Paul says:
“What can you do?”
Challenge yourself today
Create something beautiful
You can!
Cinquain
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Category: June 2017
Victory March
The final long walk
Twas twelve years in the making
Pomp and circumstance
Senryu
Vivian’s Graduation 2017
A step
Taken today
In the right direction
Of life’s future journey
Wise choice
Cinquain
Beyond the Lattice Gate
Full of grace and charm
Daisies dance with lavender
Cottage garden
Haiku
CLIMBING–Acrostic
Challenging task
Lofty dreams
Impossible to some
Most won’t try
Believers won’t quit
Inspired by dreams
Never giving up
Going to reach the top
Acrostic
Lingering Kiss
New year kisses the old
Vintage meshes with new
As time goes on
Haiku
Smiles
“For one of your Smiles
I would walk a country mile”
Said Cheshire Cat
To the pursuing Red Queen
“I’ll not give you that!
Smiles is the longest word!”
The Red Queen said.
“Then I’ll give you mine instead”
Chershire, vanishing, said.
Choka
Riddle:
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
“Smiles” because there is a mile between each ‘s’
Nature’s Kisses
Soft scent of lavender,
Sunshine, birdsong mornings.
Springtime kisses
Haiku
Sound in the City
For a handful of humanity
Scattered in the big city
Working hard to reach their goals
The invisible, the unknown
Hearts came together
Dreams came true
Those unheard voices
Tonight
Spoke
Nonet
Yesterday and Today
Though no gardener tends
Even among the thistles
Your beauty shines
Just yesterday the white fence, posing as a trellis, was adorned with wild red roses, which it wore proudly as if poised for a June wedding.
Just yesterday, the white fence patiently waited for a bride to enhance the heady fragrance it wore or perhaps even a June graduate wearing a bright smile under a capped gown to stand tall amid the picturesque scene it and the rose had created.
Never mind, the thistles below nor the high grasses that threatened, its beauty far outweighed them.
The fence was secure, serenely dreaming, enjoying the surrounding beauty of nature.
The Gardener across the way agreed and admired from afar as a wandering Photographer stopped to capture the meeting of color embracing white. Just yesterday this little corner of the world was harmoniously picture perfect.
Today, in the heat of a June afternoon, an angry, overworked young husband, stress weighing heavily upon his shoulders, took up the task of weekend lawn warrior.
In haste to complete his “honey-do” list before the nightly news he changes his little corner of the world with just a pair of clippers and a lawnmower.
The white fence now stands naked among the short grass. rose petals ebbing where thistles grew. The Gardener across the way weeps and wishes for yesterday.
Rose petals ebb
The white fence stands naked
A Gardener weeps
Haibun
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 