Wan Poems - Poems about Wan

...You were frail, frailer still your fate, I wonder how fate-beguiled, Your sad eyes must have looked for me, O my ill-fated child. And far away to welcome you, No time had you to wait, To get......Read the rest...

...Tis brisk, this love, that rounds her abs with haste. With dawn of quick pursuit, she trembles light. His eyes, they stroke the lamb, her wooly-chaste. Her long locks, bind, grab hold the sun, exc......Read the rest...

...tenderness in every swivel of my pen, the curvature used to be alluring. it was thoughtless beauty, even in note form. now, even my index tap on the overused i-pad causes pain. ibuprofen and b......Read the rest...

...If bored or just sick of before Resume life and pick a locked door Of the fitting room Where the now can resume With hats to try you never wore Seconds pass as time marches on Clocks can't s......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we ......Read the rest...

...I say, mama, I'm so sorry I got ice burn where my heart at On the road where I had it hard at How I'm chosen? I'm so heartless, so, so heartless I ain't know my age, he was 16, they killed Lil Da......Read the rest...

... Written: December 09, 2023 ______________________________________ Honeyed gold pearled shades brown ferns and aspens into shadowed paths lit embers and oaks As darkn......Read the rest...

... Silence is the blending of light and love, The lingering reflections of hope, wisdom, courage… Blessings so pure and amazing they invite… Breathless dreams, broken softly at the edges… Of sha......Read the rest...

...Ono no Komachi Translations These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi… "It's over!" Your words drizzle like dismal rains, bringing tears, as I ......Read the rest...

...Ah, weeping leaf I feel your grief as Autumn hides the sun in clouds; battalion’s shadow, like a thief, disguised in dark-sky nimbus shrouds have kidnapped light and your belief in summer......Read the rest...

... Wan is the hiemal world outdoors, The biting breeze blows bitter, like a blizzard building in momentum, Cold creeps in through the closed windows, But his harmonic heart is happy an......Read the rest...

...He is dead. My beloved teacher is gone. Like the burning sun, with knowledge he shone A man of letters, he would voice his thoughts Costing him dear ever and anon Gone is he who was out of pla......Read the rest...

...After many cold winters, they met again, Under the poplar tree on a starry moonlit night. Though they had planned it over many a time, It came to fruition after such long lapse of yea......Read the rest...

...The broken piggy bank strewn into a bajillion little pieces Unexpected largesse yours truly patiently waits, a metaphor of my dire financial straits courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse the miss......Read the rest...

..."Limbs undresses as their garments lace the ground." Quote by poet October scarlet and gold stillness drawn kindle in treetops and lace on the lawn. Butterflies flutter amid gard......Read the rest...