrored stranger stares
Memory's futile screams fade
Echoes without sound.

Freedom

Never be miss-led.
The captive bird in a cage
Is merely weeping.

Living

Savor each moment
The path of one's life is brief
Leading to Death's door

Kindness

Kindness is a seed
Sown by the gentlest hand
Growing care's flowers

Actions

Actions are fingers
Plucking the strings of a soul
Let your song be felt

Butterflies

From darkened chambers
Winged flowers emerge in Spring
Brightening the eye

Wisteria

Fountains of purple
Cascade through tree's naked limbs
Nature's perfumed gowns

Water

Sweet liquid music
Raindrops, waterfalls, oceans
Nature's timpani

Waves

Rocks, thrown in a pond
Sandpipers dancing in foam
Good-byes without words


Reflections The small crystal pond Holds life beneath its surface Mirroring the world	Reflections 2 Azure mountain lakes Clouds embrace the snow-capped peaks Glacier's artistry
Rainbows Shimmering colors Gently caress the mind's eye With ancient promise	Values Virgin forests raped Their secret wealth discarded For scraps of paper
Breezes Wind tickles the leaves 'Till branches shake with laughter Even Nature smiles	Summer 2 Honeysuckle breeze Liquid music of bird's songs A country morning
Fire Candlelight flickers Shadows dance on empty walls Waltzing with the flame	Emptiness The loss of a child Nothing is left so empty As the Mother's heart
Inevitability Barren as winter Gaunt and gnarled as starvation Trees face death's dull ax	Time's Seas Sands from Eden's past Eternity at one's feet Walking on the beach

Reflections

The small crystal pond
Holds life beneath its surface
Mirroring the world

Reflections 2

Azure mountain lakes
Clouds embrace the snow-capped peaks
Glacier's artistry

Rainbows

Shimmering colors
Gently caress the mind's eye
With ancient promise

Values

Virgin forests raped
Their secret wealth discarded
For scraps of paper

Breezes

Wind tickles the leaves
'Till branches shake with laughter
Even Nature smiles

Summer 2

Honeysuckle breeze
Liquid music of bird's songs
A country morning

Fire

Candlelight flickers
Shadows dance on empty walls
Waltzing with the flame

Emptiness

The loss of a child
Nothing is left so empty
As the Mother's heart

Inevitability

Barren as winter
Gaunt and gnarled as starvation
Trees face death's dull ax

Time's Seas

Sands from Eden's past
Eternity at one's feet
Walking on the beach


Epitaph Life's brief fragile flame Eternal stellar brightness Forgotten cinders	Senses Star points touch the mind Moonlight caresses the soul Love songs hug the heart
Novas 2 Death flowers bloom bright Comets write their epitaphs Centuries too late	Bigots Minds locked in their cells Eyes blinded by their prejudice Some men still exist
Koi Pond Waterfall glistens Koi play in the current Beneath lily-pads	Predator Crimson dragonfly Hovering above the pond Fearsome jeweled hawk
Birth Water-lily bud Nosing from its water womb Tastes the summer air	Jewels Bullfrog in the swamp Motionless on mossy log Emeralds and Jade
Red Big candy apples Lips of your first lover's kiss Colors of passion	Carvings Raging waters feed Old rivers and streams nibble Canyons and ravines

Epitaph

Life's brief fragile flame
Eternal stellar brightness
Forgotten cinders

Senses

Star points touch the mind
Moonlight caresses the soul
Love songs hug the heart

Novas 2

Death flowers bloom bright
Comets write their epitaphs
Centuries too late

Bigots

Minds locked in their cells
Eyes blinded by their prejudice
Some men still exist

Koi Pond

Waterfall glistens
Koi play in the current
Beneath lily-pads

Predator

Crimson dragonfly
Hovering above the pond
Fearsome jeweled hawk

Birth

Water-lily bud
Nosing from its water womb
Tastes the summer air

Jewels

Bullfrog in the swamp
Motionless on mossy log
Emeralds and Jade

Red

Big candy apples
Lips of your first lover's kiss
Colors of passion

Carvings

Raging waters feed
Old rivers and streams nibble
Canyons and ravines


Time The great clock winds down Seasons pass in an eye's blink Until entropy	Dreams Sparks from the campfire Two lovers eyes filled with stars Fireflies in the night
Images Sunbeams spear the mist Wafting from the mirrored pond Reflect forever	Water-lilies White petals unfurl Exposing a golden heart Tiny suns on earth
Winter Old Oaks hibernate Locked within their icy shrouds Springtime brings the key	Spring Frozen in its bed Awaiting sunlight's freedom Small streams are patient
Daybreak Sun's rays pierce the dark Willows weep for the beauty Brought by morning's light	Wilted Daisies in summer Heads bowed down as if praying For rainfall's soft touch
Canyons Endless stone vistas Rising through millennia Carved by water's knife	Seasons Spring dances with life Winter and Summer intrude Autumn paints its world

Time

The great clock winds down
Seasons pass in an eye's blink
Until entropy

Dreams

Sparks from the campfire
Two lovers eyes filled with stars
Fireflies in the night

Images

Sunbeams spear the mist
Wafting from the mirrored pond
Reflect forever

Water-lilies

White petals unfurl
Exposing a golden heart
Tiny suns on earth

Winter

Old Oaks hibernate
Locked within their icy shrouds
Springtime brings the key

Spring

Frozen in its bed
Awaiting sunlight's freedom
Small streams are patient

Daybreak

Sun's rays pierce the dark
Willows weep for the beauty
Brought by morning's light

Wilted

Daisies in summer
Heads bowed down as if praying
For rainfall's soft touch

Canyons

Endless stone vistas
Rising through millennia
Carved by water's knife

Seasons

Spring dances with life
Winter and Summer intrude
Autumn paints its world


Roses Rosebuds in springtime New colors revealed each morn' Promise of beauty	Sunflowers Golden eyes open Watch the sun dip into night Then turn to greet the dawn
Autumn Rain Gray clouds dissipate Sated Earth, sighs fragrant thanks Sun warms like a hug	Flower Garden Fragrant symphonies By senses, beauty extolled Rainbows on the ground
Butterflies 2 Pictures of beauty Struggle from their cell-like womb To dance in Spring skies	Time's Passage Old picket fence sags Rose border, blackened and dead Caring hands are gone
Seasons 2 Leaves of red and gold Earth coated by wind's strong brush Winter paints it white	The Cycle 2 Black vultures circle Targeting death's grim harvest Decay feeds new life
New Year Ancient white-haired man Frail and wizened with old age Brings a new-born babe	Tulips Softly rounded hips Sweet mouths open to the sky Singing perfumed songs

Roses

Rosebuds in springtime
New colors revealed each morn'
Promise of beauty

Sunflowers

Golden eyes open
Watch the sun dip into night
Then turn to greet the dawn

Autumn Rain

Gray clouds dissipate
Sated Earth, sighs fragrant thanks
Sun warms like a hug

Flower Garden

Fragrant symphonies
By senses, beauty extolled
Rainbows on the ground

Butterflies 2

Pictures of beauty
Struggle from their cell-like womb
To dance in Spring skies

Time's Passage

Old picket fence sags
Rose border, blackened and dead
Caring hands are gone

Seasons 2

Leaves of red and gold
Earth coated by wind's strong brush
Winter paints it white

The Cycle 2

Black vultures circle
Targeting death's grim harvest
Decay feeds new life

New Year

Ancient white-haired man
Frail and wizened with old age
Brings a new-born babe

Tulips

Softly rounded hips
Sweet mouths open to the sky
Singing perfumed songs


Gifts Waves crash to silver Sea air fills with salty mist Clouds return the gift	Mountains Mountain,s jagged peaks Bathe themselves in snow white blood From piercing the sky
Tree Dreams Limbs barren, as though dead Earth’s womb keeps the life-blood warm For Spring’s fresh promise	Winter Biting ears and nose Crystal daggers grow to spears Winter shows its teeth
Sunsets Blue waves crest to red God’s eye bleeds into the clouds An ocean sunset	Sunflowers 2 Black eyes stare skyward Saffron lashes give no shade Idle worshipers
Food for Thought Mayflies dance in streams Trout are voracious feeders Rainbows in the air	Beauty Autumn’s last red rose Petals blackened from the freeze Even beauty dies
Snow White Snowflakes drift to Earth Winter dons her sequined gown Tailored by the wind	Winds Winds caress the leaves Tasting each season’s texture ‘Till Autum’s last dance

Gifts

Waves crash to silver
Sea air fills with salty mist
Clouds return the gift

Mountains

Mountain,s jagged peaks
Bathe themselves in snow white blood
From piercing the sky

Tree Dreams

Limbs barren, as though dead
Earth’s womb keeps the life-blood warm
For Spring’s fresh promise

Winter

Biting ears and nose
Crystal daggers grow to spears
Winter shows its teeth

Sunsets

Blue waves crest to red
God’s eye bleeds into the clouds
An ocean sunset

Sunflowers 2

Black eyes stare skyward
Saffron lashes give no shade
Idle worshipers

Food for Thought

Mayflies dance in streams
Trout are voracious feeders
Rainbows in the air

Beauty

Autumn’s last red rose
Petals blackened from the freeze
Even beauty dies

Snow White

Snowflakes drift to Earth
Winter dons her sequined gown
Tailored by the wind

Winds

Winds caress the leaves
Tasting each season’s texture
‘Till Autum’s last dance


Dawn 2 Sunlight’s bright razor Shaves the sea’s black horizon Dawn’s blood stains the skies	Inner Peace Winds kiss the still lake Obscuring all reflections Leaving peace within
Spring 2 Crocus in the snow Winter’s icy grasp loosens Spring opens green eyes	Spring 3 Narcissus in bloom Robins race from meal to meal Spring quickens new life
Beauty 2 Sunset’s rainbowed veil Butterflies and Hummingbirds Food for eyes and soul	Spring 4 Flowers nod their heads Trees bow and dance when she comes Spring blows a warm kiss
Fire 2 Campfire in the woods Red tongues savor each morsel Warms body and soul	Water 2 Mist on the river Spirits rise to pale gray clouds Born of waterfalls
Oceans Oceans kiss the shore Tasting all the grains of sand Stolen by the tide	Rainbows 2 The Rainbow’s finger Softer than the brief rainfall Caresses her gold

Dawn 2

Sunlight’s bright razor
Shaves the sea’s black horizon
Dawn’s blood stains the skies

Inner Peace

Winds kiss the still lake
Obscuring all reflections
Leaving peace within

Spring 2

Crocus in the snow
Winter’s icy grasp loosens
Spring opens green eyes

Spring 3

Narcissus in bloom
Robins race from meal to meal
Spring quickens new life

Beauty 2

Sunset’s rainbowed veil
Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Food for eyes and soul

Spring 4

Flowers nod their heads
Trees bow and dance when she comes
Spring blows a warm kiss

Fire 2

Campfire in the woods
Red tongues savor each morsel
Warms body and soul

Water 2

Mist on the river
Spirits rise to pale gray clouds
Born of waterfalls

Oceans

Oceans kiss the shore
Tasting all the grains of sand
Stolen by the tide

Rainbows 2

The Rainbow’s finger
Softer than the brief rainfall
Caresses her gold


Change Tadpoles in the pond Change is the only constant Stagnation brings death	Beauty 3 Night’s star-pricked blackness Beauty has many faces Fragile spider webs
Shadows Cold liquid shadows Slip quietly through the woods Hiding from moonbeams	Fog Fog on the mountain Softening her granite face With small sips of life
Dogwood Flowers of the Cross Autumn leaves, red as His blood Limbs bowed in penance	Autumn3 Autumn leaves and clouds Sunlight’s flames are reflected Coloring our lives
Time 2 Old muddy river Flowing by as slow as time Long hot summer days	Swamps Moss covered waters Ancient bearded cypress thrive Quick death lies beneath
Rivers Flood waters recede Rivers gnaw at their constraints Mouths choking with greed	Signs Springtime is announced Green spears pierce the black earth Daffodils trumpet

Change

Tadpoles in the pond
Change is the only constant
Stagnation brings death

Beauty 3

Night’s star-pricked blackness
Beauty has many faces
Fragile spider webs

Shadows

Cold liquid shadows
Slip quietly through the woods
Hiding from moonbeams

Fog

Fog on the mountain
Softening her granite face
With small sips of life

Dogwood

Flowers of the Cross
Autumn leaves, red as His blood
Limbs bowed in penance

Autumn3

Autumn leaves and clouds
Sunlight’s flames are reflected
Coloring our lives

Time 2

Old muddy river
Flowing by as slow as time
Long hot summer days

Swamps

Moss covered waters
Ancient bearded cypress thrive
Quick death lies beneath

Rivers

Flood waters recede
Rivers gnaw at their constraints
Mouths choking with greed

Signs

Springtime is announced
Green spears pierce the black earth
Daffodils trumpet


Disguises Berries or a bird Cardinals nest in Holly A flash of bright red	Koi Colors spear the eye Rainbows swim in blue water Young Koi feeding
Diversity Snowflakes float to earth Each dressed in robes of pure white None fashioned the same	Pelicans Pelicans in flight Soaring on the ocean breeze Crashing with the waves
Greetings Chill winds push gray clouds Leaves scuttle over dead grass Winter sighs, hello	Snow Snows pristine blanket A robin’s tracks lead nowhere Spring walks close behind
Winter Moon Ghostly dim beacon Pallid light through icy veils Winter’s silver eye	Winter 2 Each year she visits Bringing one robe of dull brown And one of pure white
Cycles Dead leaves fall to earth Decay beneath winter’s snow Feeding their future	Chance White gulls ride the winds Crabs scuttle across the beach Opportunity

Disguises

Berries or a bird
Cardinals nest in Holly
A flash of bright red

Koi

Colors spear the eye
Rainbows swim in blue water
Young Koi feeding

Diversity

Snowflakes float to earth
Each dressed in robes of pure white
None fashioned the same

Pelicans

Pelicans in flight
Soaring on the ocean breeze
Crashing with the waves

Greetings

Chill winds push gray clouds
Leaves scuttle over dead grass
Winter sighs, hello

Snow

Snows pristine blanket
A robin’s tracks lead nowhere
Spring walks close behind

Winter Moon

Ghostly dim beacon
Pallid light through icy veils
Winter’s silver eye

Winter 2

Each year she visits
Bringing one robe of dull brown
And one of pure white

Cycles

Dead leaves fall to earth
Decay beneath winter’s snow
Feeding their future

Chance

White gulls ride the winds
Crabs scuttle across the beach
Opportunity


Breath of Life Sounds of ocean waves Spring winds whispering through leaves Mother Earth breathing	What If An Eagle’s feather Resting by a mountain trail Flights of fantasy
Night Songs Wolves worship the moon Nightingales sing to the stars Hymns from the forest	Sentinels Moss covered boulders Guarding the small stream’s shoreline From erosion’s greed
Awareness Standing on one leg White Cranes sleep in the shallows With one eye open	Renewal An old tree’s bleached bones Thrown ashore by angry waves Shade the new saplings
Sharing Drifting to the ground Rose petals clothe the bare earth With perfumed beauty	Care Soft beneath my feet Home to uncounted creatures Tread life’s road with care
Fireflies Bright Invitations Flash through the summer’s warm air Fireflies at sunset	Cactus Flowers Among the sharp spines Red and gold eyes open paths Into a man’s heart

Breath of Life

Sounds of ocean waves
Spring winds whispering through leaves
Mother Earth breathing

What If

An Eagle’s feather
Resting by a mountain trail
Flights of fantasy

Night Songs

Wolves worship the moon
Nightingales sing to the stars
Hymns from the forest

Sentinels

Moss covered boulders
Guarding the small stream’s shoreline
From erosion’s greed

Awareness

Standing on one leg
White Cranes sleep in the shallows
With one eye open

Renewal

An old tree’s bleached bones
Thrown ashore by angry waves
Shade the new saplings

Sharing

Drifting to the ground
Rose petals clothe the bare earth
With perfumed beauty

Care

Soft beneath my feet
Home to uncounted creatures
Tread life’s road with care

Fireflies

Bright Invitations
Flash through the summer’s warm air
Fireflies at sunset

Cactus Flowers

Among the sharp spines
Red and gold eyes open paths
Into a man’s heart


Fireflies 2 Glimmers of childhood Lighting memory’s long path Fireflies in the night	Small Changes Tiny grains of sand Ride the crest of each new wave Shaping the oceans
Nature Nature is a beast Feeding on Man’s creations Untamed, uncaring	White Dove Flight of a white dove Opens the springs of the soul Beauty and freedom
Ivy Pretty, green ivy Climbing with choking tendrils A blanket of death	Songs The waterfall sings All the colors of rainbows In each tiny drop
Moss Moss grows on the stone Smoothing the gray face of time With soft green hands	Seasons 3 Leaves, dead and dying Make room for the buds of Spring Life’s blood taken back
Water Dance White crane by the shore Dancing through the still water In a slow ballet	The Wind Ripples on a pond Leaves playing tag in the street We see the wind’s face

Fireflies 2

Glimmers of childhood
Lighting memory’s long path
Fireflies in the night

Small Changes

Tiny grains of sand
Ride the crest of each new wave
Shaping the oceans

Nature

Nature is a beast
Feeding on Man’s creations
Untamed, uncaring

White Dove

Flight of a white dove
Opens the springs of the soul
Beauty and freedom

Ivy

Pretty, green ivy
Climbing with choking tendrils
A blanket of death

Songs

The waterfall sings
All the colors of rainbows
In each tiny drop

Moss

Moss grows on the stone
Smoothing the gray face of time
With soft green hands

Seasons 3

Leaves, dead and dying
Make room for the buds of Spring
Life’s blood taken back

Water Dance

White crane by the shore
Dancing through the still water
In a slow ballet

The Wind

Ripples on a pond
Leaves playing tag in the street
We see the wind’s face


Secrets Within my garden Nature reveals her secrets When the wind whispers	History Liquid tongues savor Taste history grain by grain Silver mountain brook
Sunbeams Beams of pale sunshine Slice through the springtime storm clouds Painting the raindrops	Gifts 2 Fireflies and Bullfrogs Bring gifts to each waning day Bright lights and music
Storms Clouds grumble by Fiery eyes flash here and there Looking for rainbows	Mist Mist shrouded valley Fingers curled around mountains Cooling their bare feet
Closed Closed hearts feel no love Closed eyes never see beauty Closed arms are lonely	Coral Slicing through ice clouds The ancient seabed rises Coral in the snow
Happiness 2 Enjoy each day Happiness is not science Just a way of live	Hibiscus Unfurling her wings She invites all to enter For their nourishment

Secrets

Within my garden
Nature reveals her secrets
When the wind whispers

History

Liquid tongues savor
Taste history grain by grain
Silver mountain brook

Sunbeams

Beams of pale sunshine
Slice through the springtime storm clouds
Painting the raindrops

Gifts 2

Fireflies and Bullfrogs
Bring gifts to each waning day
Bright lights and music

Storms

Clouds grumble by
Fiery eyes flash here and there
Looking for rainbows

Mist

Mist shrouded valley
Fingers curled around mountains
Cooling their bare feet

Closed

Closed hearts feel no love
Closed eyes never see beauty
Closed arms are lonely

Coral

Slicing through ice clouds
The ancient seabed rises
Coral in the snow

Happiness 2

Enjoy each day
Happiness is not science
Just a way of live

Hibiscus

Unfurling her wings
She invites all to enter
For their nourishment

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