Earth
...Environmental sumptuous symmetry uniquely resplendent,
kaleidoscopic kindling of the visual nirvana,
spiral rapture enshrouded stimulant,
sapphire dawn first light purr nectareous,
a mint ice ...
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Categories:
algal, beautiful, character, deep, earth,
Form: Haibun
The British Seashore
...On the cliff at the Worm’s Head
High above the horns of the bay
I see the surfers ride great waves
With horses’ manes
That ever fail, but never end
In the strong Atlantic surge...
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Categories:
algal, beach, boat, environment, nostalgia,
Form: Verse
The Mask of Labradorite
...Thrice the night—the day!—both fell to sleepless slumber,
But now in Spring, though yet again: The third was three in number.
I sense a wince remind itself,
Of what it means to be,
Instead to ...
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Categories:
algal, corruption, imagination, judgement, life,
Form: Rhyme
To a Flamingo
...Slender ballerina legs swirl and leap
in rhythmic strides of majestic style,
while in avian grace you wade
on the rippling algal jade water.
Supple nape swivels in bracing breeze,
like a balle...
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Categories:
algal, bird, dance, eulogy,
Form: Ode
Crimson Tide
...Corona inflamed
red sun, wan in a smoked haze
Invisible algal bloom
marine, now airborne
searing land as it takes off
on fevered wings around Earth
Noxious fumes surround…
This culmination o...
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Categories:
algal, environment,
Form: Choka
Peco Boo Recalcitrant Kilowatt Hour Consumer
...How ideal to luxuriate
supposed divine right frill
maximizing climate control
with matter of fact bravado
creature comfort pang to fulfill
consequent flagrant portent
to exercise freewill
be...
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Categories:
algal, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Political Verse
The Altruistic Lamp
...Holding love’s altruistic lamp in her hand
She groped around in the falling sun, her
Somber shadows were lost in twilight strand,
Glorious flute blew its pain to her dour
Heart, the wind touched ...
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Categories:
algal, love,
Form: Sonnet
Loosing Lou Sing the Damn Rumors
...Loosing (lou sing) the damn rumors...
Torpedo style full speed ahead
keeping me in suspense,
what salacious gossip
gets browned, buttered, rolled
down the alley and bred
into unsavory tidbits...
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Categories:
algal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Life of Avian Deception
...LIFE OF AVIAN DECEPTION
Serrated wings spread wide on wandering wind,
it glides smooth in sly trail of swerving sinister way
in timid sky eyeing the vibrant landscape t...
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Categories:
algal, analogy, bird, life,
Form: Rhyme
Snapshot of Overlooked Beauty
...A lake cradled in the Himalayan foothills’ verdant cleft
Its acclaimed beauty on the azure water sun did reflect.
Not for long though, a sprawling hamlet’s arms spread
Toxic pollutant stream in ...
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Categories:
algal, beautiful, flower, mountains,
Form: Couplet
My Shrine of Love
...Holding my love’s altruistic lamp in my hand
I grope around to find you, O dear, in the swarthy
Shadows of the falling sun, I fear lest I lose your
Silhouette in the twilight of my life,
In my ...
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Categories:
algal, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Light-Hearted
...I like the Light on the water.
I like the Light on the snow.
I like the Light in the hollow.
I like the Light through the fog.
I like the Light piercing cloudbanks.
I like the Light in the g...
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Categories:
algal, language, light, love,
Form: Free verse