Lind Poems

A TANKA PROSE afterword

I walk through the glade
colour enlightens me-
 in my mind's eye
abstractions rainbow
my persoective

The soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;brilliant boneblack grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation as the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;unseen the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,
reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon the earth green;bright mosaic gold
mottled the sallow sorrel virent yellow,oak stained the pale apricot;while
blood red,reddish russetdotted the olive lind;freckled crimson,a chestnut maroon,
on fuchsias faded apple green as burnt rumber sank deep into its sanguine slumber.

FIRST DRAFT

Mural Musings
the soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,
shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;
brilliant boneblack
grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation
as
the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical
rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;
unseen
the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,
reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon
the earth green;
bright mosaic gold
mottled the sallow sorrel
virent yellow,oak stained
the pale apricot;
while
blood red,reddish russet
dotted the olive lind;
freckled crimson,
a chestnut maroon,
on fuchsias faded apple green
as burnt umber sank deep
into its sanguine slumber.

This a favourite poem because it combines my two hobbies art and poetry
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007

BLITZ of coloured words

the soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,
shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;
brilliant boneblack
grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation
as
the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical
rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;
unseen
the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,
reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon
the earth green;
bright mosaic gold
mottled the sallow sorrel
virent yellow,oak stained
the pale apricot;
while
blood red,reddish russet
dotted the olive lind;
freckled crimson,
a chestnut maroon,
on fuchsias faded apple green
as burnt umber sank deep
into its sanguine slumber.

HAIBUN in detail

The haibun can be a standard(where haiku etc follows the prose) or afterword (where prose follows the haiku) or prose envelope (prose para haiku,para) verse envelope(haiku prose haiku) or interlaced (chorus, verse, chorus) or verse sequence (haiku,prose,haiku,haiku etc)





a haibun ABSTRACTION

The soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,shadowing the speckled sallow saffron

a bluish buff upon the cochineal;brilliant boneblack grizzled the engrain

citrine carnation as the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical rainbow-tinted

the magenta mandarine;unseen the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,

reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon the earth green;bright mosaic gold

mottled the sallow sorrel virent yellow,oak stained the pale apricot;while

blood red,reddish russetdotted the olive lind;freckled crimson,a chestnut maroon,

on fuchsias faded apple green as burnt rumber sank deep into its sanguine slumber.

 

I walk through the glade

abstractions enlighten me-

colour my rainbow

A Wave of Fantasy In Colour

the soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,
shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;
brilliant boneblack
grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation

the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical
rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;
the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,
reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon
the earth green;
bright mosaic gold
mottled the sallow sorrel
virent yellow,oak stained
the pale apricot;

blood red,reddish russet
dotted the olive lind;
freckled crimson,
a chestnut maroon,
on fuchsias faded apple green
burnt umber sank deep
into sanguine slumber.

Jazz the Form

the soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,
shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;
brilliant boneblack
grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation
as
the fallow flaxen,rustic rubrical
rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;
unseen
the ultra-marine, tinged burnt sienna,
reflecting a golden flame of raw umbery upon
the earth green;
bright mosaic gold
mottled the sallow sorrel
virent yellow,oak stained
the pale apricot;
while
blood red,reddish russet
dotted the olive lind;
freckled crimson,
a chestnut maroon,
on fuchsias faded apple green
as burnt umber sank deep
into its sanguine slumber.

Blind As a Bat

Blind as a bat they used to say as she rode her bike this way and that. I  did 
Love her thick coke bottle glasses and the way she hunched her back when she  
Incited to drive down a one lane street with her head up and her eyes fixed.
No one could have guessed that she was really biking it by memory, as they  
Drove by her, they would honk and say " get out of the street" ....

A lady with very little money, five children and a knapsack full of apples for  
Snacks.  She would drive to school at recess and dole out the fruit to her kids. 

Annabelle Kor was her name and she was my mother, this I say with pride.   

Born a survivor, who had survived the Jewish camps , she knew how to live free
Answer to none but God, she would tell us as they sent her strange looks  
Truth be told I wouldn't have wanted any other mother, she was my hero... 
 
August 11 2022

The Early Show

Spring wears flowers in her hair
Sprinkles new buds everywhere
Whispers to Breeze, sweetly go
Dance among trees--it's Spring's Early Show

April 9, 2022
LIND 30 Rhyme poetry contest
by Chantelle Anne Cooke
How Many Syllables counter

Sing Anyway

Though skies are dark and dreary,
The songbirds’ trills are cheery,
encouraging me today
to feel inspired and sing anyway!

used howmanysyllables.com



March 23, 2022
entered in the LIND 30 Rhyming Contest
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke


May 7, 2022
entered in the Bite Size no. 43 Contest
Sponsor: Line Gautier

Smiling Blooms

buds smiling in bubbly mirth
lovely damsels of the earth
hidden in emerald veil
wafting sweet aroma in the dale

March.22. 2022
Lind 30 Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Chantelle Anne Cooke

Evening's Face

 blue sky, dotted with white clouds
sun, in his last lap of race
slanting rays gleam in gold sheen
their beauty to evening they bestow


March .4. 2022
syllables- 7/7/7/9
Lind 30 nr Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Chantelle Anne Cooke

Love of March

As Winter sheds it armor,
young Spring proves quite a charmer.
Though I may sniffle and sneeze,
March hues and fragrances surely please. 


March 3, 2022
entered in Andrea Dietrich's March In Contest
Lind style 30 syllables rhymed  7  7  7  9 syllables     Placed 2nd
used howmanysyllables.com

entered in the Bite Size no. 40 contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier

So Romantic

“Roses are red; violets are blue,”
he said, “but I don’t know the rest. Do you?”
I said, “Who cares? For Valentine’s Day,
I want pizza. What do you say?”



February 8, 2022
Entered in the Roses Are Red; Violets Are Blue Contest   placed 2nd
     LIND 30WCR
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

March 3, 2022
Entered in the Bite Size no 38 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier

Sensational Sunset

Sky ablaze in glorious shades of tangerine
warm marmalade and tints of burnished gold
I love to watch the setting sun
as it sinks low and vanishes behind the horizon



A Poem Crafted In The Various Lind30 by Robert Lindley Poetry Contest

(4.) Lind30WCU, = Lind 30 Word Count Unrhymed 7,7,7,9

Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke

01/31/22

My Love My Love

Love you are my loving dove
You have been sent from above
You~I fit just like a glove
You will always be perfect truelove



Date Written:1/30/2022

1 Place

A Poem Crafted In The Various Lind30 by Robert Lindley Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke 

Note: (1.)Lind30SR,  = LIND 30 Syllables  Rhymed
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