Tag Archives: music

Whistling From Below

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #345 Words:  whistle, yard, eggs, push, skin, muffle, pry, close, touch, clay, pit, listen Listen closely. Muffled whistles, haunting, pushing sound under my skin like pin-pricked goosebumps. Touch my face, feels wet, thick as … Continue reading →

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Conch Shell

Posted on March 30, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1396 Unfold Your Own Myth Today’s poem for your inspiration is taken from “The Essential Rumi” by Coleman Barks and is titled “Make Your Own Myth”. It’s a nice poem and it describes the wonders of creating … Continue reading →

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Draped in Veils

Posted on March 25, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #344 Words:  birth, veils, rain, broken, silky, soul, sharp, music, saturated, dish, truth, shadows Her silky soul draped in veils was broken– saturated by sharp shadows. Truth is blue music rained down on her … Continue reading →

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I Got Sunshine

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  “Soul gazing”  (posted by Paul) Write me a soulful poem, a soul gazing haibun, a soul-filled sonnet, a soul-soup-mélange, a story of a Motown soul perhaps!…..sooooo many places we can go here. Is … Continue reading →

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Stormy

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

Written for:  Haiku Horizons – “hail” stormy winter raged hail hit hard when they played Hail to the Chief https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/

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Valentine Song

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads:  Tuesday Platform – Sharing Poems (posted by Sanaa) Greetings to all poets, wayfarers and friends. February has long been a month of romance and is associated with Valentine’s Day celebrations. The origin of … Continue reading →

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air full of sound

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #62 – “air full of sound” July 4th at Longwood Gardens, multi-colored fountains dance to classical music filling the air Nightingale filled the summer night air with music. Sirens blasted through the night air. The air … Continue reading →

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flute

Posted on February 4, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1357 –  The Flute (inspired by Japanese fairytale) shadows of leaves cover the open holes her flute forgotten © Jane Reichhold dreams come alive the old monk plays the bamboo flute becomes young again © Chèvrefeuille (our … Continue reading →

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Vinyl Days

Posted on December 14, 2017 by

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  “How Are You Feeling Today?”  (posted by Lillian) Write a poem that includes the word “groove”. In vinyl days we played our records over and over, until crackling, skipping screeches ruined the sound. … Continue reading →

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I Would Like to Recruit A Whippoorwill

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides  #416  – Use at least three of the six words: sidereal recruit magnetic compact whippoorwill carbon A compact bird, the Whippoorwill, on summer evenings, he trills an endless song, magnetic to the ears, camouflaged if someone’s … Continue reading →

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