haiku: scarlet leaf

  a scarlet leaf stains my parched lips and quenches what is thirsty in me

haiku: autumn

august rushes past September’s starting line then drifts into scarlet

Promises

Promises Morning washes the lake and pier with light. Summer dwindles to sparks, smolders cold into crisp autumn days. But the sun, the sun burns no matter the season it stays, it stays… unless the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob breaks his promises to Israel.

haiku: irony

prickly thistle thrives in the desert place, swathed in purple like a king

When the Tanks Roll into Russia Again…

Fox News made this announcement about the Russian military invasion of Georgia on August 8, 2008. And here we are few days later, and the war is escalating. Read this story. In the American Thinker on August 5th, Putin has described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastraphe in the 20th century.” Will the former Soviet…

The Ghost of You and The Ghost of Me, Celebrating a Birthday…

Dear reader, Gently, you come and go. I feel you everyday when I connect. I know you have been here. I feel you here. I notice that you have read certain posts and have ignored others; some you have read over and over.  Sometimes you leave a comment, a referrer line, or the wisp of a click. Sometimes…

haiku: the common

common moments stored a treasure chest prepared for leaner days ahead

haiku: hope

such sweet suffering to hope, as close as a kiss as far as a star

haiku: twilight

the weight of the world descends in late afternoon then lifts at twilight