Spring’s visit was short
She danced with us all day
Til Winter struck back
Haiku
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.
Impromptu Visitation
The morning
Sunshine woke her
Spring couldnt wait
She conspired
She slipped past winters gate
And visited us
Shadorma
Intensity
Walking with The Word
I don’t walk alone
The Word safely leads me
He is the Light I need
To guide my feet each day
And keep the darkness away
Tanka
(Based on Psalm 119:105 and John 8:12)
Assurance
Promises of Spring
Abundantly appearing
Lawn full of robins
Haiku
While at my college today I happened to notice the lawn was filled with robins! So many of them hopping about, it was amazing to see that many at once! Very encouraging sign of Spring.
Step By Step
Walking
In paper shoes
Carefully planning
Each step to avoid ruinous puddles
Of life
Cinquain
Vaudevillians
Smiling, we remember
The laughs they brought to us in days of old
Stars of Vaudeville
Senryu
This mural is in downtown Salem, Oregon on the back of the Elsinore Theatre. It was painted in 1984 by art professor Jim Mattingly. It is titled “Theatrical Heartscape” and depicts characters from vaudeville because the theatre has a long history of vaudeville. On the mural are—W.C. Fields, Theda Bara, Marlene Dietrich, and Charlie Chaplin
Montage
Torn Paper Heart Collage ©️LeonasDesigns 2019
Over the years
Places and people,
Memories,
Combine as
Bits and pieces in my heart
Beautiful collage
Shadorma
Variegated Valentine
Abstract hearts portray
Unrealistic
Images of love
Syllable Lune
A Classic
What a novel idea said he
Nurtured in conspiracy
Yet, born out of necessity
It’s words still live quite timelessly
Syllabic Verse
“Gone With The Wind” written in 1936 by Margaret Mitchell is still my favorite novel and movie of all time
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