A warm, sunny day in Seattle today. So, naturally (?), I turn to introspection… Driving with the windows down on a warm, sunny morning Laura Nyro’s ‘Stoned Soul Picnic’ coming from the cassette as the tall, tall trees that line the road sway with the gentle breeze I think about driving into town but I [...]
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Spring breeze haiku (A poem)
National Poetry Writing Month starts on Friday. … 春の風 静かに流れ やや寒い The breeze of spring flows quietly It’s a little cold (30 March 2016)
At the Couth Buzzard on Sunday morning after the storm (a poem)
After my late morning cup of coffee… The tables sit empty except for this guy in one corner (that would be me) writing in an oversized sketchbook with a purple pen Sunlight peeks in through a couple of open windows (it’s in my eyes, but that’s okay) A box fan in an open doorway keeps [...]
The gardens (a poem)
First new poem after a five-day break from writing. The gardens wild with conversation in the shade of the old brick building Inside the shadows listen intently looking for signs in the bursts of laughter A light breeze brings them all together to make the afternoon complete (12 August 2015—posted August 13)
Black-and-white foreign film (with subtitles) (a poem)
I wrote three poems last night while watching a Japanese film (ももいろそらを, a/k/a About the Pink Sky). They all had parts I liked, but none of them quite worked on their own. This morning, I combined and edited them into a single poem… When the world looks flat and shallow and devoid of color time [...]
Saturday in dreamland (a poem)
No prompt today, just a word that popped into my head… Today the sun shines brightly in dreamland a musky scent floats past on the breeze The crows were quarrelling about an hour ago but now all is peaceful atop the trees The creek gurgles by in the distance as the shadows of branches dance [...]
