Senryu Sleepless nights tiring Anxiety is rising Wishing for the calm Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Sunday August 20, 2023
Tag: calm
A Lighter Shade of Dark
A Lighter Shade of Dark
Thoughts swirling around in my head Constantly in motion, confusing Making sense and then senseless Unable to control their movement Reminiscent of the oscillating fan hanging from the ceiling I stare at it listening to the gentle hum and the clinking of the pull caught in its own draught Disoriented by my own uncontrollable emotions I watch the rotations above me allowing them to calm my mind Mesmerized by the gyration and feeling my heartbeat slowing My eyelids flutter in silken silence to the rhythmic, gentle turning Unaware of time passing Becoming sober in thought and centered of spirit My outlook had become a lighter shade of dark Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Oscillating - Word of the Day Sober - FOWC Silk - RDP
Daily Haiku – Sat. May 14, 2022
Haiku The sound of water Gently rippling over stones Calm noise of nature Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Peacefulness – Poem of the Month – October 2021
Peacefulness
A wading heron stands silently in the water Comfortable with its one-leggedness A whisp of crown plumage Wavering in the cool breeze The gentle sight soothing, calming Allowing the mind to close out noise and soak in the peacefulness of the moment Roused from a reverie by the rustling of dried grasses I have stood many a time at the doorway of dreaming as nature strokes my hair with her breath and gently kisses my face with raindrops Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sanaa, from a Dash of Sunny is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight. She has prompted us with using a line from one her beautiful poems and has asked us to replace one or two of her words with derivatives. I chose he following line from her poem Buck Moon, Part II Seeing Things - “The rustling of leaves; I have stood many a time at the doorway of dreaming.” I switched out leaves for dried grasses. Photo by Craig Cameron on Unsplash
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Daily Haiku – Friday, July 23, 2021
Senryu Inner calm is found with a life of harmony forgiveness and peace Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved ©
Melancholy
The anger finally subsided
We have gone to different places
The storm raged furiously
You showed so many faces
Feeling shell-shocked
Confusion took its stranglehold
Not knowing which end is up
I feel uncontrolled
Divide and conquer
Who is running this game
We are weakened by this strategy
Our sanity to reclaim
Tempers are tempered
Thoughts to clarify
Where does the fault lie
When we both feel the need to justify
Do not stand in judgment
We are equally to blame
We have forgotten the rules
Of this stupid game
An inexplicable calm
Eventually filled the room
A sense of loss came over me
Dismal and doom
You’re no longer here
I am lonely for you
Lets stop this now
I am melancholy and blue
Christine Bolton
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In response to Fandango’s one one word challenge: Judgement
Grace Under Pressure
Grace under pressure
Remember the rule
Keep your temper in check
And stay cool
Remain calm
Don’t blow your stack
Be cognizant of others
Even when no one has your back
Stay kind and thoughtful
Though you could scream right now
They are poking the embers
Of a fiery disposition, and how!
This is not a good place to be
And you know it too well
You are the rational one
But you will never tell
Let them crumble under the pressure
As they continue to stoke your fire
If only they knew
The agony of your ire
You are the better person
As you can walk away
They will be eaten by their anger
Because they will never call it a day
Christine Bolton