Spring bloom

the way you swell:  

a fuller moon, a fragrant rose -

on my hands 

Picture credit:   Just a Picture

the way you tremble:

petalled pink, breathless wind, a dewdrop

on my lips

Posted for Poetry Jam:   Its All About Flowers
and Haiku Heights:  Ripple - It's been a while since I wrote haiku/senryu.  Smiles ~

Letters

                                      vintage pages 
                                      scenting of autumn's pines--     
                                      grandma's words echo like bells           

                                                            ~0~0~

                                                            calligraphy
                                                            on torn pages -- 
                                                            canvas of a stormy sky 


Posted for Haiku Heights - Prompt is Script
and Haiku My Heart


Picture credit:   here

One golden afternoon

gold and lilac  

wafts and pillars an old man's face --

ethereal sky  

~0~0~



Picture credit:   Reena of Missing Moments

~0~0~

the afternoon,

unwrapped burlap, 

shimmers like gold coins under the sun 

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - A Word with Laurie 
Haiku My Heart
and Haiku Heights - New ~   HAPPY NEW YEAR ~

For peace

winter's eve --  

i light a small candle 

to hymn of children's choir

~0~0~

scent of roses

on beaded prayers --

a silent moment

Grace @ Everyday Amazing

~0~0~

a snowflake falls --

the morning blooms 

like white poinsettias 

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Peace on Earth
Haiku My Heart  and Haiku Heights - Snow

Wishing you Happy Holidays, Blessed Christmas and Joyful New Year ~  

Hopes for the land

snow melts

prairie of amber & fiery ash--

charred,  roots awaken    

(Wiki Photograph of Pulsatilla patens growing in Boulder, Colorado.)

~0~0~

sun pulses

the grassland in sepia and and emptiness--

hope blooms in blues

~0~0~

(due to recent news in USA)

blood-inked stains 

on broken blue & pink crayons -- 

the barren sky weeps     

~0~0~

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Transforming Fridays

and Haiku Heights and Haiku My Heart - Wishes for peace and love ~

Haiku Heights - Pain

maple tree, 

bare of leaves and children's voices,   

listens as the bell tolls  

     Grace @ Everyday Amazing

~0~0~

the night stings-

hornets swarming the sky- 

 empty of your blooms

Posted for Haiku Heights - Pain 

Storm

white veined hands 

tear the lilac sky into pieces - 

thousand candles fell

~0~0~

Late Night Nebraska Thunderstorms

~0~0~

her eyes --
blooms  of darkest violet -- 
kept secrets  

Haiku Heights:  Storm

picture credit:   here

Desert

Namib Desert by Bernhard Edmaier

 

above eagle eyes, 
the desert stretches and weaves -
empty burlap sack 

~0~0~

fire-streaked sands
follow the wind-swept sky -
fine as silk-stitched blooms

~0~0~

once lush and ample
of fruits and blooms, she sleeps -
weary old woman
 

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Burlap
Haiku Heights:   Desert

and Haiku My Heart

Picture credit:   here

Tree

red maple tree

with leaves fiery and shaped of tears,  

silently she mourns  

~0~0~

pine tree 

coated with ivory and midnight moon,  

restless is her sleep

~0~0~

cherry blooms 

on a parasol of forest green -

spring in her step

~0~0~

willow tree

bowing in a dance courtyard - 

boldly she leaps   

Posted for Haiku Heights:  Tree

and Haiku My Heart

Silent forest

morning light
sparkles the rushing river --
restless feet on unmarked trail  

~0~0~

maple trees bow
in silent prayer as  
black scarred leaves float by 

~0~0~

hush of pine forests
with first blush of winter frost -- 
face of bride in lace  

~0~0~ 

forest trees heave
in sigh of fading footsteps -- 
white silence is music  

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Transforming Fridays with Hannah Gosselin

and Haiku Heights:  Silence ~  I just came from Blue Mountains where we had our office conference.   There was light snow on the trees and mountains.  And I survived a tough mountain hike/climb this morning ~   Whew ~  Have a good weekend ~  

Also for Haiku My Heart

picture credit:  here

The storm

flash of lightning
as winds flee in haste -  
tempest of woman scorned  

~0~0

pouring rain 
sharp pointed as knives -    
oak trees fall in surrender
   
~0~0 

stormy skies: 
mighty wrecking ball, 
yet fleeting as blue butterflies 
     

Posted for Haiku Heights - nature 

picture credit:   here

Witching time

                               

circle of shadows - 

white candles on altar, burning  

for restless souls    

~0~0~ 

witching spell:

rose quartz in water glass, full moon -

awakening love   

~0~0~

haunted house

incense: sage, cinnamon, patchouli -  

calming night breeze  

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Witch - Thanks for the visit ~

picture credit:   here

a Zen moment

i inhale

slow gathering of green and red blooms,

rising sun

~0~0~

i exhale

choking shadows and grey clouds, 

 empty bird cage     

~0~0~

i cluster

all the decaying golden leaves,

seeded poems 

Posted for:   Haiku Heights - Conscious
                   and Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - A Word with Laurie - Zen Meditation 

Picture credit:   here

Leaves of autumn

Grace @ Everyday Amazing - beside our house

autumn leaves

cover the ground - soft carpet

of afternoon sky 

~0~0~

cool wind gathers 

pine cones and green needles,

warm bed for winter  

~0~0~

maple tree 

shiver in dress of dying colors - 

she dreams of tulips   

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Shroud and Haiku My Heart

Happy Weekend and Thanks for your visit ~ 

Forest

tall forest treetops,

wide sky and lush maple hills-

where my eyes linger

~0~0

where wildflowers,

bathe in mountain rain -

my words breathe

~0~0

on bed of needles and
blanket of thousand moss,
the moon beguiles

~0~0

under towering pines,

beside river of hundred leaves -

my feet rest

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Transforming Fridays with Hannah Gosselin
Haiku My Heart and  Haiku Heights:   Home

Pink blooms

© Joy Ann Jones


enamoured: 
yellow bee tangled in her     
flowered-pink skirt  
   
~0~0~

pink petals 
falling one by one,
i come unhinged -

~0~0~

broken, her words flew 

across mud-stained walls - still   

softest blooms    

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads 

and Haiku Heights:   Free  - Joining you for the last day of September Challenge ~ 

Sleep

your words like

warm chocolate cup,

evening lullaby

~0~0~

your lips tasting of cinnamon,
turns me into a

restless tide

 

~0~0~

folding wings,

you nestle close to me -

black butterfly

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Sleep

picture credit:   here

Pears

For Haiku Heights:  Paradox

three golden pears
unwashed, untouched, unpared dessert;    
she wanted apples 


For Real Toads:   Sevenling (Pears)


in the fading light, he clings to her image:   
autumn leaves falling on hair, 
ripe pear cheeks and laughing eyes  

in the kitchen, she slices the fruits, 
soaking them with spiced red wine and sugar 
concoction, and drizzling cinnamon dust 

beside the homecoming dish, she waits for the call     



Posted for Haiku Heights and Real Toads ~  Thanks for the visit ~  

Street Art

Picture Credit:  Franco Cignelli

splashing colors,

wall comes alive with stories,

haunting stormy sky

~0~0~

in the fading light,

he paints his soul on the wall,

flaming dragon

~0~0~

red and blue oils

mingle with sweat and dust:

art for everyday man

Update:   I am pleased to announce that this poem has been included in the Second Issue of Nain Rouge.

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Birth

and Haiku My Heart

Poetry for the Firefly Jar

Gull Lake@Everyday Amazing 

to grow steadily:

deep roots, upturned face, open hands,

amidst stones:  grass

to brim cup:

bright words, green colors, music,

amidst desert:  water

to yield gently:

storms, skyfall and changing roads,

a strong oak

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads:  Sunday's Challenge

and Haiku heights:   Grass