Today I Grieve
...Today I grieve... and tomorrow.
Every tear that falls
on the second jaw
is there because of gravity,
or sorrow has something
to do with it--
my leaking groundward
as fingers grasp my crown...
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Categories:
groundward, grief, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
TO KNOW THE WHYS OF A COW IS TO KNOW WHY GOD CREATED MAN
...TO KNOW THE WHYS OF A COW
IS TO KNOW WHY GOD CREATED MAN
A cow looks at the full moon standing on a sloping hillside
it looks straight at the moon as if it were waiting for an answer
the beas...
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Categories:
groundward, courage, mystery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Cold Feet
...ice-shrouded tree limbs
tilt perilously groundward
sparrows have cold feet
THIRD PLACE WINNER
written November 15, 2022
syllables checked by PS
for "Winter Haiku Poe...
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Categories:
groundward, bird, tree, winter,
Form: Haiku
Unfinished Business
...UNFINISHED BUSINESS
©Alfreda Williamson
July 2, 2004
Outside town boundaries,
bustling, noisy din,
Deeply in the serenity of peace, calm,
the country County,
Around a curve, sharp, blind.
There ...
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Categories:
groundward, introspection, mystery, autumn,
Form: Narrative