ancient bedrock
wrinkled under the torrent
echoes with laughter
a school of brown trout
hovering in the shadows
moving, not moving
you and I resting
the mystery of living
silent, not silent
#poetry#haiku#WriteMap 495
swim in the ocean
then just let the ocean be
your impermanence
a handful of time
slipping through like the water
learn to let it go
everything is here
the sweetness of the moment
and nothing at all
#WriteMap 494
#poetry#senryu
wanting flowers
and picking flowers
are two different things
when flowers are planted
where they are wanted
are you surprised
that life is
effortless
when the garden
in your heart is ready
love grows by itself
🌻
#poetry#love
purple coneflowers
the highways become rivers
floating clouds of bees
an old brick hotel
overgrown hydrangeas
ghosts on a journey
resting with the ghosts
pines gently sway overhead
silently breathing
🌲 🌻
#poetry#haiku#senryu
each moment of us
our moment, all existance
frozen in sunlight
orange sunflowers
beaded morning libations
our forever wine
I’d find you sooner
I would leave the wilderness
and love you longer
🌻✨
#poetry#senryu#Vermont
forever longing
like moonlit moss hung arbres
after a rainstorm
starfallen blanket
summer moonshadow lover
her fool is asleep
he’s sailing away
to trade moonlight for silver
love ephemeral
✨🌓
#haiku#love#spring#poetry
love lost is lonely
never for me, she’s waiting
for summer starlight
looking down tonight
yes she will find me longing
her fool here on earth
in spring I complain
the dingy evening clouds
hide my lover’s smile
🍷🌒
#poetry#senryu#haiku#LiPo
buds awakening
sweet dreams till sunbeams find them
winter is over
sparkling icicles
reflecting the azure sky
her eyes in a dream
wind in the cedars
robins and cardinals sing
as snow disappears
🌲 🎶
#poetry#haiku#senryu
constant drumming
low & steady
feeling a million drops
playing staccato
on skin
water running rivulets
down
finding stillness
pooling around
warmth
resting on
shallow ground
a spring storm
giving something real
to feel
a shift
in atmosphere
#vss365#water
birds are returning
souls of angels have landed
budding wildflowers
coming home again
I imagine you counting
the flowers and stars
spring’s fragility
with your loving hand in mine
we’re not so fragile
🌻 ❤️
#poetry#haiku#senryu
my wise Athena
could blackened hands throw lightning
if Etna was lost
the scale was fractured
and the lyre was out of tune
waves are all that’s left
ripple in stillness
pebbles of thought are quiet
and the wind is yours
🎸 🌻
#senryu#poetry#love
ghosts of dragonflies
white wisps of frozen vapor
caught by the sunlight
icy bearded rocks
eagles fishing in the pool
along the river
cut by winter wind
your immortal wine warms me
our forever journey
🍷 🌻
#poetry#haiku#senryu