After the strip tease
of autumn, trees bare, exposed
to cold, snow, ice, sleet,
sink deep into roots, renew
themselves, readying for spring.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature
#trees #winter #spring
After the strip tease
of autumn, trees bare, exposed
to cold, snow, ice, sleet,
sink deep into roots, renew
themselves, readying for spring.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature
#trees #winter #spring
A little lighter
each day, a little later,
sunset, a little
earlier, sunrise.
Slowly, anticipation
will awaken. Spring.
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #blueskypoets #skypoets
#poetrycommunity #3lines #inkmine #winter #nature #inspiration #spring
A little lighter
each day, a little later,
sunset, a little
earlier, sunrise.
Slowly, anticipation
will awaken. Spring.
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #blueskypoets #skypoets
#poetrycommunity #3lines #inkmine #winter #nature #inspiration #spring
Waxed amaryllis -
No need to have a green thumb.
Winter flowers bloom.
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #poem #inkmine #3lines #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity #flowers #winter #nature
Waxed amaryllis -
No need to have a green thumb.
Winter flowers bloom.
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #poem #inkmine #3lines #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity #flowers #winter #nature
These snowflakes afloat ---
flung through air by sudden squall,
downward fall. Snowdrifts.
#haiku #haikupoem #haikusaturday #micropoetry
#blueskypoets #skypoets #inkmine #poetrycommunity #winter #snow #nature
These snowflakes afloat ---
flung through air by sudden squall,
downward fall. Snowdrifts.
#haiku #haikupoem #haikusaturday #micropoetry
#blueskypoets #skypoets #inkmine #poetrycommunity #winter #snow #nature
I post my political poems (mostly tankas, though not often) in my other BlueSky account -- You can follow me there too! bsky.app/profile/trac...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #tanka #writing #blueskypoets #nokings #wethepeople #indivisible #saveourdemocracy #democracy #moveon
I post my political poems (mostly tankas, though not often) in my other BlueSky account -- You can follow me there too! bsky.app/profile/trac...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #tanka #writing #blueskypoets #nokings #wethepeople #indivisible #saveourdemocracy #democracy #moveon
Experience & discuss 15-20 humorous, quirky, perceptive and delightful and ingenious poems by Collins. 2-session online community ed course, February 10 & 24 EST
tinyurl.com/34hxubkv
#poetry #poetrycommunity #billycollins #blueskypoets
#literature #humor #litthings #author
Experience & discuss 15-20 humorous, quirky, perceptive and delightful and ingenious poems by Collins. 2-session online community ed course, February 10 & 24 EST
tinyurl.com/34hxubkv
#poetry #poetrycommunity #billycollins #blueskypoets
#literature #humor #litthings #author
twenty one inches
the calm after a snowstorm
silent wonderland
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets
#winter #nature #snow
twenty one inches
the calm after a snowstorm
silent wonderland
#haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets
#winter #nature #snow
Again, ordering
too many library books,
more than I can read —
this tempting literary
buffet of delicacies!
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetry #library #books #reading #literary #litthings
Again, ordering
too many library books,
more than I can read —
this tempting literary
buffet of delicacies!
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetry #library #books #reading #literary #litthings
We must be careful –
building card castles in life
is risky. Lacking
firm foundations or solid
networks of support, we fall.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #poetry
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #micropoetry
We must be careful –
building card castles in life
is risky. Lacking
firm foundations or solid
networks of support, we fall.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #poetry
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #micropoetry
January light
a month past solstice, the sun
softly glimmering
golden through the crisp, cold air
sparkles upon fresh snow. Hope.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry
#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #inkmine #nature #winter #inspiration
January light
a month past solstice, the sun
softly glimmering
golden through the crisp, cold air
sparkles upon fresh snow. Hope.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry
#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #inkmine #nature #winter #inspiration
Though you think you’re not enough
you struggle because you’re too much.
A vast country of talents
is awakening inside you.
Not many people get to be
king of such immensity.
#sijo #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine
#poem #blueskypoets #skypoets
Though you think you’re not enough
you struggle because you’re too much.
A vast country of talents
is awakening inside you.
Not many people get to be
king of such immensity.
#sijo #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine
#poem #blueskypoets #skypoets
You can find my house
at the junction of hopeless
and hope, ten yards past
the grey fence of fear, across
from where the faith flowers bloom.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#poem #skypoets #poetrycommunity #inkmine
You can find my house
at the junction of hopeless
and hope, ten yards past
the grey fence of fear, across
from where the faith flowers bloom.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#poem #skypoets #poetrycommunity #inkmine
A snowy owl
spreads its wings, glides through the air.
A silent angel.
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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #3lines #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature #birds #owl #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #angels
A snowy owl
spreads its wings, glides through the air.
A silent angel.
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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #3lines #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature #birds #owl #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #angels
Wanting
to be the ham
and cheese in your croissant,
warm and melting in the bread of
your arms
#micropoetry #poetry #cinquain #inkmine #skypoets
#blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poem #love
(Cinquains are five lines of 2-4-6-8-2 syllables)
Wanting
to be the ham
and cheese in your croissant,
warm and melting in the bread of
your arms
#micropoetry #poetry #cinquain #inkmine #skypoets
#blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poem #love
(Cinquains are five lines of 2-4-6-8-2 syllables)
A snowy owl
spreads its wings, glides through the air.
A silent angel.
#haiku #haikusaturday #senryu #senryusunday #3lines
#micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity
#blueskypoets #nature #birds #owl #naturephotography
#wildlifephotography #angels
A snowy owl
spreads its wings, glides through the air.
A silent angel.
#haiku #haikusaturday #senryu #senryusunday #3lines
#micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity
#blueskypoets #nature #birds #owl #naturephotography
#wildlifephotography #angels
inside my eyelids
my imagination paints
images of fear
fantasies of desire
adrift from reality
#tanka #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #imagination
inside my eyelids
my imagination paints
images of fear
fantasies of desire
adrift from reality
#tanka #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #imagination
this political climate –
sleet falls, frozen tears.
#haiku #micropoetry #3lines #poetry #poem #skypoets
#blueskypoets #inkmine #poetrycommunity #winter
this political climate –
sleet falls, frozen tears.
#haiku #micropoetry #3lines #poetry #poem #skypoets
#blueskypoets #inkmine #poetrycommunity #winter
turbulent thoughts dissolving.
Your gift: a clear day.
#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #3lines #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetry
turbulent thoughts dissolving.
Your gift: a clear day.
#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #3lines #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetry
Not the cold or ice
or snow, but barren branches.
Maple, oak and elm,
bereft of color,
winterize my soul. I mourn
the absence of green.
Then ahead I find
off some road, a winter grove
of spruce, fir and pine.
#haiku #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #3lines #inkmine
Not the cold or ice
or snow, but barren branches.
Maple, oak and elm,
bereft of color,
winterize my soul. I mourn
the absence of green.
Then ahead I find
off some road, a winter grove
of spruce, fir and pine.
#haiku #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #3lines #inkmine
Where does the moon go
on dark nights, far above earth,
two weeks from fullness?
Maybe someone somewhere basks
In its illumination.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #inkmine #skypoets #nature
Where does the moon go
on dark nights, far above earth,
two weeks from fullness?
Maybe someone somewhere basks
In its illumination.
#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #inkmine #skypoets #nature
Wed Jan 14 & 21, 6:45pm EST
Explore Frost's life and many of his poems including his misunderstood “The Road Not Taken" & Stopping by Woods.” tinyurl.com/r8m32yvu
#robertfrost #poetry #poetrycommunity #edusky #skypoets #poem #literature #authors #listsky
Wed Jan 14 & 21, 6:45pm EST
Explore Frost's life and many of his poems including his misunderstood “The Road Not Taken" & Stopping by Woods.” tinyurl.com/r8m32yvu
#robertfrost #poetry #poetrycommunity #edusky #skypoets #poem #literature #authors #listsky
petals of blood red
an explosion of color
amaryllis blooms
#haiku #haikupoem #senryu #3lines #poetry #inkmine
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #winter #flowers #nature
petals of blood red
an explosion of color
amaryllis blooms
#haiku #haikupoem #senryu #3lines #poetry #inkmine
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #winter #flowers #nature
You can’t change the ground
on which you’re standing. You must
stand on higher ground,
Let elevated feelings
- faith, peace, joy, love - transform you.
#tanka #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #poem
#poetrycommunity #spirituality #transformation
You can’t change the ground
on which you’re standing. You must
stand on higher ground,
Let elevated feelings
- faith, peace, joy, love - transform you.
#tanka #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #poem
#poetrycommunity #spirituality #transformation
#spiritual #spirituality #religion #contemplation #compassion #kindness #God #faith #CoryBooker
#wethepeople #saveourdemocracy
#spiritual #spirituality #religion #contemplation #compassion #kindness #God #faith #CoryBooker
#wethepeople #saveourdemocracy
A bare tree, split trunk,
head buried beneath the soil
performs a handstand.
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #skypoets
#blueskypoets #inkmine #winter #nature #trees
A bare tree, split trunk,
head buried beneath the soil
performs a handstand.
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #skypoets
#blueskypoets #inkmine #winter #nature #trees