The Hunt

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Intruders lurk in my house
unseen. When I spy the mouse,
I attack and cannot rest
until death befalls the pest.

Sky Lords

Here it’s whispered are dragons
Strain your eyes, you might see one
Spreading their wings in the sun
Ruling with fire and talons

Graceful

like a dancer's liquid grace
swans float on the water's face
poised and breathless in their place
feathers spread like downy lace


Written for dVerse.

Poetry

It’s the whisper of the heart

Murmuring its secret art

Velvet words from end to start

Sending forth a silken dart

Written for dVerse

Homophone Fun

Chic

Around the park take a peek

Dachshund, collie, and a peke

Glossy furred, stand at their peak

How dog shows can interest pique!

Peke is a short form for the Pekingese dog.

Cair Aureate

Air clear and bright this day my only heir

Dear look to the forest where run the deer

Pair by pair under golden hanging pear

Hear finches warble flying there and here

Hares fleet footed dart between maidenhairs

New kittens mewl learning what mothers knew

Bare bone facts for adventures they will bear

Flue warmth; spoken softness; where phoenix flew

Cair Aureate’s wealth all this; soon thy care

Peer well from castle to watery pier

Fair sights and sounds all come with the same fare

Tears or joy come walking its many tiers

Blue skies or gray I bore each way the wind blew

To face each wind stalwart is thy task too

Maidenhair is a kind of fern.

"Cair Aureate" is a Shadow Sonnet. In this sonnet form the first and last word of each line are the same or homophonic. 

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Hummingbird

Feathered gem flown out of sight

Then back gleaming in the light

Perhaps the smallest in flight

Yet I’ll meet no bolder knight

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Feast

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Adobo

I know the recipe now

Peppercorns, soy sauce, and fowl

But then all I knew was this

A bowl of friendship delish!

Halo-Halo

First thought on beans in desert:

Oh no! But now I assert

Milk, nata, bananas, beans

Mixed is better than ice cream

Pandesal

One perfect bread for breakfast

Hot with crumbs across the crust

Feasting starts with bag in hand

Lasts all the way home as planned

 Just a few of the wonderful tasty dishes in the Philippines.

Lexicon

for dVerse

song for the dictionary
and thesaurus with words free
like small cavorting faries
luminescent and airy

Dún Aonghasa

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cliff above crashing waves: fear

and yet the sight calls me near

down at turquoise waters peer

breath stolen by the drop sheer

This is a Tanaga, a Filipino form of poetry. It has four rhyming lines of seven syllables each.

Dún Aonghasa is a fort on Inishmore in Ireland. A good portion of the fort has fallen into the sea. There is no barrier to stop you from crawling right up to the edge of the cliff and looking over. It's an exhilarating experience!

Tanaga

Steady pen and paper meet

Combining in a grand feat

Leaving behind scenes replete

With magic and wonder sweet

The Tanaga is the Filipino version of the haiku, which is written with four rhyming lines of seven syllables each.

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