2016 National Poetry Month Senryu Twenty Six of Thirty: Bouquet

Bouquet

This glorious gift
From the hand of a stranger
Destined for Heaven

Photo & Poem (c) 4.26.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Twenty Five of Thirty: Reverie

Grapes twine and roses hum
Bees dropping in from mesquite
Tops of trees sing glorious
Distant rhythms beat patterns
Like cat on roof, dog thundering
From yard to food and back again
Hear the crickets chirp warning
Sun will set before hope runs out
Small things disappoint, greater
These wisdom words from Nature's
Meditation, longer the memory
Of unexpected pleasures than
The dream of selfish, unrequited heart
Trail fingers through dust and mud
Write magical symbols of invocation
Demand the nether world provide
What this world has not, if you only
Knew what it was you once desired
Sun rises warm over Eastern mountains
Hummingbird greets you in the
Rainbow splash of watering hose
And you, forever expectant, find
Yourself in reverie again

(c) 4.25.16

2016 National Poetry Month Senryu Twenty Four of Thirty: Halls

Halls

Infinite doorways
Each new possibility
In this place of hope

poem & senryu (c) 4.24.16

2016 National Poetry Month Haiku Twenty Three of Thirty: Dells

Dells

All the dollhouses
That trip to Wisconsin Dells
Ancient memory

photo & poem (c) 4.23.16

2016 National Poetry Month Haiku Twenty Two of Thirty: Creator

with the whole world in her hands
she asked for nothing
like a creator

photo & poem (c) 4.22.16

2016 National Poetry Month Haiku Twenty One of Thirty: Sad Eyes

Sad eyes looking out
between the lines vertical
begging me to stay

photo & poem (c) 4.21.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Twenty of Thirty: Actress

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Eighteen of Thirty: Bicyclist

She rode on her bike
Seeking freedom from her pain
Perhaps she'll find it

Photo & Poem (c) 4.18.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Seventeen of Thirty: Destinations

early conversations
with the past
reveal gateways
to future
destinations

Photo & Poem (c) 4.17.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Sixteen of Thirty: Center

Center

if i wander
beyond the edge
of your awareness
will you seek my
Presence
or will you simply
wait in the center
knowing that one day
I will meet you there?

Photo & Poem (c) 4.16.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Fifteen of Thirty: Waltz

While you dance
I cast my eyes upon your heart
Love does not forget
The waltz of memories

Photo & Poem (c) 4.15.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Fourteen of Thirty: Sit With Me

Sit with me, my love
In this garden divine
There is nothing more to seek
For it is here where God abides

Photo & Poem (c) 4.14.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Thirteen of Thirty: Little Friend

sitting in my office, I saw my little friend
standing on the sidewalk where the fern growth ends
walking to the window, I watched his little dance
wishing I could fly with him, I thought I'd take a chance
I opened up the door for I wanted just to play
I felt my heart tumble as I watched him fly away

Photo & Poem (c) 4.13.16

2016 National Poetry Month Haiku Ten of Thirty: Rain

Rain in the desert
Cleaning out our dusty hearts
Making room to dance!
 
(c) 4.10.16

2016 National Poetry Month Poem Six of Thirty: Floating

Where time becomes tunnel vision
A dream imagined floating in dark waters
Alone, desensitized, nothing left of memory
Or desire; only this one note, played forever
No hope of arias

(c) 4.6.16 Suzy Jacobson Cherry