Hardwood Mulch Put Down
President no more
while we had been waiting for
who next is in store
morning seems so still
made by God who always will
all our lives fulfil
heard cardinal call
now spring and no longer fall
from tree which is tall
God is never late
we always appreciate
knowing our each fate
more mulch may put down
made of hard wood and dark brown
smile and no longer
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Categories:
hardwood, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Hardwood Lessons From Under the Spotlight
Somewhere on the hardwood
Play grounders said you were good
Talent agent brought you indoors
They were really fir sure
In between the flashing lights
Gleaming and bright
Loud noises
Drowning out sociable voices
You were able to score
More and More
Traveling to different cites on a promotional sporting exhibition tour
Whether it was
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Categories:
hardwood, basketball, celebrity, fantasy, society,
Form: Rhyme
Putting Out My Brown Hardwood Mulch
Putting Out My Brown Hardwood Mulch
Grass was old and would wither;
Four yards of mulch did deliver;
Pure delight;
To see invite;
Now enjoyment a great giver.
Jim Horn
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Categories:
hardwood, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Hardwood Oceans Between Lovers
She stood drifting around back and forth
on her shoeless naked feet
on the scorching sand dunes
reminiscing on the horizon
of all the summers she and he
spent together watching sunsets
taking selfies and free diving in the waves
but today she is left all alone
navigating the ocean of hardwood
without him by her side
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Categories:
hardwood, beach, lost love, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Hardwood Meets the Pines
Down where the wisteria blossoms
Tall pines release their pollen
Oak tassels paint the woods spring-green
And winter is most forgotten
Cars and trucks go in a flurrie
Scurrie about all day
Government work keeps funds flowing
A few don't have time for play
Where hardwood meets pine a contrast
Dark emeral green splash
Those hardwoods vibrant green shades
A palette's ocre dash
Splash and
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Categories:
hardwood, political,
Form: Rhyme
Hardwood Floor
Linear form hewn from tree
cold to touch
of bare feet
© Feb 22 2010 Charles Henderson
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Categories:
hardwood, nature
Form: Senryu