Doves sit in treetops
Spying sunrise through the clouds
-Maple leaves quiverMorning flows through open sash
Raspberries picked the night before©2020 cj holm
Tanka
Haiku/Tanka Challenge (6/29/20)
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 312 – Intent / Thought
Distant meadowlark’s
Sweet singing captures my thoughts
-Who cares the intentNo reason for mountain view
No answers for a sunrise©2020 cj holm
https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/06/29/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-intent-thought/
Tanka 6/9/2020
Grass covered pathways
On my way to coming home
-When fishing was freeWandering discoveries
Wishing for a second chance©2020 cj holm
Tanka 5/28/2020
Thinking of that day…
Porcelain tea cup
left by Grandma’s parlor chair
-Is empty todayShivers from the winter wind
Bronze bell tolled the warmth away-cj holm
Tanka 4/8/2020
Around Me…
so much happening while I stay home, avoiding the Corona Virus! In the background, the news drones on while elsewhere the death toll rises.
August whirlwinds drift
above farmer’s black tilled fields
-distant church bells tollPrairie birds don’t heed the sounds
they’re just like the clouds above©2020 cj holm
“Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.”
-Sophocles
Tanka 4/2/2020
When we close our eyes
the earth still circles the sun
-dreams all start again
Same path taken everyday
Much to see along the way
©2020 cj holm
Tanka 3/22/2020
Season’s bitter wind
have laid-bare the pin oak’s limbs
-chattering squirrelsLast act of the winter’s time
clears the way for springs new leaves©2020 cj holm
Tanka 3/20/2020
Tarnished silverware
Found in my mother’s cupboard
-Smells of Thanksgiving
Memories of special days
Are saved in so many ways
©2020 cj holm
Missing
Clean kitchen table
with leftovers packed away
-Pictures on a phoneImages shared on Facebook
with those who could not be home-cj holm
Haiku/Senryu Challenge (12/02/19)
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 282 Haze / Sand
Alone in the haze
The loon’s night-call floats in air
-Sand sticks to my toesLapping waves and jumping frogs
Bits of sound, lakeside rhythm-CJ Holm
Haiku/Senryu Challenge (12/02/19)
https://ronovanwrites.com/2019/12/02/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-6/