Fun With Poetry

Writing poetry— cheap therapy! All it costs is time, and heart, and some paper, and it doesn't have to rhyme. - @FunWithPoetry #funwithpoetry #poetry

April is #PoetryMonth! Cherry tomatoes Glowing red in winter snow How bright the full moon! - Randy Rich #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #Haiku #Tomatoes #Moon #FullMoon #PinkMoon

I want to cast aside the weight of facts and perhaps even to float a little while above this difficult world~ Mary Oliver Above the Tasman sea

having the right word having the right screwdriver humanity's tools - @FunWithPoetry #poetry #haiku #funwithpoetry

"Seasons flow in a cycle. Life too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow." Toshikazu Kawaguchi, "Tales from the Cafe" (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) #quote via @goodreads #photo @unsplash #quotes #winter #spring #coffee #cafe

how many, many things they bring to mind cherry blossoms Basho

"Millions of Possibilities" As pollens willing to be dispersed create future flowers at distant places, give me the burst of courage to blow away into millions of possibilities! From my #poetry collection—A Hundred Flowers to Awareness and Death #poem #SpiritualAwakening

A solar sign, she shines like fine metals; a soul aligned, divine with nine petals... #SundayYellow 🍃 🌼 💛 🍂

"In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger" Issa Kobayashi

"We are like trees whose roots divide and spread outwards. Our neighbours are the same. Their roots too spread out and interlace with ours. Like trees in a wood, our trunks are quite separate but beneath the soil an inextricably tangled network." ~C.R. Milne

Poets vanish. Their words Become whispers Become leaves Swept away By poets Looking For words

"Even if I have nothing - The cherry blossoms, Bloom and fall." Santoka (images: Togyu Okumura)

“He that loves reading has everything within his reach.” ~ William Godwin b. March 3, 1756 · © Permillion44

“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.” ― Joseph Campbell, born #OTD in 1904

I am thrilled to share that my poem was selected as a finalist for the Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize. Thanks to all the readers and editors @onlypoemsmag for publishing this piece! #poetrycommunity, #poetry, #writingcommunity

#maryoliver #poetry

“And the Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

"How many, many things They call to mind These cherry-blossoms!" Basho Matsuo (images: Shiro Kasamatsu)

Jorge Luis Borges 1899-1986: So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. Original text: Así que uno planta su propio jardín y decora su propia alma, en lugar de esperar a que alguien le traiga flores. #poetry #borges

NOISE, BY POOH Oh, the butterflies are flying, Now the winter days are dying, And the primroses are trying To be seen. And the turtle-doves are cooing, And the woods are up and doing, For the violets are blue-ing In the green. ~A.A.Milne #1stDayOfSpring

#WorldPoetryDay “Love the earth and sun and the animals...” - Walt Whitman #poetry #waltwhitman