Evening clouds falling
Covering the barren earth
Like a soft blanket
Dogs barking, something unseen
Leaves fresh footprints in the snow
Tag Archive | Poetry
平成三十一年一月一日
On a withered branch
A little bird balances
Swaying in the wind
But listen! Can you hear it?
A song echoes in the dawn
Tanka Challenge 平成三十年十一月五日
The rains abated
As I wandered mud-flicked paths
In search of solace
How do ink-washed autumn skies
Enhance the leaves’ bright colors?
Tanka Challenge 平成三十年十一月四日
Tenderly in ink
Your words felt like a goodbye
Like a ghost’s whisper
A farewell to yesterday
Punctuated by a tear
Tanka Challenge 平成三十年十一月三日
So softly he spoke
Each word a whispered caress
The air tingling
Would that moonlight promises
Withstood the light of daybreak
Tanka Challenge 平成三十年十一月二日
Your passing was like
The leaves of November trees
Suddenly fallen
Sorrowfully shivering
Branches laid bare and bereft
Tanka Challenge 平成三十年十一月一日
Walking in the woods
A carpet of yellow leaves
Crunch beneath my feet
A doe silently standing
Watches me blundering by
平成三十年十月六月土曜日
On the needle’s edge
The wary angels watching
With glittering eyes
No one knows the day or hour
But the moment is upon us
平成三十年十月二日火曜日
Oh Willow weep and
I shall cry alongside you
Tears intermingling
As the autumn mist rises
At twilight time unbidden
I heard on Tuesday about the suicide of the son of two dear friends of ours from St. Raphael’s in Dubuque. I cannot imagine the pain they are going through. They are the sweetest couple, kind and generous and giving, and to be hit twice this year with such tragedy is beyond belief. (They also lost a grandson this summer.)
平成三十年十月一日月曜日
My brush hesitates
Reluctant to interrupt
The page’s silence
From what emptiness might I
Conjure forth words of wonder?
Foxeholly 