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

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

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

Strange Parables - an #improv #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 summer meadow
Full of grasses and grazers
Feeding each other.
#dailyhaikuprompt - meadow
#haiku
#poem

Boy On A Bicycle
- an #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2015/boy-on-a-bicy…

Boy On A Bicycle - an improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

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

Planted years ago
Retroactive genius
Today in its shade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shade
#haiku
#poem

Under the new moon
There's less reflected sunlight
And maybe less heat.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem

Look at a snapshot
A moment frozen in time
Never seen again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snapshot
#haiku
#poem

Morning Darkness – an #improv #poem
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Morning Darkness - 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

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

Our Hearts Are Like the Waterfall
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Fear and Openness
- a #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2014/fear-and-openness-poem/

Fear and Openness
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

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

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

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

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

Work in the garden
Where your colleagues are diverse
And better looking.
#dailyhaikuprompt - garden
#haiku
#poem

Heartburn - a poem by Stan Stewart
#inspiration #poem
https://muz4now.com/2013/heartburn-a-p

Heartburn - a poem by Stan Stewart
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

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

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

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

Wave the white blanket
It's too hot for a picnic
Maybe this evening.
#dailyhaikuprompt - picnic
#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

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

A Poem: interdependence day
- An #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2011/poem-0163-for

A Poem: interdependence day
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

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

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

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

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

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

Longest day or night
According to hemisphere
Celebrate solstice.
#dailyhaikuprompt - solstice
#haiku
#poem

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

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

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

A couple fresh peas
Somehow break free from their pod
And into my mouth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh peas
#haiku
#poem

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

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

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

The long days are here
But only for a short time
Love them while they last.
#dailyhaikuprompt - long days
#haiku
#poem

"Every Time"
- an #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2015/every-time-an

Every Time - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Relatively chill
Nineteen degrees Celsius
To start the morning.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chill
#haiku
#poem

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

Fireflies in forests
Blipping the light romantic
Morse-coding a mate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireflies
#haiku
#poem

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

Delicate wind chimes
Outside single-pane windows
Make it hard to sleep.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind chimes
#haiku
#poem

Looking For Light
- an #improv #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2015/looking-for-light/

Looking For Light
A spontaneous (improvised, unedited) poem by Stan Stewart.

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

By its own nature
A sunflower cannot help
But look down on us.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunflower
#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

When serving shaved ice
One simply must remember:
Syrup, not shave cream.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shaved ice
#haiku
#poem

When working outside
With little effort I'm soaked
Climate change is real.
#dailyhaikuprompt = soaked
#haiku
#poem

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

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

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

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

Spring water washes
The greenest part of the glade
Fresh, cool, clear, and clean.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring water
#haiku
#poem

With droning and skirls
The beach resounds with the sounds
Of the sand piper.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sand piper
#haiku
#poem

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

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

When weeding the yard
It's maddening that tall grass
Has the deepest roots.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tall grass
#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

We call them "house flies"
Although they pace the windows
Hoping to escape.
#dailyhaikuprompt - flies
#haiku
#poem

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

I am reminded
That whenever I cut grass
It should be clover.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cut grass
#haiku
#poem

Youthful marketing
Cold lemonade and shaved ice
Sold by the curbside.
#dailyhaikuprompt - shaved ice
#haiku
#poem

Time to pack some ice
In a very large cooler
And climb into it.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pack
#haiku
#poem

The pasture beckons
Combining grass, brook, and tree
A peace of heaven.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pasture
#haiku
#poem

Tossing and turning
Stickily through the hot night
Fitfully dreaming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hot night
#haiku
#poem

Slightly overcast
The morning cloud cover breaks
For afternoon sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - morning cloud
#haiku
#poem `

Fine yellow powder
Borne from bloom to bloom by bees
Pollen powers life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pollen
#haiku
#poem

Nature's fireworks
Lightning streaks across the sky
Scaring the dog too.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lightning
#haiku
#poem

An unnoticed leak
Pooling above the ceiling
Now a waterfall.
#dailyhaikuprompt - waterfall
#haiku
#poem

When you are misled
Thinking you have found true love
That is a catfish.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catfish
#haiku
#poem

Lucky summer moon
Observing what we endure
From a safe distance.
#dailyhaikuprompt - summer moon
#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

Roots act as anchor
So branches can pull upwards
Tying earth to sky.
#dailyhaikuprompt - roots
#haiku
#poem

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

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

Waiting in silence
The kingfisher stalks its prey
Preparing to strike.
#dailyhaikuprompt - kingfisher
#haiku
#poem

The berry invites
Passing hungry creatures to
Give its seed a ride.
#dailyhaikuprompt - berry
#haiku
#poem

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

You start as a plum
But, in this economy
You end up a prune.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plum
#haiku
#poem

The hydrangea
Meanders around our yard
Pursuing water.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hydrangea
#haiku
#poem

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

This balmy weather
With air as thick as cotton
Gives us a batting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - balmy
#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

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