Seasons-Footle Haibuns
...Autumn
Let us begin in the current season, Not the season of beginnings but of seasoning.
Leaves bold
Wise, old
Winter
Hither it comes, white or gray, falling, f...
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Categories:
devotes, family, seasons,
Form: Footle
Life of a teacher
...Waking up before the sun kisses
Chirping of birds becomes brushed aside
Putting glasses to see better
With unpolished shoes I ride over
With an old beg of mine
Keeping some old books inside
The...
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Categories:
devotes, art, career, character, dedication,
Form: Free verse
To Love's Service
...Blessed is the one who devotes his life to the service of God's love!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
08 May 2023...
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Categories:
devotes, devotion, humanity, love,
Form: Monoku
A Courteous Curtain
...A courteous curtain
Looked thready with fine silk
Scenting of my core
Which led linger rose in my mind
And with no fleeing ticks
But almost ding-dong devotes
Potent day and night
Shrouds,when ...
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Categories:
devotes, appreciation, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
The River of Dreams
...The river of dreams was clustered in a drowning vision that tries to escape a bubble of affliction that peacefully heals your sores from an incision. Your inner thoughts gave birth to a reality of ...
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Categories:
devotes, dream, fate, heaven, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Becoming Successful
...As a general rule
we are all alike
with our faults and merits
abilities and drawbacks
excesses and deficiencies
talents and ineptitudes
Successful becomes the one
who discovers early h...
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Categories:
devotes, success, wisdom, work,
Form: Free verse
Children of a Lesser God
...Contagion ceremoniously weaves its harvest into a fabric of un-social inclusion
Haunted by lack of humility and lost serenity it serenades through the masses
In God We Trust but who listened to Nie...
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Categories:
devotes, dark,
Form: Acrostic
The Strength of a Butterfly
...the butterfly is so strong.
it's only life purpose is to spread joy and positivity.
It's motto is that the life of every single flower ought to prevail.
It devotes so much, but recieves near...
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Categories:
devotes, 8th grade, animal,
Form: I do not know?
Don'T Demean Meaning
...In my life, narrow margins matter
Opening my eyes wide
To better perspectives which don’t flatter
Dispensable pride riding on the tide
Where populism portrays norms
To which I don’t subscribe...
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Categories:
devotes, poems,
Form: Free verse
Plastic Madness
...Please bring back paper bags,
I cry in genuine pain.
Those tight wrapped plastic covers
are driving me insane.
With scissors, knives and razor blades,
I hack and cut and snip,
trying to get t...
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Categories:
devotes, fun, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Quest For Truth
...In his quest for truth
Man his entire life devotes
Unending process !
© Demetrios Trifiatis
07 May 2018...
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Categories:
devotes, men, truth,
Form: Haiku
Time
...Note the notes
the fight ends
preserve the dots
regard the devotes....
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Categories:
devotes, time,
Form: Monorhyme
Thiru-Valluvar On Praising Ladies of Their Qualities: Canto 112 - Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal
...Thiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal
[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to INBATHTHUPPAAL, the amor...
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Categories:
devotes, beauty, culture, relationship, tamil,
Form: Epigram
Beautiful Mother
...A woman who nurtures her child and cradles her devotes an infinite love to her daughter.
To my beloved mother. The one who raised me as an infant.
The one who took away my sorrows and gave me com...
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Categories:
devotes, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
My Favourite Song: Belle
...My favorite song is Al Green's Belle.
Perhaps you also know it well?
Lust and love are waged in war.
Who and what is it all for?
The guy has the girl but he is torn.
Leaving her makes him al...
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Categories:
devotes, beautiful, bible, blessing,
Form: Couplet
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