#5lines #poem

after the wave crashes
and takes away the castle
I wonder if she'll find me
if I leave a trail
of broken shells

in the gutter
a red sneaker still looking
for its foot

#haiku

#短歌 #tanka #poem

going along
a country road
a bus covered with blossoms
takes a child deep
into the city

No "case of the Mondays" here! It's a gorgeous day in the Salish Sea and we're off to find some whales! 😎🐳

📷: Prince of Whales Whale Watching

maybe the music
will find a way to keep going
on a lonely path in the park
when a musician stops playing
a bird starts singing

#poem #5lines

#短歌 #tanka #poem

a broken umbrella
and a blue rain cap
wander down the road
and look for the man
who used to own them

#poem

no one coming
the sound of the gate
swinging back and forth
during the autumn storm

#poem

grounded
at the airport
we watch a gull
take off

#poem

a wind chime
in the cherry tree sings
while the blossoms dance
and fly away

🙏

#短歌 #tanka #poem

somewhere
deep in the city
a poem sleeps in a tree
and waits for a cat
to wake it up

unable
to find its hill
an ant carries its shadow
into a fallen white flower
and lays it down
to sleep

#poem

unable
to find its hill
an ant carries its shadow
into a fallen white flower
and lays it down
to sleep

#poem

#短歌 #tanka #poem

when the birds
refuse to fly
I talk to the clouds
and persuade them
to write poems in the sky

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wind chime
tangles itself
into a new song
#haiku

Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.

For more than 1,200 years, Japanese noblemen, monks and bureaucrats have carefully recorded one of the most eagerly awaited days of the year — when cherry blossoms bloom in the ancient capital, Kyoto.

#短歌 #tanka #poem

garden walk
after scooping up
all the fallen red petals
I give them back
to the wind

🙏

Thanks for your kind words.

🙏

afraid of flying
a green caterpillar
turns into a frog

#haiku

Chaffinch about to land on a feeder. Co. Galway, Ireland.

Bird Of The Day - (Feathers) Chaffinch about to land on a feeder. Co. Galway, Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers #Chaffinch #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Bryce Canyon, Utah

#poem

after the storm
some go over
some go under
and some rest
by the fallen tree
on our path

#poem

after the storm
some go over
some go under
and some rest
by the fallen tree
on our path

#poem

spring rain
one day the river in me
will meet the river
in you

spring breeze
a bee shows me
how to rebuild
a fallen cherry blossom

#poem

Close-up of violet-pink cherry blossoms in full bloom, set against a soft, blurred background of golden-peach sunrise.

from a parking lot at sunrise

#FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin

#短歌 #tanka #poem

when the cave
gets overcrowded
a bat sleeps
on the dark side
of the moon