Haibun Monday
Walking down a dirt road, a road I call my own. A road in Northern New Mexico, dodging dust clouds raised by passing cars. I cast my wish into the clear blue sky. No sooner than I found the words, and repeated them to myself, I spotted a flying bird across the valley.
I could see him circling and rising, circling and rising. Riding the thermals, becoming just a dot. All at once the bird dived, folding his wings and became a bullet. In seconds he found his prey. It was the first time the universe granted a wish on command.
I cast a wish in spring time
And there was the falcon
Diving for his prey
April 30, 2018
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Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
A POEM A DAY
To poem or not to poem?
That is the question
Truth-speakers attempt to shape the light
Or is it light the shape?
Turn truth wrong side out
Hang it out to dry
Mismatch the nouns and verbs
Turtles into figs
Flies into amber
Painting a picture in words for all to see
April 30, 2018
Note: The prompt was to use nouns as verbs. This is the shortest poem I have written this month...It seemed the more I thought about it, the more confused I got. So here is my poem.
Thank you Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads for the prompts this month. It was lots of fun.
Thank you Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads for the prompts this month. It was lots of fun.
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The last day of April
Poets have attempted
To write a poem each day
It is what poets do
Some poems are completed
Some are not
Does a poet ever know
When a poem is finished
Since poets are writing from a feeling
Do poets ever get over feelings
Put them in a drawer
To be forgotten in time
Do poets ever say it completely
Or do poets return to the scene of the crime
And begin again....again
When poets have written the last word
Declare they have reached the finish line
For they have found the final word
That completes the thought
Closed the chapter
Slammed the door
Case closed
Kaput
Job well done
We have reached the end
No more to be said
Not one more word
As we traveled down the road
We were surprised
To find we have reached the destination
Finito
April 30, 2018
Note: Thank you to Elizabeth!!! What fun we have had! And this last challenge is so good, you have given us a choice, and I have accepted them all!! Let's do this again!!!
