Category: Poetry
haiku: self portrait
hard edges softened by loss, pain, grief, betrayal joy beyond this life who has not envied a bird in flight, soaring up above life’s chaos mid-life assessment fewer questions and even less answers to flaunt people do not seek answers but understanding and heartfelt comfort not Pollyanna but joy surely follows…
haiku: relativity
relativity is gray and lacks the sharpness of life black and white
haiku: sabbath
sabbath peace settles flecks of gold, copper, and light pierce the dark of night
haiku: serenity
serenity sits in the sanctuary of nature’s open fields
haiku: ancient waters
bone cold and distant warm and alluring, ancient waters ebb and tide
haiku: widows and orphans
widows and orphans society does not see their wind broken lives
haiku: truth
nourish grains of truth starve seeds of doubt, reap fields of liberty
haiku: election year
Fall ablaze in red and gold while Americans bleed red, white, and blue
haiku: autumn breeze
a crimson leaf blown in the autumn breeze says my life is not my own I snapped this photo in Diedesheim, Germany, just as we were leaving. The wind kicked up and sent a flurry of autumn leaves dancing across the ancient cobblestones. Today we are hopping a train for a village outside of Frankfurt for…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 