Morning Impromptu choice
Leads to fun life experience
Footprints in the sand
Senryu
Tag: life
Opportunity
Opportunity won’t wait
As the hand of time extends
Act and don’t procrastinate
Opportunity won’t wait
Grab it before it’s too late
Seek before the chance ends
Opportunity won’t wait
As the hand of time extends
Triolet
In 2011 I was offered the opportunity to attend College part time. I was in my elder years and had never had the chance previously to attend college. Seeing this as a once in a lifetime opportunity for me , I took the chance and enrolled as a part-time student in Web Design. It has been a challenge and a long road but yesterday I graduated with Honors! I am very happy to have had the opportunity to do this!
Today’s Gift
Life!
Each day
Gives us
Twenty four hours
That we may freely use.
Each day we get to choose
How we will spend our minutes.
Do we take time to think
Upon this or just let life pass?
How will you use today’s gift of life?
Etheree
Let Your Smile Remain
As Cheshire Cat
Leave memory of your smile
Long after you go
Senryu
Challenge
Paul says:
“What can you do?”
Challenge yourself today
Create something beautiful
You can!
Cinquain
Paul Smith created amazing art by using one finger on his typewriter, Read about it here:—–> Amazing Art by Paul Smith
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
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
Paper Dream
Lovely looking
Dream, yet never grows, lacks life,
Like a Paper Rose
Haiku
Today’s Choice
I am at crossroads
Today I have to make a choice
Which road shall I take
One marked Fear or Faith
Mind reels toward Fear
Heart wants to step out on Faith
Truth tells me to trust
And boldly take the step
To walk on Faith’s road today
Choka
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 