Monday, April 30, 2012

Moon Poem 30

Epilogue

65%



In a portraiture
Moments layer on moments
The Wheel of Seasons.

Happy National Poetry Month.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Moon Poem 29

First Quarter



Lilac blossoms poised
Unassuming letters prised
From their envelopes.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Moon Poem 28

44%



Cold thaws on my back
Clear blue hangs on Winter's tail
As Spring's light flits bright.

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Moon Poem 27

34%



Sparkling rays through clouds
Children spilling in a room
Faces lit with joy.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Moon Poem 26

25%






Green, pink, white, and gold
Incipient bright petals
Reverse Fall's losses.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Moon Poem 25

17%






Sun-dewed spider webs
Filigree floats in still air
Then shines in movement.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Moon Poem 24

11%


Wind worries the blooms
Of yellow daffodils, then,
They remember Spring.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Moon Poem 23

Spring

5%


Obscured by lichen
A narrow path disappears
Around the corner.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Moon Poem 22

2%


A lone bird cuts black
Through the sky past the dark heads
Of the tallest trees.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Moon Poem 21

New Moon


Summer forgotten
Mice nibbling dusty pages
To oblivion.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Moon Poem 20

0%


Branches script in ink
A set of tall iron gates
On the horizon.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Moon Poem 19

2%



Shooting stars above
A chandelier's pendants cast
Tissues of soft light.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Moon Poem 18

6%



Tossing silver specks
Glitter on an icy pond
Winter's midday Sun.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Moon Poem 17

11%



A bank of black birds
Feathers roil across the sky
A starlings storm cloud.

Happy National Haiku Poetry Day.
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Moon Poem 16

Winter

18%




Tree's slim shoulders sag
Sudden in a Winter pose
A back's expression.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Moon Poem 15

26%



Scavenging squirrels
Feet scrabble down massive oaks
In preparation.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Moon Poem 14

36%



An old book opened
Sends startled dust motes scrambling
In all directions.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Moon Poem 13

Last Quarter



A brisk Autumn wind
Weaves through branches, twirling leaves
As Sun loses heat.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Moon Poem 12

57%



A candle flickers
From an unseen draft coaxing
Shadows from hiding.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Moon Poem 11

68%



Outlined on the face
Of its stumpy pedestal
A tree's life memoirs.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Moon Poem 10

78%



Ducks land on the pond
Paintbrushes splashing color
Across a canvas.

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Moon Poem 9

Autumn

87%



Slowly, trees grow gold
Their leaves, little bracelet charms
Shapes in stars and moons.

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Moon Poem 8

94%



Bustling mallard ducks
Their loud stertorous chatter
Drowns seagull squabbling.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Moon Poem 7

99%



The solid Noon Sun
A pupil filled in an eye
Visibility.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Moon Poem 6

Full Pink Moon



Night, cloaked in pitch-dark,
Vanishes in an instant
In Dawn's breaking Light.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Moon Poem 5

98%



Wind throwing down rain
A tantrum of thunderstorms
Retaliation.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Moon Poem 4

94%



Sparrows light on leaves
In a fluttery handshake
With an aspen tree.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Moon Poem 3

87%



The leafy darkness
Swells with chirping black crickets
A nighttime chorale.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Moon Poem 2

Summer

79%




Ivy winds through leaves
Words written to the margins
An illustration.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Moon Poem 1

Prologue

70%



The Wheel of Seasons
Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring
A scriptorium.

Welcome National Poetry Month.

GL, 4/1/2012. Prevail.