dVerse Poets Pub – Page 13 – Another Fearless Year

May 5, 2016

Speaking of Gold

She saw in nature’s beauty and majesty her first glimpse of the Divine, swathed in green amidst the beauty is an echo of gold The home He gave her turned out to be the hardest to hold onto as the hue of the forbidden fruit...

Southern Exposure

For weeks I’d been getting away with pants or at least longer shorts. Up in the mountains of Ramona it wasn’t too hot. But that day we were off to Calico ghost town in Death Valley—the whole family was going and there was no getting out...

Poetry Comments: 12

May 3, 2016

Living Water

I’m a prickly pear cactus living in this hot Mojave Desert They call my home Death Valley for good reason Life-giving water is scarce but I know how to survive When the rains come I store up this treasure deep in my veins It sustains...

Poetry Comments: 24

May 2, 2016

Sifting Beans

I’m sifting through dry beans picking out rocks tossing damaged beans skipping the limas keeping the good ones planning a steaming hot pot of bean soup with bacon carrots, celery, and onion a few of my favorite herbs Or maybe I’m writing a memoir ____________________________________...

Poetry Comments: 35

April 27, 2016

More Fun Than a Slinky

Wittiness is his forte Always a surprise ending And what he had meant to say Not always what he’s thinking Of the sonnet he is king I wish I could write as he Does with poetry that rings One liners that sting like a bee...

Poetry Comments: 13

April 23, 2016

It’s Never Goodbye

I love to spend time with my friends We chat, catch up, and share it all Pick each other up when we fall I hope our friendship never ends For hard feelings we’ll make amends We’ll laugh out loud, or we might cry You’ll never...

Poetry Comments: 0

April 21, 2016

Until Earth’s Last Day

One day this earth will pass away But until then it’s ours to care For this gift of God if we dare We don’t know when will be the day Because God’s Word does not say And so the prudent thing to do Greedy destruction...

Poetry Comments: 7

April 21, 2016

My Road

My road began bright and cheery Birds sang sweet, lovely flowers bloomed It would always be I assumed Then it became dark and dreary With each step I grew more weary When I tried to walk all alone Plagued by despair of being known Oh grace, you...

Poetry Comments: 27

April 18, 2016

Universally Unique

My story is not unique but it’s uniquely mine My experience is universal yet my own People say, “me, too!” But how can they know They weren’t there My pain is not theirs What others have been through mirrors my ordeals with a twist ______________________________...

Poetry Comments: 31

April 14, 2016

Memories

Yesterday, Toni at Kanzen Sakura commented thanking me for writing two haibuns. I replied that I’d only written one. Apparently that’s because the second one was still in the works. So I’m posting this second haibun now for Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub. ___________________...

Poetry Comments: 10

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Another Fearless Year

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Speaking of Gold

Southern Exposure

Living Water

Sifting Beans

More Fun Than a Slinky

It’s Never Goodbye

Until Earth’s Last Day

My Road

Universally Unique

Memories

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Speaking of Gold

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Southern Exposure

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My Road

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