A silverlining

A silverlining

17 June 2020

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The garden stretched forth

Leaves scattering in its midst

Grass strewed evergreen

Windmills of my mind stirred slow

Recognition of the light

 

Paper planes flew low

Their noses scraping the dust

The rubble moved slight

The mind composed bleak answers

Call of the heart rising through

 

Clouds pearled lily white

Amidst announcement of storm

A silverlining

The heart contrasted with mind

Choices like ribbons flew south

 

Reading of the poem:

The Awakening Of A Woman (Burnout) -The Cinematic Orchestra

Deep into mountain

Deep into mountain

15 June 2020

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The ground heaved to sounds

Spluttering of flames within

The core of the earth

The mind harkened to whispers

That spelt cruelty of men

 

Eruption threatened

Smoke blew from underbelly

Projections in air

Taut silence blazed in bosom

Rage of many fires swelled

 

The lava gushed forth

Its path a river winding

Deep into mountain

Anger in the mind spilled forth

Erasing taunts of humans

 

Reading of the poem:

Hypnotic eyes – Shinnobu

Bark oozing shed tears

Bark oozing shed tears

27 May 2020

Courtesy Stefan Gesell

 

Grasshoppers’ clamour

Enchanting tunes in the wind

Green grass their stronghold

I knelt to the grass level

Mind connected with the Earth

 

Fallen leaves crunching

Pathways strewn bloody green trace

End of the leaves’ life

Thoughts roaming to other ends

Life and death in pendulum

 

Trees whisper in wind

Language of mother to child

Bark oozing shed tears

Motherless, childless I roamed

My balance above all odds

 

Reading of the poem:

Michael Jackson – Earth Song (Official Video)

Alone we are not lonesome

Alone we are not lonesome

19 June 2018

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Leaves fall off the tree

Yellow butterflies to ground

Moss heather and stone

Mind’s criss-cross of highs and lows

Tangled webs of slain desires

 

Clouds gathered in skies

Raindrops showering gardens

Pond fish thirst alive

Mind’s preoccupations cloud

Soul reaching out to rainbows

 

Birds’ flight back to nest

Huddled sounds of nestling wings

Pairs to one’s solace

Breath of the divine inside

Alone we are not lonesome

 

Reading of the poem: 

Exaudi Vocem Meam Part I – Dark Sanctuary

Le Rêve de la Nymphe – Dark Sanctuary

Les entrailles de ce Purgatoire – Dark Sanctuary

The bird on the hand

The bird on the hand

2 May 2016

Courtesy Masao Yamamoto eikyo.es

Grey dawn awakens

Sleepy grasshoppers stretching

In drizzle of light

Idle thoughts in the half-light

Stir lazily in my mind

 

Silent butterflies

Flutter in the morning rays

That slowly emerge

My restless hands stretch outwards

Craving gift of the sun’s warmth

 

Silent observer

Tiny sparrow lands promptly

Perched on my fingers

Turned master of life and death

I lift my hand gingerly

 

The bird on the hand

Watching clouds fly in the sky

Blue dreams of springtime

Within bosom hopes of sun

Spiral towards lost freedom

 

Wanton prisoner

Delaying its onward flight

The sparrow hops twice

Curious mind discovering

I repeat the lost trials

 

The clouds gather dark

Their rims stripped of all linings

Stand dry tone on tone

Knaves take shelter the soonest

While the brave dance in the storms

 

Reading of the poem: 

Courtesy Masao Yamamoto on 21steditions.com

Masao Yamamoto – Photography with music of John Williams (Morning)

Masao Yamamoto – The Space between Flowers

Masao Yamamoto – Haiku with music of Joe Hisaishi, “Sakura”

The fading shine bright

The fading shine bright

16 April 2016

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When the bird chirps soft

Spring softer makes its way through

Flurry of gardens

Within the bosom mellow

Sunshine smiles hummed melodies

 

The nests are now built

Every strand a tireless flight

Parents made myriads

The hands that ironed now rest

Bright uniforms hanging prim

 

Rows of birds gather

Their beaks keen tools of language

Yellow orange flare

Women and children converse

Recommendations for school

 

Birds fly high in skies

Aerial exercise of grace

Coordinated

Mothers watch babies’ movements

Their eyes warm support system

 

A woodpecker cries

Its nest’s entrance occupied

By bees’ colonies

Livelihood created wiped

New livelihood emerges

 

Flowers bloom silent

Resplendent colours gushing

The fading shine bright

I watch harmony within

Losing all yet having all

 

Reading of the poem: 

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Farewell – Tan Dun & Yo Yo Ma

 

Pathways

Pathways

5 April 2016

Courtesy Shana Carrara on paperaquarium.com

 

Falling drops of rain

Mingle with the yellow sands

Brown maps on roadside

Parched memories like deserts

Drenched by heart relive pathways

 

Reading of the poem: 

Lagrimas – B Tribe

Between mind and heart

Between mind and heart

24 February 2016

Courtesy Tomasz Alen Kopera on thewondrous.com

 

The leaves in tight row

Bordered the alleys that wound

In between patches

Within my bosom clearings

Sat in toasty clusters of thought

 

Compact flowers shone

Sturdy milk white petunias

All cramped within pots

Tepid ideas roamed slow

In mind’s glowing flushed harbours

 

Warm winds blowing hard

Mixed petunias and green leaves

Left nothing untouched

Steady confusion of mind

Made patchwork of ideas

 

The dust riding fast

Sweaty summery playgrounds

Sweltering desert

Pieces in taut memories

Grew hot blizzard in my soul

 

The Earth cried out loud

She recognized not her pair

Earth and sky repelled

A heated debate ensued

Between rigid mind and heart

 

Reading of the poem: 

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Written in the context of Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge. Ping back and rules here

https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-85-tightwarm/

 

Lights & Motion – The March (Official Video)

 

 

Particles to keep

Particles to keep

21-22 February 2016

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The fog clung to him

Like a parasite on beast

That shuddered anew

Confusion reigned in bosom

Replicating dormant fears

 

The moon high in sky

Glistened on frozen landscapes

Colour of silver

Within my heart the stillness

Shone with steely glint’s tremors

 

The clouds soft whispered

To pregnant skies that would weep

Particles to keep

Like uncertain skies I shed

Secrets of life that we dread

 

Reading of the poem: 

Courtesy Tomasz Alen Kopera on creativelife.cz

 

Too much Heaven – Bee Gees

Dark Matter’s ink diluted

Dark Matter’s ink diluted

10 December 2015

(Original Tanka post “Dark Matter” of March 14, 2015 changed to a new form as a Tanka with a closing Haiku inspired by Ronovan writes Freku but keeping the Tanka form and without rhyming in the other stanzas; I’d be tempted to call it Tankaiku 😀 )

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Poppies red in field

Danced to the wake of sunlight

Before stillness hit

Like an earthquake hearts burst out

From withered poppies that shrank

❤

Crimson hearts pulsate

In their naked agony

Frail and bodiless

Slender frame responds shaking

As the hearts begin to beat

❤

The throbbing hummed on

Beating to the rhythm of red

Cast on sea of hearts

Ocean in heart responded

While I picked them one by one

❤

Feathers gathered pink

To gushing crimson fountain

Soft they had been once

Mellow in healing touch

Hands extended I faltered

❤

Sewn across bodies

Shells picking up a new life

Hearts reached out in vain

Tight writhing chest echoed dull

As my arms withdrew sullen

❤

All I had was ink

Dark matter spilled on my hands

As I waved goodbye

My mind walked on free yet tied

To a bottomless low tide

❤

Surviving Dreamtime

Dark Matter’s ink diluted

Heart weightless renewed

❤

 

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As the last new moon of the year is soon upon us I set about diluting the past and waking up to new morrows.

Bliss – People Among Us