One Shot Wednesday

within this moment
there is only
moonlight and us
and you spin, spin, spin me

with woven crowns
of starlit violets
the ballerina and the prince
and you spin, spin, spin me

upon summer's last breath
a whispered plea
one more warm midnight
and you spin, spin, spin me

into the darkness
we dance a path of light
our happy ever after
and you spin, spin, spin me

Artwiculate - Flotsam

piece by piece
he salvaged flotsam
you left to drift-
piece by piece
he rebuilt me

scattered sand
the flotsam of
our shattered hourglass-
how did you and i
run out of time?

Haiku Challenge - Remember

my lungs remember
to sigh for you even on
nights when i forget

Haiku Challenge - Craze

poetry dances
deep within, a word whirlwind-
i feel the craze stir

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

you wrap
your words
about my eyes
and blind me
with your imagery

tired of the wind's
butterfly kisses
i run away to begin
a freckled affair
with the afternoon sun

Haiku Word Game - Brilliance, Night, Fragile

dawn's pale brilliance
stars cling a fragile silver
last moments of night

a fragile crescent
rises upon night's coat tails
moonlit brilliance

Haiku Word Game - Mantra, Red, Appetite

shredding red paper
hearts, a mantra to curb her
appetite for love

Haiku Challenge - Call

dressed in shades of grey
knocking upon her window
the rain came to call

Haiku Throwdown - Rib

robert frost poems
inked upon her rib cage- she
has miles yet to go

One Shot Wednesday

vibrant blues and reds and greens
of once brightly painted dreams
are blurring, smudging at the edges
of tears and faded memories

i keep clinging desperately
this is what you demand of me
but eternal sleep's promised comfort
keeps pick, pick, picking at my seams

a shoebox full of stolen shells
haunts the air with sea spray smells
i drop my tears within their folds
like wishes down the wishing well

snapshots of a life long passed
i bring them out, relive the past
red wine swirled with sorrow's brine
sip it slowly and make it last

i keep clinging desperately
this is what you demand of me
but eternal sleep's promised comfort
keeps pick, pick, picking at my seams

Gogyohka Prompt - Listen

rain's lullaby
we listen
and let
our dreams
pick up the refrain

ear upon
the willow's chest
i listen
to him
breath

in silence
we listen
to time
wheeling constellations
across the darkness

Haiku Word Game - Dance, Beauty, Majestic

dark beauty, night's dance
watch her weave a majestic
tapestry of stars

Haiku Throwdown - Butterfly

caged within my mind's
insomnia, butterfly
winged dreams beat frantic

Haiku Throwdown - Boiling

canvas boiling with
color, butterfly wings catch
day's last breath of light

Artwiculate - Amative

plucking petals
a scatter
of amative wishes-
does he love me
or not?

One Shot Wednesday

i paint your name
upon my heart
and wait for it
to dry
what a way
to say good-bye
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye

i carve your face
into my skin
watch it bleed
then scar
this life has taken
me so far
so very, very far

i sketch your smile
within my mind
and water it
with tears
this ache for you
is always here
here, and there, and here

Haiku Challenge - Tent

tent my secrets in
dark linens, keep them hidden
from their prying eyes

Haiku Challenge - Out

like a rainbow she
is always dancing just one
step out of my grasp

Gogyohka Prompt - Scatter

i scatter seeds
among the foothills
of your sorrow
we will grow a garden
of joy here instead

there is nothing
left for us
but to scatter
ourselves
upon the wind

the leaves
scatter
and my thoughts
have no choice
but to follow

Haiku Word Game - Soar, Willow, Resistant

above willow boughs
my dreams soar resistant to
nightmare's whisperings

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

dancing upon
morning sunlight
my mind
wanders-
wayward butterfly

Artwiculate - Indelicate

indelicate anguish
she made love
to his shadow
upon the grave
of his memory

Artwiculate - Coruscate

captured stars coruscate
within sanguine liquid
i take a sip
from my wine glass
filled with dreams

i will
paint a rainbow
with those tears
and turn
your insanity
into beautiful
poetry

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

i am just
a willow
weeping into a pool
of my own
reflections

the muse
skips stones
i watch
my thoughts
ripple

bottling your
golden glee
I anchor it
to the rainbows
you pursue

bonfires built
upon the insanity
of your poetic mind-
we set fire
to the darkness

The Prompt - Tantrum

raindrops
dance angry
and i
find solace
in their tantrum

Haiku Throwdown - Promiscuous

promiscuous wind
wraps itself around every
leaf- just passing through

Haiku Challenge - Vow

love's vow drawn upon
sand, her promise sent across
the ocean to him

Haiku Challenge - Beyond

hands entwined they danced
beyond the gates of this life
and into the next

Haiku Word Game - Wash, Liberating, Transient

transient summer
red wash of maples begin
liberating leaves

night's liberating
touch, i wash my skin with her
transient darkness

Artwiculate - Illutible

the touch
of his love
clings
to my skin
-illutible fingerprints

each tear
painted
another illutible line
of melancholy
across her face

One Shot Wednesday

essence of night
found within
the darkness
of your absence
i take the moon
as my lover
and whisper your name
when his light
touches my skin

Rise And Sunshine

The Prompt - Asphalt

street lamp and asphalt
build an impromptu stage for
just one more slow dance

Haiku Throwdown - Blur

blur of wings- passing
butterfly kisses my cheek
hello and good bye

through a slow blur of
time the hour hand and i trace
your absence and wait

Haiku Challenge - Crush

i hear the crush of
all sane thought- sleepless night sits
heavy upon me

Gogyohka Prompt - Fish

minstrels spin
dreams
and fish
for coins
within my mind

the fish
and i
find common ground
for small talk
-missing you

i fish for
my lucky pen
you write
i love you
upon my arm

The Prompt - Bruise

indigo stains
bruise the pages
where her tears
fell upon
his good bye

Haiku Challenge - Reflect

scarlet dragonfly
wings reflect sunlight with a
gentle reverence

Artwiculate - Sanctimonius

narcissus bloom
pays homage
to his reflection-
scents the air
with sanctimonious vanity

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

mimic
the lotus
unfurl
within
my darkness

twirling upon
this infinite midnight
the stars
urge me on
into breathless vertigo

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

dawn walks across the
field stringing beads of cold dew
with prismatic thread

Artwiculate - Mizzle

mizzle mist dances
soft upon clover, sugar
coats the leaves with rain

Haiku Word Game - Bleeding, Broken, Scars

bandages bleeding
with poetry cling tight to
a broken soul's scars

night's doorstep broken
by fireflies bleeding with grace
fleeting scars of light

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

i must find
a way to bottle
these sparks
between us
-everlasting fireflies

The Prompt - Star

moonlit delirium
my shadow
and i
slow dance
to the beat
of one thousand
stars

Haiku Throwdown - Pill

she keeps his photo
in her pill box and visits
him on sleepless nights

Haiku Challenge - Direction

newborn butterfly
no direction of his own
steals some from the wind

Artwiculate - Avolition

mind's avolition
deep azure doldrums mirrored
within empty eyes

avolition and i
share halfhearted musings
trapped within
the muted colors
of my mind's dusk

Daily Oneword

Gift

gifting
the wind
with
dandelion seed
wishes
your name
whispered
upon
every one

Haiku Word Game - Lace, Glacial, Abomination

glacial lace veils the
last blooms of autumn- frost burn
abomination

Haiku Challenge - Copy

morning languor i
copy dawn's path across the
sky with stretching limbs

within the raven's
feathers a copy of night's
wings whisper with flight

the pulse
of starlight
like night's metronome
catching the beat
i sing myself
to sleep

Haiku Challenge - Fatal

midnight calls- i step
the fatal line drawn between
this day and the next

Haiku Challenge - Behind

the moon crept to her
bedside and wondered what she
saw behind closed eyes

Artwiculate - Dingle

ribbon of green coiled
within deep shaded dingle-
verdant rhapsody

A Platter Of Poetry

dust mote
on slow descent-
a thought flares
golden
vanishes
to plumb
deep shadows
within me

tie this stream
of thought
around my finger
a reminder
of you

Haiku Throwdown - Plumb

shredded brocade of
dreams, i plumb the nightmare and
find you waiting there

i plumb your river
of melancholy to breath
a smile upon you

The Prompt - The Roses...

petals spilled
against the wind
the roses
are weeping
a prayer for rain

The Prompt - Bare

my mind's bare canvas
waits for your voice to brush my
thoughts full of color

Haiku Word Game - Easy, Pulse, Tender

with the easy touch
of tender petals upon
skin, her pulse quickens

the pulse of night found
within the easy beat of
a moth's tender wings

i will dream easy
dancing upon the tender
pulse of rain's soft song

between the deep pulse
of two moments, sleep's tender
lyrics come easy

Haiku Throwdown - Opportunity

her eyes blink against
sunlight, opportunity
seized to steal a kiss

opportunity
found- grass defies urban sprawl
within sidewalk cracks

Artwiculate - Kindle

kindle upon wings-
dragonfly pauses to catch
a drop of sunlight

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

aimless drive
we happen upon
a rainstorm
and stop
to taste the sky

passing
the time
counting
the colors
in your eyes

dawn culls
the stars
scatters them
about her feet
a tapestry of dew

Haiku Word Game - Return, Numen, Simplistic

return of the rains
a numen found within each
sweet simplistic drop

Haiku Challenge - Drop

at the edge of this
dark life i drop your heart and
step back to listen

drop a coin into
the well- add my wish to the
choir of dreams below

Artwiculate - Debacle

i will bottle
these bitter thoughts
and pen my story
of debacle
and disappointment

Haiku Challenge - Move

two white butterflies
move with dancer's grace to court
the honeysuckle

Artwiculate - Asinine

red wine
summer heat
my thoughts
melt, drip
into puddles
of asinine
intoxication

Haiku Challenge - Happen

wishing stars goodnight
he and i trade breaths and wait
for dawn to happen

Artwiculate - Confrication

sultry midnight heat
symphonic confrication
of crickets- and us

endless confrication
charcoal upon paper
another sleepless night
will lend me inspiration

Haiku Throwdown - Psychotic

how do i staunch the
flow of these psychotic thoughts
dripping from my eyes?

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

rosebud sunrise
hovers
on the edge
of bursting
into the world

insomnia
walk
the halls
of
my mind

heavy heat
weighs down
my thoughts
my words
complete standstill

Haiku Challenge - Lend

maybe if i ask
politely, this willow tree
will lend me his grace

hydrangea and i
lend an ear to the creaky
woes of an old oak

Haiku Throwdown - Vision

dreams tug the corners
of my vision, dark curtains
of slumber released

Haiku Word Game - Grey, Prostrate, Pleasure

twilight rain falls grey
upon prostrate lilies- the
earth sighs with pleasure

bound in grey silks, i
kneel prostrate at sleep's feet and
beg for her pleasure

Artwiculate - Machination

her beauty
beckons
the moth
closer-
fatal embrace,
candle's machination.


i traded in
my wings
to pay
for your
machination

Loqwacious - Gazebo

candlelit gazebo
and i
both mourn
the loss
of him

Artwiculate - Transmogrify

inner child
comes out
to play-
we transmogrify clouds
into fairy tale creatures

transmogrify the
water of my tears into
a red wine tinged bliss

Haiku Throwdown - Shoe

he wrote a poem
beneath her shoe- she would know
love with every step

Haiku Word Game - Shade, Lavender, Beeline

lavender shade, i
trace a thumb over veins, a
beeline to your heart

A Platter Of Poetry

wrists bound with brambles
i was a kept poet in
her garden harem

afternoon spent
trading songs
with
falling
pine needles

i made a deal with
the stars- traded old wishes
in for newer ones

Haiku Challenge - Ready

the stars stood ready
to take their cue as the sun
exits on stage left

My Best Days...

...are those
spent wandering abandoned
highway roads with you

Three Word Wednesday

gentle, praise, vulgar

vulgar intruder
upon an indigo night
i commit trespass
against gentle applause
of wind and willow
as fireflies dance
an aerial ballet
in praise of
starlit demigods

Haiku Throwdown - Anthropologist

reading through fifteen
years of thoughts, i am my own
anthropologist

Haiku Challenge - Message

he left roses on
her step- a message of love,
entwined with farewell

Haiku Throwdown - Flirt

with bare feet i walk
the line between sand and sea
to flirt with the tides

Haiku Challenge - Limit

within this cage i
will only sing sweeter- you
will not limit me

Artwiculate - Bromopnea

stagnant stream
thick with
nature's bromopnea
dripping prismatic
with marsh flowers-
within everything
beauty found

Loqwacious - Verdant

verdant shadows
tip toe softly
behind eyelids
careful not to rouse
the daydreamer

Less Is More - The Micropoetry Edition

do not disturb-
i am busy
painting my walls
with poetic graffiti

he came
on a whirlwind
of words
to steal
my nights
and breath
from me

The Prompt - Deleted

i deleted
his presence
from my life
one white paint stroke
at a time

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

one day
dawn will bring
understanding
between you
and i

verdant shadows
tip toe softly
behind eyelids
careful not to rouse
the daydreamer

twilight
wove her
a promise ring
of stars
and sweet dreams

Artwiculate - Stentorian

stentorian rain
falls heavy-handed
bruises skin
she takes penance
proffering herself
in kneeling atonement

he traces lyrics
upon my skin
to make my blood
sing with his
in stentorian yearning

Haiku Throwdown - Pulp

crushed blackberries- like
the pulp of night encompassed
within her pale hands

Haiku Challenge - Partner

rusted tin roof and
morning glories partner to
build my hideaway

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

colors bleed, force me
to walk away before I
make a bigger mess

lost in a fog of
melancholy with no bread
crumbs to lead her home

The Prompt - Follow

she wove daisy chains
with my heartstrings, helplessly
i yield and follow

butterflies on the
wind follow the soft sound of
petals unfurling

roadside poppies
urge me on
i follow
this empty highway
into forever

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

thick grass
braided with
childhood memories
now brittle with age
still smells of summer

the clock
heaves
his last breath-
time
expires

you verify
my existence-
with this poem
i profess
my gratitude

every word
i try
to capture
slides off the page
and disappears

Wishin' and Hopin'

Artwiculate - Libertine

libertine seductress
cloaked in
midnight dreams
drenched in
starlight and heat
i yield myself
to her desires


i dance for the moon,
my libertine master- my
blood sings for your touch

Daily Oneword

Generate

who
would have known
that
one kiss
would generate
eleven years
of memories?

Haiku Throwdown - Rotten

fallen oak, rotten
wood now cradles the life of
blooming spiderwort

Haiku Challenge - Send

chamomile kisses
my bare feet- i send their scent
spiraling upwards

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

the day
exhales
breathing
life
into umber shadows

his fog
of sorrow
parted
under her
brilliant sunlight

Haiku Challenge - Expire

dusk blooms deep sapphire
daylight takes a bow, leaves to
expire among stars

Haiku Throwdown - Blizzard

within this moment
a blizzard of poetry
cries out for release

Artwiculate - Chutzpah

witching hour
is upon us
with chutzpah
we shall hitch up
our skirts
dance among daisies
and pay homage
to the moon

morning sunlight
tip toes in
with gleeful chutzpah
awakens me
warm bright kisses
upon bare skin

she reaches within
with defiant chutzpah to
meet her reflection

with cherry wine and
candlelight i cast a spell
of carnal chutzpah

Three Word Wednesday

acrid, bane, tepid

with my love
i will heal
the acrid void
where your heart
should be

with my touch
i will heat
your tepid blood
to match
my passion

and with this kiss
i will breathe
belief into you
and banish
the bane within

Words I Wish Were Mine

from ThoseThr3Words

And the ghosts
of our dreams
will dance as butterflies
weaving the colours
of what might have been.

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

delicious dark, with
windows open, i share my
haiku with the moon

What Pretty Little Poppies You Have There

Tickled Thistle Pink

Artwiculate - Abstruse

your heart would not be
such an abstruse machine if
you gave me the key

Haiku Word Game - Breeze, Twilight, Memories

on twilight breeze he
came, gifting memories she
would rather forget

Loqwacious - Undine

water worn pebbles
whisper with the voices of
a thousand undines

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

each stone
i skip
sinks
another memory
of you

Haiku Throwdown - Verdant

verdant fields filled with
dreams call, with a crown of stars
and roses, he waits

Artwiculate - Compotation

honeysuckle blooms
turn in early
and dismayed butterflies
are forced to take
their compotation elsewhere

nights spent
on sweet grass beds
quiet musings
and compotation
we watch shooting stars
sing across the sky

Haiku Challenge - Hunt

glass jars and giggles
children head to the river
to hunt for tadpoles

he hushes greetings
from Night, continues to hunt
for the perfect word

Haiku Throwdown - Everglades

cypress trees whisper
life lived and lost deep within
shadowed Everglades

her sunlit teardrops became glorious rainbows

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

maple leaves and wind
debate lyrics as they write
music overhead

you bled the words
from my wrists
then left me
to weep ink
from open wounds

Artwiculate - Brouhaha

five kittens
tussle
a tangle
of calico-
catnip brouhaha

final flowers of
summer, a brouhaha of
butterflies ensues

a brouhaha between
consciousness and slumber
i hesitate
only a moment
before sliding
with sweet surrender
into an awaiting dream

Daily Oneword

Myth

our love
now just myth
kept alive
in earnest promises
now broken
dried flowers
now brittle
treasured keepsakes
now hidden

our love
faded writing
aging paper
a book
long shelved
sitting alone
collecting dust
in a library
of regrets

Goodness Gracious Gladiolus

with watercolors
she painted the world
the way she wanted
stepped inside
shut the door behind her

Haiku Throwdown - Hurricane

he wound his madness
about her serenity
like a hurricane

Haiku Challenge - Remember

writing a new life
to replace the one i can't
seem to remember

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

alone
again
moonlight
does not warm
an empty bed

i walked away
carrying the burden
my love for you
always
within

poppies kiss
in shadows
of pine trees
laced heavily
with mistletoe

foggy morning
we spent all day
picking apples
you wove me
a crown of daisies

How Now Brown Cow

Artwiculate - Celerity

with celerity
i spiral downward
to dream
a better ending
to my fairytale

falling star, moves with
such celerity- did you
even hear my wish?

without celerity
she moves
through life
treading lightly
savoring deeply

lost deep inside
one sided conversations
with pen and paper
morning arrives
with unwelcome celerity

Haiku Throwdown - Verbatim

in verbatim with
nirvana she walked through the
fog of this lifetime

Haiku Challenge - Fog

she danced in the rain
lost in the thundering fog
of her nirvana

Artwiculate - Nirvana

shadow dappled
quiescent
nasturiums and i
seek nirvana
amongst each other

snow and starlight
entwine, whispering
seductive sermons
knocking upon my window
with promises of nirvana

night blooming lotus
sings songs of nirvana to
slumbering fireflies

we shall paint
this drab world
with color
and find nirvana
within each other

summer nirvana
found in burgundy wine and
your sweet, low laughter

he tipped back his head
drank in the sunshine
pouring from her smile
and lost himself
in a moment
of pure nirvana

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

these may be the same
stars i've always wished upon
but this is not home

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

quiet dirt road
picking orchids
the first flower you gave me
also
the first kiss

Haiku Challenge - Wait

the dry earth stopped to
wait with bated breath, rainstorm
on the horizon

Haiku Throwdown - Forest

black forest of stars
caught in your eyes, i am lost
in your dark sunlight

Artwiculate - Vestigial

vestigial warmth
fading
from the hand
you held
as you said good bye

brittle baby's breath
vestigial memories
held within
the pages
of his favorite book

she pressed her fingers
upon her lips
hoping to trap
the vestigial touch
of your parting kiss

apple trees
dressed in garments
of wild rose
i breath in
the vestigial scent
of another summer
passing through

streaks of blush
vestigial night
dawn- please stay your hand
a few moments
he and i
have so many secrets left
to share

vestigial light
streaks behind eyelids
drinking in rain
dancing recklessly
we embrace night's storm

A Gathering Of Gogyohka

dip a toe
into sunlight
retreat!
it's still
too hot

warm night
five frogs
on lily pads
sing songs
to fireflies

five princess swans
bow their heads
to five frog princes
and pay homage
with waterlilies

caroler of dawn
summer rain
sings softly
over butterfly wings
and sage leaves

with a curtsy
i accept
summer's invitation
to dance
in his warmth

midnight heat
heavy with moisture
so thick and stifling
even the crickets
are silent

sharing secrets
while wishing
on dandelions
and weaving
friendship bracelets

Artwiculate - Addubitation

plucking petals
addubitation
rises and falls
do you love me
or not?

with pirouettes
i dance lovingly
upon your addubitation
and banish it
from your heart

midnight confessions
of self-addubitation
the amaryllis sigh
under the weight
of my whispers

Haiku Throwdown - Number

i number the stars
and share secrets with the moon
while waiting for you

Haiku Challenge - Creature

fey creature, she wound
her voice about my heart, bound
me tightly to her

Words Of Wisdom

Be so happy that when others look at you
they become happy too. -Tazo Tea Box
Who knew tea boxes were so insightful?

Words I Wish Were Mine

from gennepher

twilight
draws
her curtains
pins them
with a star

pressed dahlias
forgotten then found
paper thin and
slightly faded like
the memories of us

Artwiculate - Convolute

sunlight and maples
convene, shadows convolute
over freckled skin

black ribbons convolute
a puddle of silk
at my feet
as i try to weave
my own dreams

a pile of shredded
napkins, the victims of my
convolute musings

petals convolute
wound tight, waiting to explode
and color the dawn

wood smoke and firelight
a convolute of flames holds
night's demons at bay

etched deeply
with a convolute
of melancholy
thus she wore
her sorrow
upon her face

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

i could not stop to
smell the roses so he brought
them to me instead

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

dandelion seed
caught
denied a chance
now keeps company
with a disappointed spider

obnoxious raindrops
bully lilies
paper white blooms
bowed
in submission

Haiku Throwdown - Philosophy

philosophy of
survival, pale grass peeks through
thick honeysuckle

Haiku Challenge - Noble

is a noble act
still noble if it is the
only choice there is?

Summer Visitor

Daily Oneword

Carve

you will always be there
carved in my heart
never think
that I never think
of you
every night
is spent
wondering with a wandering mind
over you

Artwiculate - Frippery

antithesis of
frippery, sharp steel buildings
slice into gray skies

sunlight dances in
gifts prismatic frippery
upon cresting waves

stoic oak
adorned
with the frippery
of one dozen
bejeweled birds

from up here, the city
is always beautiful-
cloaked in midnight
and colored with
neon light frippery

no amount
of frippery
can staunch
the wound
to her heart

Haiku Challenge - Carry

hydrangea petals
carry smells of home, i close
my eyes against tears

these worn cobblestones
carry the memories of
footsteps come and gone

slender branch cannot
carry him, bird and bough touch
briefly, then part ways

Haiku Throwdown - Spicy

spicy sweet fragrance
of witch hazel blooms, hand in
hand we greet the night

warmed rum, spicy on
my tongue, amber heat slowly
dances within me

spicy musk, light rains
carry the scent of jasmine,
the warmth of summer

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

into the night i
wander, a fecundity
of dreams at my heels

Haiku Challenge - Formula

strawberries and wine,
your dark eyes- a formula
for fecundity

Artwiculate - Fecundity

passing wildflowers
live on
through fecundity
their seedlings
blooming in mourning

fecundity of shadows born from sunlight

fecundity of
butterflies, eucalyptus
trees drip with orange

tears multiply
with fecundity
a rainstorm
in your eyes
floods my heart

glowworms cling
to tall grass blades
twilight illumination
like a fecundity
of fallen stars

A Homesick Kind Of Afternoon

sea of sugarcane
against an ocean of blue
uninterrupted

compelled
to sit
praying for rain
that I know
will not come

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

exhaustion
turns me ambisinistrous
stumble
to bed
good night lovely poets

Artwiculate - Ambisinistrous

ambisinistrous wings
unfurl
slowly
newborn butterfly
discovers life

ambisinistrous
outside the lines, to his own beat
child's first crayons

ambisinistrous-
drunk on honey wine, she twirls
with the stars for you

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

river meets ocean
seagulls dance, winged fishermen
searching for breakfast

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

aleatory
slumber, may the dreams that find
us be pleasant ones

Haiku Throwdown - Rain

rain catches sun, from
one thousand refractions bloom
one thousand rainbows

caught, unexpected
in a summer rain, turn my
face upward and smile

Artwiculate - Aleatory

moonlit cedars
shiver with wind
an aleatory snow
cries quietly
into their shadows

hummingbird
takes an aleatory path
flits from bloom to bloom
fickle creature
where will you go next?

furious ocean
slams against sea cliffs
the thunder of waves
an aleatory symphony

dandelion seeds
float with aleatory
grace and abandon
dancing through shafts of sunlight
like summertime's faerie dust

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

a whisper of white
early moon rises among
jacaranda trees

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

the willow
stands solitary
guarding secrets
passing lovers
have shared

candle dies
i fall asleep
wrapped in silk
and roses
waiting for you

Haiku Throwdown - Grapes

vineyards flow over
hills, heavy with grapes and the
sweet promise of wine

Haiku Challenge - Nonstop

nonstop billow of
regret, hard to stave off when
alone in the dark

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

when you rest, may your
dreams billow out to sing and
dance among the stars

Artwiculate - Billow

linen sheets billow
in the wind catching the scent
of nearby roses

blue green billow of
waves, cool sea spray against skin
wistful dreams of home

shaft of sunlight
parting a billow
of storm clouds
your love pierces
my cold heart

winds billow
maples rustle
hummingbird takes flight
a pure moment
poetry in motion

billow of whispers
fog rolls in, sharing secrets
with weeping willows

sadness rolls off her
melancholy waves billow
thick and palpable

soft curtains billow
over bare skin, a lazy
afternoon in bed

A Haiku Kind Of Evening

lady night whispers
from dark corners she beckons
i am her servant

Haiku Challenge - Frenzy

twilight rains, passing
through, a frenzy of blooms will
surely greet the dawn

Haiku Throwdown - Friend

summer heat, drives me
indoors, holds me hostage, you
are no friend of mine

A Thistle Here, A Thistle There

Daily Oneword

Velvet

red velvet wine intoxication
honeysuckle seduction
only in my deepest dreams
only in my darkest hour
shame me
for i crave you

Morning Glory

Artwiculate - Calamistration

spanish moss plays a
game of calamistration
among oak branches

she adorned the work
of her calamistration
with violets for him

pale green fronds unfurl
embracing sunlight, reverse
calamistration

blue-black raven's wing
a coif of calamistration
adorned heavily with roses
he would die to
just once run his
fingers through her hair

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

windblown, reds and golds
autumn leaves, a rusted fence
collects his treasure

Haiku Challenge - Complete

chocolate cupcakes,
butter cream, rainbow sprinkles
complete perfection

complete bliss, iced tea
honeysuckle vines and herbs
my rooftop garden

i'm just trying to
complete this journey intact
enough for the next

Haiku Throwdown - Frenzy

fish see my shadow
bubble forth in a frenzy
looking for breakfast

Artwiculate - Bacchanalia

The first rains of summer kissed the wounds of the drought closed, arousing the land to a state of bacchanalia.

sweet wine and laughter
on a warm wind, impromptu
bacchanalia

dark deeds and dirty whispers
bacchanalia is always prettier
when seen through the rose colored glasses
of lust and intoxication

endless summer filled
with laughter and ice cream, child's
bacchanalia

Haiku Challenge - Owe

you owe me nothing
this love I give to you I
give freely with joy

morning ruckus, these
birds outside my window owe
me rent for that tree

what could i owe you?
this abstemious life is
not payment enough?

Haiku Throwdown - Design

i will design for
you ten thousand dreams from ten
thousand paper cranes

Haiku Throwdown - Contact

good bye, red balloon
will you ever make contact
with the clouds you seek?

Artwiculate - Abstemious

abstemious, she
lives on the tears she sheds, the
moonlight she drinks in

on a warm summer wind, she came
smelling of lilacs and sunshine
crooking her finger
sending his abstemious vigil tumbling

inspiration found
through finger painting on this
abstemious day

Haiku Challenge - Appeal

unfurling petals
the lily greets twilight with
an appeal for rain

Artwiculate - Bellicose

Bellicose tintinnabulations assaulted the dawn as the acolyte threw his anger at God into each ring of the bells.

With a snarl the bellicose sea spray bit at her skin like a thousand ice-covered fangs.

lone rebel soldier
bellicose dandelion
refuses to die

Artwiculate - Demure

rain on windows paint
demure watercolor hues
of the world outside

fireflies dance among
reeds in demure protest of
the approaching dawn

a hush sweeps the night
in demure acknowledgment
of passing shadows

heady wine inspired
thoughts shared through demure glances
a silent courtship

Artwiculate - Brobdingnagian

we lay entwined as
brobdingnagian trees hide
us from spying stars

bowed by the weight of
one brobdingnagian bloom
the sapling greets dawn

brobdingnagian
shadows ooze over rooftops
in the setting sun

Haiku Challenge - Naughty

naughty sunflowers
playing peeping Tom outside
my bedroom window

Haiku Throwdown - Prince

my prince rode in on
a white Thunderbird, into
the sunset we drove

i was never much
for fairytales, until my
prince wrote me my own

she weaves a crown of
honeysuckle and violets
and waits for her prince

Artwiculate - Chortle

thunder dances in
on a deep rumbling chortle
the promise of rain

Haiku Challenge - Deny

thick morning mist, how
long will you deny the sun
a chance to break free?

hide and seek, fleeting
shadows, roses will deny
i was ever there

my restless mind greets
the dawn and will once again
deny me slumber

Haiku Throwdown - Sound

trying to focus
but i keep getting lost in
the sound of your voice

Haiku Challenge - Engage

with paper and pen
i sit alone to engage
my self destruction

Artwiculate - Abirritate

Absinthe and emptiness abirritate my judgment, I let warm memories of you wash over me until it burns on this cold and broken night.

you twirl me around
i am a barefoot ballerina
dizzy with laughter and sunshine
you abirritate my guard
and sneak in a kiss

such a distant memory
the drumming of rain
on a tin rooftop
you would abirritate my loneliness
now only in my dreams

Daily Oneword

Leap

skin awash in moonlight
cool liquid mercury
fingers dance across skin
my heart leaps for you

warm summer wind
whispers your name
on rustling maple leaves
my heart beats for you

lavender and sage
wafting through open windows
mixing with the scent of your skin
my heart races for you

Haiku Throwdown - Religion

armed with honey wine
and candlelight i will write
my own religion

Words I Wish Were Mine

from forgottenworks

buttercup lawn a thousand distant suns

from RavenClause

Her skin like night sky
glistening with the kisses
I planted like stars.

from Haiku_Master

Today we will die
for today we are but dead
wild flowers still bloom ...

from InVinceWil

I collect my lust
and sprinkle it over you
sweaty confetti.

He crushed rose petals
smeared nectar under her lobes
she was his garden

Haiku Challenge - Barrier

effortless. there is
no barrier between us
we are of one soul

A Haiku Kind Of Afternoon

you are the sunlight
to my prism, you fill me
with rainbow hued joy

dust motes and sunlight
sweet grass and dappled shadows
sleepy afternoon

Haiku Challenge - Collect

spiderwebs shimmer
as they collect the liquid
light of morning dew

Artwiculate - Phalanx

Catching the last light of day an evening rain kisses the earth like a phalanx of stars falling from the sky.

a soft breeze whispers
wild roses shiver
a phalanx of petals
litters the ground
like a fragrant spring snow

phalanx of crickets
our personal symphony
sweet summer evening

Words I Wish Were Mine

from planethealer

Timeless tear drops dance on my soul.

Artwiculate - Nefarious

Like a cloying perfume the smell of evil swirled around her, nefarious intentions clinging to every footstep.

nefarious birds
with unquenchable hunger
stealing my seedlings

Haiku Throwdown - Road

late night kisses shared
two lovers under lamplight
bare feet on warm road

my best days are those
spent wandering abandoned
highway roads with you

Haiku Challenge - Rate

silence envelopes
as stars appear at the same
rate as my heartbeat

Artwiculate - Cutaneous

wise and weathered face
tells a cutaneous tale
of a life well lived

my fair skin is cursed
cutaneous polka dots
also called freckles

Words I Wish Were Mine

from Katie

Driven insane, I am
Driven to the very edge of the crusty
Desert that is my sanity
There is no water
A drought has struck
And here I am without a hint
Of life
Insane
You have driven me there

Daily Oneword

Driven

arms raised, poised
i greet the champagne dawn
and say farewell
to fading starlight
cool winds
whisper over skin
stirring shivers
and bringing with it
the smells of the ocean
sharp rocks
bite at soft bare feet
cold sea spray
breaks my reverie
i stand at the edge
of this divide
between earth and water
driven here
by restlessness and you

Words I Wish Were Mine

From gennepher

she / threw it all / in the garage / of / the mind

Haiku Throwdown - Odd

tucked between daisies
the dandelion exists
as the odd man out

Haiku Challenge - Amount

love is not measured
by the amount of roses
you throw at my feet

Haiku Challenge - Purchase

dearest wishing well
grant me the ability
to purchase back time

counting out nickles
standing tall on tippy toe
a child's first purchase

Artwiculate - Perspicuity

perspicuity
shaking off the hangover
greeting the cold dawn

Perspicuity bloomed across her face like the dawn kissing away the shadows of night.

what was I thinking?
perspicuity always
approaches too late

Haiku Throwdown - Charcoal

dark charcoal smudges
ruined make up, tear stained eyes
let me forget you

Artwiculate - Rodomontade

Let the insecure languish in the cold glare of their rodomontade while we bask quietly in the warmth of our comfortable self-confidence.

Haiku Challenge - Collapse

the edge of midnight
worlds collide and stars collapse
take a breath and leap

Haiku Challenge - Possibilities

enveloped in dreams
endless possibilities
stretch out before her

Artwiculate - Paradox

a dainty kitten
i am woman, hear me roar
walking paradox

Daily Oneword

Smiles

one thousand droplets of water
break free from the cresting wave
catching the morning sunlight
shimmering rainbow facets
like one thousand beautiful smiles

Daily Oneword

Brave

you opened
your heart
to me
and asked
for nothing
in return

you bled
your love
true crimson
it ran
freely

all
for
me

never will
another man
be
as brave
as
you

Haiku Throwdown - Angel

weighted crown of thorns
kisses your temples, you are
no angel of mine

Haiku Challenge - Style

cream colored, fragile
rosettes and lace, vintage gloves
such feminine style

Daily Oneword

Wand

lanterns and fairy wings
muffled giggles
illuminated silhouettes
beribboned wands
happily ensconced
in the land of make believe

Words I Wish Were Mine

From VeryShortStory

Sometimes when I can not write, I wait for the happy thoughts to pass. When the darkness returns the words flow again and make their mark.

Daily Oneword

Strung

strung up, strung out
over you
hung up, hung out
over you
flung up, flung out
over you

that's me
that solitary sheet
flailing in the wind
holding on by one clothespin
strung out over you

that's me
that solitary sheet
soaking in the smell of your sunshine
breathing in your pollen filled air
hung out over you

that's me
that solitary sheet
waiting for you to claim me
to iron out my wrinkles, put me in my place
flung out over you

strung up, strung out
hung up, hung out
flung up, flung out
over you

Haiku Challenge - Fall

moonlight drips through leaves
cool and pale against our skin
as i fall deeper

Daily Oneword

String

we’re all con­nected
like a string of paper dolls
paper dolls, paper dolls

we’re all con­nected
and you strung me along
strung me along, strung me along

Daily Oneword

Roller

back and forth
goes the paint roller
late night renovation slumber party
aching arms pushing on
covering the obnoxious red
with an inoffensive beige
back and forth
back and forth
was it worth it to let me have my way?
i didn’t even get to enjoy it
now we’re moving again

Daily Oneword

Curls

pink streamers and gold ribbon curls
vanilla cupcakes and rainbow sprinkles
vague memories of birthdays long past

adolescent giggles and secrets shared
over curly fries drowning in ketchup
crowded in a red vinyl booth

stolen glances, stolen touches
butterflies and jitters curling
around us both as we share our first kiss

rhinestone barrettes and pearl pins
painstakingly placed, nestled in dark curls
forever will i remember the look on his face

one quietly cherished night after another
gently curling, softly enveloping
forever safe, forever you, forever me

Haiku Challenge - Stain

forever hopeful
of your love regardless of
the stains on my heart

Haiku Challenge - Chasm

Deep breath, here I stand
In quiet desperation
At the chasm edge

Daily Oneword

Runaway

runaway with me
for just one day
let's be children again
for just one day
one day to chase rainbows
one day to dream dreams
one day to stand in meadows
to be carefree
to be innocent
to be weightless
of worries
of burdens
of responsibilities
come
run away with me

Daily Oneword

Spot

could you spot me in the crowd
if i whispered your name loud enough
would you see me in this sea of faces
just a passing glance, can you place me
do you feel me when you're sleeping
reaching out to you while dreaming
could you spot me in the crowd
could you spot me
could you

Daily Oneword

Powder

powder on her face
powder on her nose
she takes her powder
wherever she goes
powder for fun thrills
powder for cheap thrills
powder for fast thrills
crush up more pills
powder dusted mirror
she needs it no more
powder and shattered glass
now litter the floor

Daily Oneword

Natural

short
petite
small chested
fair skin sprinkled with freckles
a natural resistance to tanning
one mole on the left side of her nose
straight hair, frizzes slightly in humidity
a dark brown with an immunity to even the strongest of hair dyes
brown almond shaped eyes
framed by straight lashes
that remain stubbornly so
and unwanted full lips
that she never knows quite what to do with

Daily Oneword

Bamboo

lacy shadows litter the dusty ground
we make no apologies for our dirty feet
squatting in cut off jeans and faded shirts
listening to the wind sing rustling lullabies
as it dances between towering bamboo stalks