Una Mattina – Chained Senryu – September 11, 2016

three drops of water
here, this dim dewy morning
yet another day

how does one measure
a long lonely day
in metres or feet

what of illusions
of togetherness now gone
that morning

three drops of water
not dew not tears not rain
yet another day

(memories
cathartic shocks
from a TV show)

white clouds pass
and evening comes and goes
yet nothing changes

unless this morning
is a new beginning
yet another day
in this splendid sunshine
the birds sing

© Gsk ‘16

I believe I’ve used Ludovico Einaudi’s music in the past … at least once – he was already in my tags but I’d like to thank Cheryl-Lynn Roberts for reminding me of this author this morning from her Facebook page.

Daily Haiku and Waka – Mini Anthology – July 28, 2016

June 18, 2016

anonymous –
awaiting departure calls
travel daze

© Gsk ’16

June 19, 2016

the sound of water
serenity in chaos
St Louis hotel

© Gsk ’16

June 20, 2016

 – Porto Marghera
home is always beautiful
in all its aspects

© Gsk ’16

July 23, 2016

every year –
summer Italian style
sand, sun and sea

© Gsk ’16

July 25, 2016

Rimini
amarcord and Fellini
on harbour canal

© Gsk ’16

Rimini
amarcord and Fellini
on harbour canal

© Gsk ’16

July 27, 2016

thunder-storm
in a flash of light
the sky opens

© Gsk ’16

Morning Haiku and Waka – July 22, 2016

in deep waters
cold and angst of drowning
at day break

© Gsk ’16

this summer dawn
awaiting the breaking storm
ducks shelter

© Gsk ’16

Morning Haiku and Waka – July 15, 2016

media-cache – found on Facebook

into the sunset
another day tumbles
towards darkness

crashing hopes
deafening the lover
gulls screech overhead –
sitting on the boardwalk
the child watches the sun set

© Gsk ’16

Haiku Horizons – Swing – May 2, 2016

in the early hours
swinging to jazz accepting
insomnia

up and down
reaching for the clouds
my legs straight out
just yearning for freedom
on a swing in the school yard

ticktock
listening to time passing
as the pendulum swings

he watches her
skirt swinging ’round her thighs
remembering spring

© G.s.k. ‘16

Haiku Horizons prompt “swing”

Haiku Horizons – swing

Biography in 12 Poems – May 2, 2016

Biography in Twelve Verses

 

helplessness
menacing challenge
birth

a drifting figure
like a storm or summer breeze
– father

penetrating
all-pervasive night
black

whimsy and horror
kaleidoscope of events
childhood

anger
blocking the exit
growing up

pin-point and bright
wavering uncertainly
saving light

speak
the inner voice commands
the silence

throwing off fear
trusting once again
or no

this closed window
keeping out the weather
and the sunshine

plain truth –
equilibrium isn’t
balancing stones

satori
momentary dazzling light
in monotony

at sixty-four
a rocky stability
after the tears flowed

© G.s.k. ‘16

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Whirligig 57: THIS WEEK’S WORDS come from “Weather” by Linda Pastan: menace, father, black, childhood, blocking, light, speak, throwing, window, plain, dazzling, after 

Poets on the Page – MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 Poetry Prompts

Poetry Prompts:
Write for ten minutes asking what balance means to you, how balanced or unbalanced your life is, and/or what feels balanced to you.

Or…

Write about balance in nature, where you see it and/or feel it.

Word Prompts:
Balancing
Stability
Equilibrium

 

Morning Haiku and Waka – Sunday – May 1, 2016

morning chill
raindrops fall on these flowers
awaiting May warmth

laying in bed
listening to the raindrops
warm under the sheets
drifting in and out of sleep
so hard to leave my dreams

those chiming bells
echoing in this loneliness
their hollow call

© G.s.k. ‘16

Naturalness – Haiku – March 23, 2015

tiny flowers
under the persimmon tree
the snow has melted

spring delight
with a bee in its bonnet
a dandy lion

© G.s.k. ‘16

Carpe Diem Special #203 Basho’s disciples: Mukai Kyorai’s “Master of Persimmons”

Morning Haiku and Waka – Haiku Horizons (Spend) – January 19, 2016

autumn’s now spent
snow flakes fall in silence
white fairy flurries

we spend the evening
as the radio plays Brahms
philosophizing

anguish –
spending all her energy
for his love

she fills her soul
walking under the plums
as the blossoms rain
spending time reflecting
on the last days of winter

© G.s.k. ‘16

Haiku Horizons – spend

Morning Haiku and Waka – Frost – January 14, 2016

frozen rose petals
ephemeral perfection
limp in the sun

etched in white
each tree in the park
winter’s enchantment

moving shadows
shapes upon the frosted glass
a siren passes

© G.s.k. ‘16

Carpe Diem Throw That Pebble #2 frost