a bright day
smiles
delight
all around,
bright joy
taken to a sometimes dreamy and gloomy world.
Each of us has to do what it takes
to spread good cheer
we have been given
today.
Smile.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the double tetractys format. A tetractys is the following syllable pattern:
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
10 syllables
A double tetractys is the following:
1
two
3
4
10
10
4
3
two
1)
purple vision
The violet hue of the last sunset sends shadows
Against the vine that winds its way up
as to reach the great variety across the horizon.
While I cut flowers for the vase inside,
I wish I could take in the vibrant hues of the sky
before they disappear and place them
somewhere more than a mental sight,
somewhere the vision could be mine
forever and ever, to be taken from storage
whenever he wanted to contemplate, enjoy.
But unless Mother Nature dips her brush
in the exact colors once again – unlikely,
the painting that I appreciate now will be
a wandering thought long gone, a memory.
flowers on the wall
I feel looking
blindly
in the flowers climbing
above
the wall, grabbing the bricks
with vibrating vines pulling tendrils through a toughness
endless.
The touch of vivid violet contrasts
against the monotonous stone,
while green leaves
lighten the darkness of the shadow
as the sun spins its way into the evening.
Too soon the flowers will die in the dark
because my eyes will no longer see
once the light disappears by another night spell
no flowers seen.
(NOTE: This poem is in Pi poetry form. Sixteen lines are made up of a set number of words per line:
3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9 and 3).
oklahoma summer
Smoky breezes stir
Summer heat across the land –
Dry, thirsty and parched.
(NOTE: Traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables on each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables. The topic is supposed to be about the nature. A contradiction is often found between the first and third lines).
signs of spring
red and yellow spots
scattered
all over the lawn today
bring smiles
and longing for spring to rush in and stay.
Tulips brighten the last of winter.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the Archimedean Pi poetry form. The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line:
Line 1 – 3 words
Line 2 – 1 word
Line 3 – 4 words
Line 4 – 2 words
Line 5 – 8 words
Line 6 – 6 words
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