Looking outside I feel very serene inside;
the brown-breasted drake has returned
to his nest not too happy to have found
the snow-clad bushes that stood astride
a river that was the gold-seekers' pride!
The wind-whipped lake below is subdued;
last spring a brood of six closely followed
the mother duck until they swam alongside.
They disappeared from her sight to learn skills.
Her attentive glance was constantly set on them...
being afraid they would be attacked by ravens
which watched them not flipping their wings
to outwit them with their artful stratagem,
and suddenly snatch them with their claws!
Copyright ( c ) 2018 by Andrew Crisci
Categories:
stratagem, absence, bird, lonely, longing,
Form: Italian Sonnet
[an aria]
Anticipation's keened
And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend
Who both lengthens and shortens life.
I'm fed to the teeth with people
telling me I'm too good to read,
that connection's an obstacle,
and I fail where I most succeed.
A vain person will toss it off,
and think greatness you can't force-feed,
but their feelings I cannot slough,
so they too weigh me down and plead.
They say that recognition waits,
and only forward momentum
crushes the doubt that hesitates
the tip of my pen's stratagem.
But still, I am alone right now
in a world where my feelings bleed
because I am ignored somehow
just for being 'too good to read.'
Anticipation's keened
And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend
Who both lengthens and shortens life.
Categories:
stratagem, art, change, emotions, growth,
Form: Rhyme
bloody checkered scene
one knight to take the white queen…
conquest was unseen
Categories:
stratagem, allegory, sports, war
Form: Senryu
If the foe is far too strong for you today,
just save your strength, backtrack very cautiously
that you may still live to fight another day;
go back to the drawing board immediately,
a prudent retreat really matters as much
as a crushing assault carried out quickly;
patience, guile, perfect timing make the difference,
there are no flawless stratagems of attack,
only short-sighted strategies of defense!
Categories:
stratagem, political, war, work,
Form: Terza Rima