Moon Parents Poems

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku

Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.

CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN...

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Angry voices
Bellow my full name
Crystol Lynn!
Do you hear me?
Enter the mother and
Father. 
Go away to another place
High above the trouble and terror
Isolate my childhood self
Justice...

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Mamma, what a lovely angel you are
Before I came into this world you carried
Me for nine gruelling months,
Morning sickness and throw-ups
Is what I gave when...

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Last weekend was “Parent’s” weekend at Yale. A time when parents are formally invited to visit. They have receptions and other events - but no...

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It was at this point 11 o'clock 
At night. Damian Left Molly and 
Checked on the seven. Everybody 
Was fine. He returned to 
Business. Molly...

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We are here we are now
We are forever
We are many We Are more

We are watching 
We are one 
We are moon We are sun

We replenish...

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Brothers, Sister, siblings, parents,
It makes me question what they decide, 
the thought about having nothing yet full of pride,
Then having everything taken, a loss that's...

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The swings you go through with a child
Are not unlike a coaster wild.
The terror, stark, when they arrive:
“How do I keep this kid alive?”
“What idiot...

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My dad is a romantic. Mom passed away in April and ever since
he has extended the spectacular video, he made, of the love of his...

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An old man ravaged by age
His gangling frame impelled against the cancerous bark of the forever weeping willow 
Lined with wrinkles of time, his ashen...

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HEAVEN AND EARTH

cherubim cheering, chestnuts o’er fire,
plumes of heat in kin’s nighttime sleep,
preparing the gift of peace —
turtle doves for release.
commanded, angels
keep watch by moon,
stirring...

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Together in Spirit.
	I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine, we are forever together in love, heart, mind, and spirit. Their love was sealed...

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Somewhere in the air 
Came a physical challenge for a wedded pair 
“You on the ground 
Commuting into town 
Pick up the pace 
Soon you...

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Rejection Slips 3

Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch

Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present...

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Perhaps a way to turn
from failed
and often violent
retributive justice
to grab healthy hold
of restorative justice

Would ask,
What is this deep difference
between discerning judgment
and moralistic judgment?

To discern,
and not...

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