blessings

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                                                                    rushing summer
                                                                    bubbles, laughs, and splashes
                                                                    blue blessings

 

Happy International Haiku Day!

Late Night

peering through branches
at the moon through netted screen
makes moonlight fuzzy

Sleeping Platypus

curled tight; beaver tail
across your gray duck-like bill
all tucked up for dreams


Sleeping platypuses are adorable. You should go google them.

Rain Puddles

Magpie Tales 300

Shifting kaleidoscope in the rain
kaleidoscope ripples sway clear reflections
in sway images dance colliding
the clear dance is becoming
rain reflections colliding new

She dreams across the empty plain
reflected  tens of times below
each changing scene delights the rain
shifting in mesmerizing flow

Dancing through her dreams reflecting
splashing as she sees them rippling
choices and chances hers to try
falling with the rain from the sky

Beneath splashed feet
the rain pictures decipher
past, present, future

Raindrops wash away
the old year
welcome in the new


Happy New Year Everybody!

Lighthouse

Midnight silk draping

extinguishing the gold

flaming brilliant sun

before night unfolds

a pillar rises unmoving

replacing the gold

a light in the dark

gleaming with hope and promise

showing the way home.

for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

Porch Light

for Magpie Tale 236 and the Honeybee

the first moth spreads wings

under the moon but it sees

only a new sun

they fly too close by

modern light

irresistible

light in dark

led them to dance here

but where next?

light flickers

the porch light burns hot

banning night

   

eastward sun rises

scattering moths with the wind

porch light sleeps till night

Santa

for dVerse

Christmas toys I make

for the children’s holiday joy.

I find joy myself.

Under the tree they’ll

play and laugh. While I will smile

and plan for next year.

Tomorrow

for dVerse

Today I set out
for tomorrow. Each day I bring
something for the next.

End and Start

for dVerse

Lily pad faded
from deep green to purple pink.
Summer ends; snow comes.

Forward

Magpie Tale 143

for dVerse

Forget this nightmare
take hands at last in peace and
walk forward with hope.

Reflections on Fire

Magpie Tale 132

Shared with dVerse Open Link Night

sharp winter beyond
window waits for summer sun
until then fire warms

without bright fire
electric heating shuns the
glinting snow without

two big red cherries
debate with the antique clock
when to light the fire

icicles out; fire in
by hearth chocolate cup
warm hands and warm heart

Summer Morning

for dVerse

day light touch my face
morning wakes but I in bed
open eye then close again