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A thin rime of frost
Forms along the edge of leaves
Nature's jewellery.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
#haiku
#poem

Wreckless - a lyric poem
#lyrics #poem
https://muz4now.com/2018/wreckless-lyric-poem/

Wreckless - a lyric poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Red makes me anxious
Yellow leaves me feeling ill
Green is so calming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow leaves
#haiku
#poem

New moon at the rise
Hope lights the darkness below
The cycle renews.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem

Shade – an improvised poem #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2022/shade-an-improvised-poem

Shade - an improvised poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Warm moist meets cool damp
Weather fronts swirl together
Autumn rains supreme.
#dailyhaikuprompt - swirl
#haiku
#poem

Japanese Maple
Covers itself in red leaves
Radiating joy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - red leaves
#haiku
#poem

Maple keys spiral
To form a mat on the ground
A carpet of life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spiral
#haiku
#poem

Two stanzas from a song improvised by Stan Stewart after hearing about the murder and maiming of children in another mass shooting.
#poem #lyrics
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"Our hearts must change"
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Invitation – an improvised “jazz” poem #improv #inspiration #poem

Invitation – an improvised “jazz” poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
-- Rumi
#poem

The grain in the wood
Provides strength and direction
Evidence of growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grain
#haiku
#poem

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/strange-parables-an-improv-poem/

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

When viewing a pear
It gives one the impression
That it is sitting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
#haiku
#poem

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
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Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Easter – an improvised poem #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2023/easter-an-improvised-poem…

Easter - an improvised poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Hunter's moon to mark
The final act of harvest
And end of summer.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hunter's moon
#haiku
#poem

A snail works daily
Weighing the world on its back
Thus labours Atlas.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snail
#haiku
#poem

To cover the spread
Bookies must even the odds
And take a gambler.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cover
#haiku
#poem

A poem by Stan Stewart: The Medicine I Carry. Written during a grief circle and ritual on the 23rd of August, 2025.
#poem #grief
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The Medicine I Carry
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Interdependence Day 3 - an #improv #poem about understanding
https://muz4now.com/2018/interdependen

Interdependence Day 3 - an #improv #poem about understanding
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The high tide washes
All the remnants of today
Into tomorrow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high tide
#haiku
#poem

Birthday Bonfire - an #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2018/birthday-bonfire-improv-poem/…

Birthday Bonfire - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The layer between
The warm water and cool air
Early morning mist.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mist
#haiku
#poem

Getting through the day
Sunrise is the promise made
Sunset is the prize.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunset
#haiku
#poem

The Medicine I Carry #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/the-medicine-i-carry

The Medicine I Carry
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Our Hearts Are Like the Waterfall #heart #improv #poem

Our Hearts Are Like the Waterfall
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
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Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

While raking I heard
Laughter carried on the wind
Along with the leaves.
#dailyhaikuprompt - laughter
#haiku
#poem

Nothing is lucky
About a four leaf clover
Highway interchange.
#dailyhaikuprompt - clover
#haiku
#poem

The roses perk up
As perhaps would all of us
If given a drink.
#dailyhaikuprompt - roses
#haiku
#poem

When You Fall – a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it #inspiration

When You Fall - a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

grace - an #improv #poem
(And couldn't we all use a little more grace these days?)
https://muz4now.com/2015/grace-an-impr

grace - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

A sparrow shelters
Neatly tucked beneath the eaves
In a borrowed nest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - eaves
#haiku
#poem

It’s Not Difficult To Imagine – Lyrics and Changing Times #lyrics #poem #song

It's Not Difficult To Imagine - Lyrics and Changing Times
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Last days of summer:
Weekend of boisterous fun,
Labour Day, then school.
#dailyhaikuprompt - boisterous
#haiku
#poem

Sheer, skimpy, light clothes
To feel cool and to look cool
There is a limit.
#dailyhaikuprompt - light clothes
#haiku
#poem

“Our hearts must change” #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/our-hearts-must-change

"Our hearts must change"
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

About this diner:
There's sea bass on the menu
But not on the plate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sea bass
#haiku
#poem

Sunny cool morning
A warning of later heat
Ontario life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cool morning
#haiku
#poem

Flanders and Swann switch
From one vine to another
A song for our times.
🎵 #dailyhaikuprompt - vine
#haiku
#poem

When You Fall – a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it #inspiration

When You Fall - a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Reflected ripples
Dapple the cottage ceiling
On a fall weekend.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dapple
#haiku
#poem

Packed in like sardines
Returning to our birth place
We drive to the sea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sardines
#haiku
#poem

Smoldering glances
Are pointless in a heat wave
No one is that hot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - smoldering
#haiku
#poem

To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations
#improvise #piano #poem

To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations
#improvise #piano #poem

To The Edge - piano and poetry improvisations
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Walnuts in the tree
Are suddenly on the ground
Thonk, whump, whack, kerplunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - walnuts
#haiku
#poem

Firm, fuzzy peaches
Summersweet seasonal treat
Now here, too soon gone.
#dailyhaikuprompt - peaches
#haiku
#poem

The lotus eaters
Give no thought to those of us
Whose lives they disrupt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
#haiku
#poem

“Our hearts must change”
#poem #BeBetter
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"Our hearts must change"
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

It's not October
So why do I hear footsteps
In an empty house?
#dailyhaikuprompt - footsteps
#haiku
#poem

Open the windows
Morning air is refreshing
Following the rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - refreshing
#haiku
#poem

Gentle evening rain
Is just the thing we needed
But not what we got.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening rain
#haiku
#poem

Dinner on the grill
Salmon on a cedar plank
Salad on the side.
#dailyhaikuprompt - salmon
#haiku
#poem

The dead tree branches
Cradle the new moon's pale light
A lunar lantern.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lantern
#haiku
#poem

The summer meadow
Full of grasses and grazers
Feeding each other.
#dailyhaikuprompt - meadow
#haiku
#poem

“Our hearts must change” #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/our-hearts-must-change

"Our hearts must change"
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

When sunlight turns dim
And the weather turns chilly
Turn up your collar.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chilly
#haiku
#poem

You mean "undulate"
When describing rolling hills
With a "g" it's cows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - undulate
#haiku
#poem

Waves scour the beach sand
And leave behind coarser stone
To thwart the tourists.
#dailyhaikuprompt - beach
#haiku
#poem

Strange Parables – an #improv #poem #improvisation #poem

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

A vibrant orange
Succumbs to a somber brown
Autumn settles in.
#dailyhaikuprompt - somber
#haiku
#poem

No longer humid
A brief reprieve for breathing
Slightly thinner air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - humid
#haiku
#poem

Caught in a mix-up
When life hands you a melon
You make lemonade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - melon
#haiku
#poem

Strange Parables – an #improv #poem #improvisation #spirituality

Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Stacked incautiously
I open the pantry door
To a wild cascade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cascade
#haiku
#poem

Simple potato
Delicious carbohydrate
Nature's humble starch.
#dailyhaikuprompt - potato
#haiku
#poem

Bursting through the lawn
An eruption of bright pinks
Overflow with joy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pinks
#haiku
#poem

Morning Darkness – an #improv #poem #improv #poem

Morning Darkness - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Laggard sunrise glow
Appears later each morning
Winter is coming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glow
#haiku
#poem

Like a sole shark's fin
A sail on the horizon
Cuts through the salt air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sail
#haiku
#poem

The sun has risen
Morning tasks are completed
It's time for a nap.
#dailyhaikuprompt - morning
#haiku
#poem

Turning with the sun
Tournesol or sunflower
Always sees the light.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunflower
#haiku
#poem

Watch "The White Lotus"
It's excellent instruction
How not to behave.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
#haiku
#poem

First we overheat
Then we cool off too quickly
Earth as a sauna.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cool off
#haiku
#poem

Orchids root in trees
To take their place in the sun
Beauty hits the heights.
#dailyhaikuprompt - orchids
#haiku
#poem

Compost or decay
Is it wanted or wasteful
Rotten perspective.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decay
#haiku
#poem

Browsing in the glade
Deer gather in the sunlight
Turning tail on fall.
#dailyhaikuprompt - deer
#haiku
#poem

Thunderclouds gather
Driven tall by summer heat
Refreshing cold rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold rain
#haiku
#poem

Some call it "Eggplant"
Others prefer "Aubergine"
Cartoon emoji.
#dailyhaikuprompt - eggplant
#haiku
#poem

You know the secret
When spelling "Chrysanthemums"
Is that "Mums" the word.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chrysanthemums
#haiku
#poem

Seek out small pleasures
Rejoice in the simple things
Joy defeats despair.
#dailyhaikuprompt - joy
#haiku
#poem

One more coat of paint
Lightly sand between each coat
Yearly perfection.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sand
#haiku
#poem

Ponderous pumpkin
Behold its orange glory
Lourd Gourd Almighty.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pumpkin
#haiku
#poem

Waterless so long
Parched to the point of cracking
The window box wilts.
#dailyhaikuprompt - parched
#haiku
#poem

The cycle concludes:
Seed sprout flower fruit harvest
Then begins again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
#haiku
#poem

Friend to butterflies
The common yarrow stands tall
Offering a snack.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yarrow
#haiku
#poem

Hop around the puddle
Unlike the youthful habit
Jumping into them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - puddle
#haiku
#poem

Sweat without relief
Lying languid in the heat
Awaiting autumn.
#dailyhaikuprompt - languid
#haiku
#poem

Born astride a grave
With only one life to live
We must make it count.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grave
#haiku
#poem

Engaging in a
True traditional cookout
Must involve charcoal.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cookout
#haiku
#poem

Harvest and enjoy
Can the rest for the winter
Sunshine on a shelf.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
#haiku
#poem

The moon, just past full
Throws shadows against the earth
Hoping some will stick.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
#haiku
#poem

Sunlit level path
With deep forest either side
Guides me through the glade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glade
#haiku
#poem

Dense and thirsty roots
Willow binds the river bank
Keeps its footing sure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - willow
#haiku
#poem

Above the car lots
The tubular creatures dance
With a joyful air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dance
#haiku
#poem