
2025-07-04 10:26:08
A Poem: interdependence day
- An #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2011/poem-0163-for
A Poem: interdependence day
- An #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2011/poem-0163-for
Interdependence Day 3 - an #improv #poem about understanding https://muz4now.com/2018/interdependen
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
Muggy overcast
Air thick with humidity
Makes the world peevish.
#dailyhaikuprompt - overcast
#haiku
#poem
Lucky summer moon
Observing what we endure
From a safe distance.
#dailyhaikuprompt - summer moon
#haiku
#poem
Roots act as anchor
So branches can pull upwards
Tying earth to sky.
#dailyhaikuprompt - roots
#haiku
#poem
A distant rumble
A hush of expectancy
And a chance of rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rain
#haiku
#poem
Spray applied by hand
And sometimes the hand itself
Bloody mosquitos.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spray
#haiku
#poem
To cover the spread
Bookies must even the odds
And take a gambler.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cover
#haiku
#poem
When viewing a pear
It gives one the impression
That it is sitting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
#haiku
#poem
You start as a plum
But, in this economy
You end up a prune.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plum
#haiku
#poem
Fear and Openness
- a #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2014/fear-and-openness-poem/
Waiting in silence
The kingfisher stalks its prey
Preparing to strike.
#dailyhaikuprompt - kingfisher
#haiku
#poem
Heartburn - a poem by Stan Stewart
#inspiration #poem
https://muz4now.com/2013/heartburn-a-p
The berry invites
Passing hungry creatures to
Give its seed a ride.
#dailyhaikuprompt - berry
#haiku
#poem
Interdependence Day 3 - an #improv #poem about understanding
https://muz4now.com/2018/interdependen
This balmy weather
With air as thick as cotton
Gives us a batting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - balmy
#haiku
#poem
The hydrangea
Meanders around our yard
Pursuing water.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hydrangea
#haiku
#poem
grace - an #improv #poem
(And couldn't we all use a little more grace these days?)
https://muz4now.com/2015/grace-an-impr
Getting through the day
Sunrise is the promise made
Sunset is the prize.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunset
#haiku
#poem
Pine sap still drips from
The stub of the severed branch
Weeping for its loss.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sap
#haiku
#poem
The roses perk up
As perhaps would all of us
If given a drink.
#dailyhaikuprompt - roses
#haiku
#poem
In profuse blossoms
I see the promise of a
Prolific harvest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - profuse
#haiku
#poem
When someone has gone
Grief is residual love
With nowhere to go.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grief
#haiku
#poem
To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations
#improvise #piano #poem
Sunny cool morning
A warning of later heat
Ontario life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cool morning
#haiku
#poem
To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations
#improvise #piano #poem
Sheer, skimpy, light clothes
To feel cool and to look cool
There is a limit.
#dailyhaikuprompt - light clothes
#haiku
#poem
Ice cold from the fridge
I have eaten the cherries
That you were saving.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cherries
#haiku
#poem
A river connects
In continuous cycle
Mountains to the sea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - river
#haiku
#poem
Smoldering glances
Are pointless in a heat wave
No one is that hot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - smoldering
#haiku
#poem
Cascades of sweet peas
Volunteer in unkempt yards
For those who need them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - peas
#haiku
#poem
In the distant hills
Someone longingly admires
The distant valleys.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hills
#haiku
#poem
The lotus eaters
Give no thought to those of us
Whose lives they disrupt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
#haiku
#poem
Faces to the sun
Roses climb the trellis bars
Plotting their escape.
#dailyhaikuprompt - trellis
#haiku
#poem
Under the new moon
There's less reflected sunlight
And maybe less heat.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem
No matter the name:
Cygnet, duckling, gosling, chick
Baby birbs are cute.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chick
#haiku
#poem
Planted years ago
Retroactive genius
Today in its shade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shade
#haiku
#poem
Look at a snapshot
A moment frozen in time
Never seen again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snapshot
#haiku
#poem
In the early sun
Before there's toast and coffee
I'm not very bright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bright
#haiku
#poem
Gentle evening rain
Is just the thing we needed
But not what we got.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening rain
#haiku
#poem
The summer meadow
Full of grasses and grazers
Feeding each other.
#dailyhaikuprompt - meadow
#haiku
#poem
Waves scour the beach sand
And leave behind coarser stone
To thwart the tourists.
#dailyhaikuprompt - beach
#haiku
#poem
Wave the white blanket
It's too hot for a picnic
Maybe this evening.
#dailyhaikuprompt - picnic
#haiku
#poem
Work in the garden
Where your colleagues are diverse
And better looking.
#dailyhaikuprompt - garden
#haiku
#poem
I sometimes giggle
At something par-tickle-er
That strikes my fancy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tickle
#haiku
#poem
Caught in a mix-up
When life hands you a melon
You make lemonade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - melon
#haiku
#poem
Pool your resources
Everyone can add something
To improve the world.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pool
#haiku
#poem
Longest day or night
According to hemisphere
Celebrate solstice.
#dailyhaikuprompt - solstice
#haiku
#poem
The nightingale sings
Not to please an audience
But to court a mate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nightingale
#haiku
#poem
Every breath you take
I don't care who you are, Sting
I'll be watching you.
#dailyhaikuprompt - breath
#haiku
#poem
Bursting through the lawn
An eruption of bright pinks
Overflow with joy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pinks
#haiku
#poem
A couple fresh peas
Somehow break free from their pod
And into my mouth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh peas
#haiku
#poem
A regular swim
Refreshing, rhythmic, repeat
Aquatherapy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - swim
#haiku
#poem
The long days are here
But only for a short time
Love them while they last.
#dailyhaikuprompt - long days
#haiku
#poem
A road runs two ways:
Where you think you are going
And where you have been.
#dailyhaikuprompt - road
#haiku
#poem
Turning with the sun
Tournesol or sunflower
Always sees the light.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunflower
#haiku
#poem
Fireflies in forests
Blipping the light romantic
Morse-coding a mate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireflies
#haiku
#poem
Rather that admit
It's not easy being green
We prefer "verdant."
#dailyhaikuprompt - verdant
#haiku
#poem
First we overheat
Then we cool off too quickly
Earth as a sauna.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cool off
#haiku
#poem
Delicate wind chimes
Outside single-pane windows
Make it hard to sleep.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind chimes
#haiku
#poem
This field where cows graze
Will soon be housing others
Single detached homes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - field
#haiku
#poem
By its own nature
A sunflower cannot help
But look down on us.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunflower
#haiku
#poem
Fireworks are a way
To celebrate explosions
Without asking why.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireworks
#haiku
#poem
Like many of us
Black and yellow bumblebees
Work despite the odds.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow
#haiku
#poem
Some call it "Eggplant"
Others prefer "Aubergine"
Cartoon emoji.
#dailyhaikuprompt - eggplant
#haiku
#poem
When serving shaved ice
One simply must remember:
Syrup, not shave cream.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shaved ice
#haiku
#poem
With paradise lost
Maybe we should be asking
Where we last had it?
#dailyhaikuprompt - lost
#haiku
#poem
One more coat of paint
Lightly sand between each coat
Yearly perfection.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sand
#haiku
#poem
The tulips are done
Time for the green leaves above
To bring needed shade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - green leaves
#haiku
#poem
Friend to butterflies
The common yarrow stands tall
Offering a snack.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yarrow
#haiku
#poem
Waterless so long
Parched to the point of cracking
The window box wilts.
#dailyhaikuprompt - parched
#haiku
#poem
A wave of petals
Drifts along as if to pave
The path to Summer.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wave
#haiku
#poem
Spring water washes
The greenest part of the glade
Fresh, cool, clear, and clean.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring water
#haiku
#poem
Sweat without relief
Lying languid in the heat
Awaiting autumn.
#dailyhaikuprompt - languid
#haiku
#poem
When weeding the yard
It's maddening that tall grass
Has the deepest roots.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tall grass
#haiku
#poem
Engaging in a
True traditional cookout
Must involve charcoal.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cookout
#haiku
#poem
We call them "house flies"
Although they pace the windows
Hoping to escape.
#dailyhaikuprompt - flies
#haiku
#poem
Sunlit level path
With deep forest either side
Guides me through the glade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glade
#haiku
#poem
Youthful marketing
Cold lemonade and shaved ice
Sold by the curbside.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shaved ice
#haiku
#poem
Tossing and turning
Stickily through the hot night
Fitfully dreaming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hot night
#haiku
#poem
I am reminded
That whenever I cut grass
It should be clover.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cut grass
#haiku
#poem
The pasture beckons
Combining grass, brook, and tree
A peace of heaven.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pasture
#haiku
#poem
Fine yellow powder
Borne from bloom to bloom by bees
Pollen powers life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pollen
#haiku
#poem
Slightly overcast
The morning cloud cover breaks
For afternoon sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - morning cloud
#haiku
#poem `
An unnoticed leak
Pooling above the ceiling
Now a waterfall.
#dailyhaikuprompt - waterfall
#haiku
#poem
The moth ranks behind
The popular butterfly
On the social scale.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moth
#haiku
#poem
Nature's fireworks
Lightning streaks across the sky
Scaring the dog too.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lightning
#haiku
#poem