Poetry
Fascinates me
Words full of
Potency
Leap silently off the written page
Into hearts and minds
Shadorma
Author: Leonas Lines
A born and raised Midwesterner who traveled to Oregon in 2006 via the Oregon Trail route, fell in love with Oregon and now call it home.
I am retired and pursuing my life long dream of becoming a Freelance Inspirational Writer.
Carried Away
Scarlet, Gold and Brown
Trees shed colorful Fall gowns
Autumn winds carry
Haiku
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge
Week#136 Prompt: Carry
The Missing Sock
Rebellion?
A Non-conformist?
Mutany
At its worst?
Not choosing “lost” in the dryer
“Jumps basket” instead
Shadorma
( This poem was inspired because my daughter did some clothes washing at my house yesterday and I thought it quite humorous when I saw this sock laying on the floor after she had picked up her laundry and left.
The reason being was that the little sock had missed going into the laundry basket and she had to pick it up twice to put it in, but then, after she had left, I noticed it was still here–“left behind” on the floor! Seemingly it couldn’t “get lost” in the dryer so it decided to “jump the basket” in an effort to abandon its duties!😊 Just my imagination running wild again, LOL, but it gave me and her a couple laughs!
Hope it does the same for you😊)
Fall Walk in the City
Scarlet leaf,
Such vibrant color,
Lay silently
In my path,
Soon to be one among many
Detached from life,
Unless help comes…
A helping hand reaches
And picks up
Broken dreams,
Offering to be the glue
That restores life.
Double Shadorma
#Homeless #PortlandOregon
In Summer’s Wake
Sunshine still streams
Bringing Summerlike weather
On the 1st day of Autumn
Yet, a leaf falls on the path
As if to say Summer’s gone
Tanka
Last day of Summer 2016
Sun shines so brightly
Upon dew soaked flora
Tis the last day of Summer
Arise! Wake from slumber
Treasure every moment!
Tanka
From the Inside Out
My inside voice
Got out, and it said:
Amazing
Words of truth
That the world, and you, needed
To hear at that time
Shadorma
#MyInsideVoiceGotOut (trending on Twitter)
If Monday Was A Person
If Monday was a person
No one would want them around
Monday would get little done
If Monday was a person
They would be liked by no one
Their name would be a bad sound
If Monday was a person
No one would want them around
Triolet
#IfMondayWasAPerson (trending on Twitter)
LeapFrog
September school days
Children hopping and skipping
Leapfrog at recess
Haiku
#HaikuHorizonsWeeklyChallenge Week#135 Prompt: Frog
(When I wrote this poem I was thinking of my childhood days long ago when we children used to play Leapfrog, not the electronic game they have now, it was a fun physical activity, we played outdoors at recess. (Leapfrog is a game in which players take turns in leaping over other players that are bent over from the waist. –Dictionary.com)
I wasn’t quite sure if children still played Leapfrog now so I looked it up on the Internet and found some videos on You Tube that I thought were worth sharing. Looks like Leapfrogging is still alive and well! 😊)
Young Children Playing Leapfrog Video
High School Students Set World Record for Leapfrogging Video
A Watercolor Day
Life is often like
A Watercolor painting
Unexpected results
Senryu
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