Tag: about life
group name: poetscorner
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . .
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June 04, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
I grow old
oak trees of 150 years
come back to life
new green leaves
spreading out branches
I simply decay
just a bit at a time
new buds into . . .
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June 30, 2008 01:19 AM EDT --
I published 20 rules for
writing modern poetry,
here's a poem that just
can't follow those rulez!
rule one: never use words
with . . .
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July 14, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
incidents of daily life are a dance
in time, a pirouette in learning,
a waltz of happiness, a procession
of confusion, or a jig of
sorrow and shame, the steps
of the dance . . .
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June 11, 2008 12:47 AM EDT --
silence is an owl ready
to kill, its talons on a branch
alert for prey, flies away
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August 25, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
will wonders never cease!
they did it again, with a splash!
apple just released another winner!
the newest iphone is here,
in your local cell phone store!
the new apple . . .
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August 25, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
Couldn't do without the darn thing,
the iPod, it's better than anything.
My iPod is tops and the king
of PDAs, it can really sing.
What a wonder it may be,
of . . .
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August 25, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
Happens all the time, me wife talks to me,
while I'm iPoding!
What an interruption! What nerve!
Yes, what a grand insult!
Here I am in the middle of listening . . .
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August 24, 2008 05:12 AM EDT --
to impugn an officer of the Royal Hussars
is a direct insult to the Queen of England
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June 12, 2008 06:23 PM EDT --
the sky is filled with so many visible objects,
many can be seen with the naked eye,
others require binoculars or a telescope,
with help the heavens open up to a . . .
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July 05, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
love can give warmth
sorrow, devotion, worry,
a headache or great joy
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July 15, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
roses now in bloom
complete with rainbow colors
oh, what a delight
smell the splendid sweet odor
we enjoy nature's . . .
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July 15, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
birdbath
the birdbath guarded
in silence by woodpeckers
other birds denied
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June 11, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
Coyotes, bobcats, owls inhabit our minds and acres.
Who would ever think that oak and pine trees hide
wildlife and fulfill our dreams? A house of a single
story . . .
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June 12, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
Summer Days Haiku
on warm summer days
it seems we are at peace
then the TV comes on
Vibrations Haiku
vibrations . . .
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June 21, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
roses now in bloom
now filled with rainbow colors
the summer solstice
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June 21, 2008 04:15 PM EDT --
Like an infant wanting her food,
I'm not really in a great mood.
Being held here against my will,
they may come and get me still.
Like a starving mongrel, I'm ready, . . .
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June 05, 2008 01:49 AM EDT --
Wisdom,
Knowledge,
Know how,
Crafty,
Creative,
Intuitive,
Trained,
Awakened,
Aware,
At attention,
Tuned in,
Where it's at,
Grown up,
Smart,
Savey, . . .
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July 01, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
for Donald Hawley - 7/1/2008
soothsayers, seers and saints
have a corner on the future,
perhaps scientists do not,
stuff happens, no longer a dream. . . .
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July 13, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Daffodils white, yellow, gold, buds,
surround the long black driveway
shoots pushing up
green sprouting
bluejays announcing
woodpeckers busy
tiny oregon junkos . . .
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