Ripe for the Picking As kids growing up we would pile into the family car for the Sunday drive. Living in the city this was most often a trip into the country where we could connect with nature. The car rides would seem endless and there were no videos, iPhones or iPads. We would play I SpyContinue reading “Ripe for the Picking – A Haibun”
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Deep Decline
Deep Decline Who are you today?Is it Jekyll or Hyde?Good cop or bad cop?This game I cannot bideEach day a crap shootAlready out on the ledgeNo lucky in this dipI’m teetering on the edge Ephemeral happinesslasting just two daysThen it was back fightingand your ugly waysA referee neededour similarities forgottenToo busy with angerto see it’s turnedContinue reading “Deep Decline”
Wall of Secrets
Wall of Secrets A place for a clandestine encounteror secrets hidden within its peripheryThis wall could tell storiesof trysts, surreptitious meetingsPerhaps even some bewitchery Traces of lichen and mossCovering the ancient rocksUnderneath, romantic messagesleft by star crossed lovers whosefootsteps are now covered with Phlox The old gate bearing initialsCarved with high expectationsYet thwarting courtshipblocking fate, destinyand undyingContinue reading “Wall of Secrets”
Song Lyric Sunday – The Best
This week Jim Adams has prompted us with Cards, Dice, Gamble, Lose or Win for Song Lyric Sunday. I must admit I changed my mind half a dozen times and was all set to go with a different song, but someone beat me to it! I went with Tina Turner’s ‘The Best’. It is aContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – The Best”
Liar, Liar
Liar, Liar Oh, how the mighty have fallenLike the descending leaves of AutumnPointless to nurture this self-importance And the blind denial of inadvertence With integrity always in questionTo blow one’s own trumpet an obsessionNo inventory of achievementsAnd pathetic service deferments Your adversaries looking for peace Wishing boastful outbursts would ceaseCalling you out on your phony claimsWatching your fake newsContinue reading “Liar, Liar”
Earth Angel
Earth Angel A rose among the thornsher beauty a beacon of hopeto those down in the mireand at the end of their rope She was a good womansacrificing for those in needThe hungry and poor at the mercyof the rich man’s greed With no thought of selfher own agenda delayedWorking for the less fortunateA duty no oneContinue reading “Earth Angel”
Faceless
Faceless They called her sisterbut a sibling she was notHer personality hidden Not permitted to showwhat she had anda label was forbidden An angel in costumeNourishing and nurturing allGiving love to those in need They built an effigy in her honorbut it was faceless and coldAnd sometimes it would bleed Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Hélène Vaillant’s WhatContinue reading “Faceless”
One Liner Wednesday
One Liner Wednesday again and time for a laugh with me on this Hump Day. I suppose I should look for a really profound quote to share with you, but I feel that my poetry each day can be rather serious. So instead let’s just enjoy a silly cartoon! Have a great Wednesday!
Silver Lining
Silver Lining A droplet of rain trickleddown the window paneThe sky had darkenedand the light began to waneThoughts of the dayrelived again in her headShuddering she turnedback towards the bed Sleep would remedy alland she craved the escapeTime to heal and repair and her life to reshapeThe room felt dark and oppressiveTrapping her somewhere in betweenand justContinue reading “Silver Lining”
Fret Not
Fret Not Please, love, fret no moreCrying will make it worseIf words of anger are spokenIt does not make a curse The air had been very heatedand emotions were running quite highHurtful things were conveyedbut your tears will eventually dry Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Kim, from Writing in North Norfolk, is hostingMonday Quadrille at D’VerseContinue reading “Fret Not”
Poetry For Healing 