spring and summer images
a bright day
smiles
delight
all around,
bright joy
taken to a sometimes dreamy and gloomy world.
Each of us has to do what it takes
to spread good cheer
they have given us
today.
Smile.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the format of double tetractys. A tetractys is the following pattern of syllables:
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
10 syllables
A double tetractys is as follows:
1
2
3
4
10
10
4
3
2
1)
purple vision
The violet hue of the late sunset sends shadows
against the vine that winds upward
as to reach the great range across the horizon.
As I cut flowers for the vase inside,
I wish I could take the vibrant hues of the sky
before they disappear and place them
somewhere more than a mental sight,
Somewhere the vision could be mine
forever and ever, to be taken from the storage
every time he wanted to contemplate, enjoy.
But unless Mother Nature dips her brush
in the exact colors once again – unlikely,
the painting that I now appreciate will be
a wandering thought long gone, a memory.
flowers on the wall
i feel watching
blindly
in the flowers climbing
above
the wall, gripping the bricks
with vibrating vines pulling tendrils through a tenacity
endless.
The touch of vivid violet contrasts
against the monotonous stone,
while green leaves
lighten the darkness of the shadow
as the sun turns its way into the sunset.
Too soon the flowers will die in the dark
because my eyes will no longer see
once the light disappears for another night spell
no flowers seen
(NOTE: This poem is in the form of Pi Poetry. Sixteen lines are made up of a set number of words per line:
3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9 and 3).
oklahoma summer
Smoky breezes stir
Summer heat across the land –
Dry, thirsty and parched.
(NOTE: Traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables in each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables. The topic is supposed to be about the nature. Often a contradiction is found between the first and the third line).
signs of spring
red and yellow spots
scattered
all over the lawn today
bring smiles
and longings for spring to rush and stay.
Tulips brighten up the last of winter.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the Archimedean Pi form of poetry. The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line:
Line 1 – 3 words
Line 2 – 1 word
Line 3 – 4 words
Line 4 – 2 words
Line 5 – 8 words
Line 6 – 6 words
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