Showing posts with label lynx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lynx. Show all posts
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Selected Tanka: Dark Sea of Night Tanka

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she whispered I am in love and love what vanished ... my thoughts of her floating in the dark sea of night originally accepted for (no...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Selected Tanka: Wall of Loneliness Tanka

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banging my head against the wall of loneliness the silence like a murder of crows descends on this winter night originally accepted fo...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Selected Haiku: Nothing But Sunshine Haiku

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tourists glance at his beggar's bowl... nothing but sunshine originally accepted for (now defunct) Lynx, 29:3, October 2014
Friday, March 2, 2018

Selected Haiku Sequence: A Year Of Solitude

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to leave or to stay ... the light and dark of a spring wind childhood summer ... learning the language of butterflies ninth autumn.....
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Selected Haikbun: One Is Too Many

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When the fire dies out, she rises, picks up her torn wedding dress from the floor and puts it on inside out. She turns and meets his indiff...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Selected Tanka Sequence: The Portrait of an Attic Poet

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I yell out I'll stay drunk on writing her silent tongue like a scissor cutting my words to shreds rain pelting the windows of thi...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Selected Tanka: Funny Accent Tanka

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everyone I meet speaks with a funny accent... in dreams I return to my hometown an ocean away Lynx, 27:1, February, 2012
Monday, October 17, 2016

Selected Tanka: Astrology Tanka

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walking out in the middle of the lecture on astrology we see summer stars in each other's eyes Lynx, 26:3, October, 2011 Anthologized...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Selected Kyoka: Chattering Rain Kyoka

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hit hard by The Complete Poems of Chen-ou Liu ... I wake to rain chattering in the room Lynx, 25:2, June 2010
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Selected Tanka: Dark Secrets Tanka

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as night deepens dark secrets emerge and gnaw at my heart I cut it open with the scalpel of words Lynx, 25:1, February 2010
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The Weight of the L Word, A Tanka Sequence

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winter gust beating at the petals of time that swirl around us... this starless night we meet caught in her gaze I plant in my mind ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Marble Fireplace Tanka

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marble fireplace full of burning logs painted on my attic wall... alone with my Muse Originally accepted for  (now defunct) Lynx, 29:3...

Murder of Crows Tanka

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banging my head against the wall of loneliness the silence like a murder of crows descends on this winter night Originally accepted fo...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Scent Haiku

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the scent of her hair footsteps echo down the hospice hall Originally accepted for  (now defunct) Lynx, 29:3, October 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Tourists Haiku

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tourists glance at his beggar's bowl... nothing but sunshine Originally accepted for (now defunct) Lynx, 29:3, October 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

New Year's Resolution: You Must Stay Drunk on Writing, So Reality Cannot Destroy You

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A Haiku Sequence writing haiku... the cock crows as if possessed the vacuum humming I revise a spring haiku color of the sky like...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Urn Haiku

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her short life packed in an urn smell of winter Lynx, 29:1, February 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

First Sunrise Haiku

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first sunrise the silver strand in my hair Lynx, 29:1, February 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Hopscotch Traces Haiku

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hopscotch traces on the driveway ... foreclosed house Lynx, 29:1, February 2014
Friday, October 18, 2013

The Spring Sun also Rises, A Tanka Sequence

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her soft, wet body leans into mine her legs, her thighs move against me... time and rain fall on standing hand in hand before our 3-bedroom ...