Tagged: rebellion

Japanese Poetry Forms 0

Avian Duel

Haibun Poetry   A blue jay soars downward like a falcon returning to an outstretched gauntlet. He swerves up at the last minute, perches on a branch of the maple overhanging the deck. Not...

Free Form Poems 1

Forgotten

Free Form Poems   I wanted it all to fade away To take the train across the country Racing along the tracks without a final destination Words’ meanings remaining behind Like relatives on the...

japanese poetry forms 0

Such a Moment

Haibun Poetry   A breeze blows. The Syracuse wind chime behind the chaise sounds a three-note melody. A sparrow’s song answers. The neighbor behind my house hosts a party. Adults chat, children squeal and...

Believes Poem 0

Found

Poem   Light thinned the world and ebbed with his breath as he wept: Why do you forsake me? I loved you more than my own. I would take your death thirty-fold than choose...

American Culture Poems 0

Lukewarm

American Culture Poems   Sometimes it seems Bringing an umbrella Brings out the sunbeams That Band-Aids and health insurance Brings health and longevity That thinking of the worst Brings happiness and reassurance That fire...

Break Up Poetry 0

New Beginnings

Poem   I thought I had given myself enough distance But when the wrecking ball came around and smashed our house The world went dark And now I find myself covered in ash and...

Spiritual Poems 0

The Soul Is

Spiritual Poems Consciousness Itself The Loving Divine Expanding Universe of Collective Consciousness You are the embodiment of Love Awakening to your Soulful guidance Consciously participating in your Soul’s fulfillment You birth the Universe As...

Spring Love Poems 0

Easter Sunday

Spring Love Poems   Fresh, alive, outside in the grass Stretching, breathing Watching the dogs Smiling, chasing each other Pretending to be four-legged animals Attempting to be two-legged animals The alert awake-ness, happiness in...

Abstract Love Poems 0

What Else Is There

Abstract Love Poems   How far did the same thing go when the rest of us practice you lay in the sun the grass feels like completion home base trees whispering lullabies sit next...

Japanese Poetry Style 1

Animus

Haibun Poetry   A six-person river raft bobbing up and down in the frigid Animus River. A paddle stretched out too far. One rapid, knocking me overboard. beyond white foam so many spruces Break...

Good Poems About Life 0

Subways

Good Poems About Life   There is a dying ficus erupting from a black garage bag on the subway. It belongs to the man who sits beside me and rests between his legs. The...