2025-09-25 06:12:01
Wreckless - a lyric poem
#lyrics #poem
https://muz4now.com/2018/wreckless-lyric-poem/
Wreckless - a lyric poem
#lyrics #poem
https://muz4now.com/2018/wreckless-lyric-poem/
Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
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I cannot conceive
Attempting this endeavour
Unless it has 'u'.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endeavor
#haiku
#poem
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
It's not October
So why do I hear footsteps
In an empty house?
#dailyhaikuprompt - footsteps
#haiku
#poem
Invitation – an improvised “jazz” poem #improv #inspiration #poem
Walnuts in the tree
Are suddenly on the ground
Thonk, whump, whack, kerplunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - walnuts
#haiku
#poem
Open the windows
Morning air is refreshing
Following the rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - refreshing
#haiku
#poem
Shade – an improvised poem #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2022/shade-an-improvised-poem
The dead tree branches
Cradle the new moon's pale light
A lunar lantern.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lantern
#haiku
#poem
Gentle evening rain
Is just the thing we needed
But not what we got.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening rain
#haiku
#poem
“Our hearts must change” #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/our-hearts-must-change
Eat the ripe pear now
Before angry wasps find it
And make themselves drunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
#haiku
#poem
Easter – an improvised poem #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2023/easter-an-improvised-poem…
Dinner on the grill
Salmon on a cedar plank
Salad on the side.
#dailyhaikuprompt - salmon
#haiku
#poem
You mean "undulate"
When describing rolling hills
With a "g" it's cows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - undulate
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Strange Parables - an #improv #poem
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I can only guess
They had a needle to hide
And used a haystack.
#dailyhaikuprompt - haystack
#haiku
#poem
When sunlight turns dim
And the weather turns chilly
Turn up your collar.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chilly
#haiku
#poem
No longer humid
A brief reprieve for breathing
Slightly thinner air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - humid
#haiku
#poem
The summer party
Grown weary with the weather
Yearns for cooler climes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grown
#haiku
#poem
A vibrant orange
Succumbs to a somber brown
Autumn settles in.
#dailyhaikuprompt - somber
#haiku
#poem
Simple potato
Delicious carbohydrate
Nature's humble starch.
#dailyhaikuprompt - potato
#haiku
#poem
Shade – an improvised poem #improv #poem https://muz4now.com/2022/shade-an-improvised-poem
Thanks for the invite
I'm afraid I must decline
It gets dark early.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decline
#haiku
#poem
Strange Parables – an #improv #poem #improvisation #spirituality
Stacked incautiously
I open the pantry door
To a wild cascade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cascade
#haiku
#poem
Like a sole shark's fin
A sail on the horizon
Cuts through the salt air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sail
#haiku
#poem
“Our hearts must change”
#poem #BeBetter
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The stalks stand withered
Spent from producing bounty
Ready for compost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withered
#haiku
#poem
Laggard sunrise glow
Appears later each morning
Winter is coming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glow
#haiku
#poem
Grateful bees buzzing
Around the water cooler
Discussing bees-ness.
#dailyhaikuprompt - buzz
#haiku
#poem
Strange Parables – an #improv #poem #improvisation #poem
Mushrooms on old logs
A comforting reminder
New life follows death.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mushrooms
#haiku
#poem
The sun has risen
Morning tasks are completed
It's time for a nap.
#dailyhaikuprompt - morning
#haiku
#poem
“Our hearts must change” #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/our-hearts-must-change
At the very least
The crisp fall temperatures
Make sleep easier.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crisp
#haiku
#poem
Watch "The White Lotus"
It's excellent instruction
How not to behave.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
#haiku
#poem
Compost or decay
Is it wanted or wasteful
Rotten perspective.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decay
#haiku
#poem
From careless reading
I've fallen out of order
When writing haiku.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fallen
#haiku
#poem
Orchids root in trees
To take their place in the sun
Beauty hits the heights.
#dailyhaikuprompt - orchids
#haiku
#poem
Thunderclouds gather
Driven tall by summer heat
Refreshing cold rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold rain
#haiku
#poem
It's a life of ease
When every task is complete
Which never happens.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ease
#haiku
#poem
Browsing in the glade
Deer gather in the sunlight
Turning tail on fall.
#dailyhaikuprompt - deer
#haiku
#poem
Seek out small pleasures
Rejoice in the simple things
Joy defeats despair.
#dailyhaikuprompt - joy
#haiku
#poem
An apple a day
Keeps the doctor awaiting
Proof of insurance.
#dailyhaikuprompt - apple
#haiku
#poem
You know the secret
When spelling "Chrysanthemums"
Is that "Mums" the word.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chrysanthemums
#haiku
#poem
Everyone should know
STEM is the vital support
On which the Arts bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stem
#haiku
#poem
Ponderous pumpkin
Behold its orange glory
Lourd Gourd Almighty.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pumpkin
#haiku
#poem
What makes a Quail quail?
Or a Chicken chicken out?
Words of a feather.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quail
#haiku
#poem
The crunch of the leaves
As I crisply cross the street
Autumn underfoot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crunch
#haiku
#poem
The cycle concludes:
Seed sprout flower fruit harvest
Then begins again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
#haiku
#poem
The vivid colour
Of the leaves in fall change once
The leaves have fallen.
#dailyhaikuprompt - vivid
#haiku
#poem
Hop around the puddle
Unlike the youthful habit
Jumping into them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - puddle
#haiku
#poem
"They're harmful," he said
As he tossed the plastic straw
Off of the cruise ship.
#dailyhaikuprompt - straw
#haiku
#poem
Born astride a grave
With only one life to live
We must make it count.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grave
#haiku
#poem
The moon, just past full
Throws shadows against the earth
Hoping some will stick.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
#haiku
#poem
The barnyard erupts
As geese squabble over corn
'Til each have their fill.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem
Harvest and enjoy
Can the rest for the winter
Sunshine on a shelf.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
#haiku
#poem
Above the car lots
The tubular creatures dance
With a joyful air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dance
#haiku
#poem
As the nights lengthen
And the veil thins between worlds
The first ghost appears.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ghost
#haiku
#poem
Dense and thirsty roots
Willow binds the river bank
Keeps its footing sure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - willow
#haiku
#poem
Time to pack some ice
In a very large cooler
And climb into it.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pack
#haiku
#poem
While sometimes conflict
May be easy to ignore
It's hard to avoid.
#dailyhaikuprompt - avoid
#haiku
#poem
No one should be jailed
For any form of laughter
Except manslaughter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - laughter
#haiku
#poem
A Cricket and a
Grasshopper met to gossip
On what Katydid.
#dailyhaikuprompt - katydid
#haiku
#poem
The full moon gazes
On a night chill with promise
Of much cooler days.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night chill
#haiku
#poem
Nature's fresh bounty
Apples hanging from the tree
Crispy crimson fruit.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crimson
#haiku
#poem
A fresh ear of corn
Soaked, roasted, finally shucked
Hot buttery bliss.
#dailyhaikuprompt - corn
#haiku
#poem
I am all adrift
Without a prompt to guide me
Indecisiveness.
#dailyhaikuprompt -
#haiku
#poem
Fly the flag for flour
The building block of bakers
Together we rise!
#dailyhaikuprompt - flour
#haiku
#poem
Vines are not daunted
By solid walls in their way
They simply climb them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - vines
#haiku
#poem
When you are misled
Thinking you have found true love
That is a catfish.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catfish
#haiku
#poem
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
Maple keys spiral
To form a mat on the ground
A carpet of life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spiral
#haiku
#poem
A thin rime of frost
Forms along the edge of leaves
Nature's jewellery.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
#haiku
#poem
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
The grain in the wood
Provides strength and direction
Evidence of growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grain
#haiku
#poem
When viewing a pear
It gives one the impression
That it is sitting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
#haiku
#poem
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
The high tide washes
All the remnants of today
Into tomorrow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high tide
#haiku
#poem
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
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
A sparrow shelters
Neatly tucked beneath the eaves
In a borrowed nest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - eaves
#haiku
#poem