
Senryu The heat of the day Sand feeling like liquid glass Burning under foot Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu The heat of the day Sand feeling like liquid glass Burning under foot Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Cool sand of evening Comforting under the feet Walking to forget Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu As the sea washes Your footprints from the wet sand Thoughts of you linger Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu A line in the sand Separating us for now Can be washed away Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Like steps in the sand Arduous is the journey To a closed off heart Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu I stand on the sand Where we once declared our love And I wait for you Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Cool sand between toes Warm sunshine on the shoulders A contented smile Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
He is still talking ... I listened intently for as long as I could but felt my mind wandering to a faraway place where all I could hear was the gentle lapping of waves against a sandy shores A warm breeze rustled the sea grasses as I studied my toes buried deep in the cool soft powdered beach I watched sandpipers toying with the water Running out and running in, never to get wet I picked up treasure of bleached-out shells Waiting in their emptiness to be collected and transported elsewhere and stored in a box with a lid closed tight Never to see the sun again until needed for a memory check of what once was I followed footprints along the beach Watching the tide reclaim them effortlessly The colors began to change in the late afternoon and there is an orange glow the color of marmalade A seagull shrieks loudly and I am startled from my peaceful sojourn It is then I realize ... He is still talking Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Peter Frank is hosting D'Verse Poets, Meet at the Bar tonight. He has prompted us with 'Circular poetry'. We have the option to write a Pantoum or Villanelle which are circular poems with repetition, or to write a poem showing something coming full circle Photo by Saksham Gangwar on Unsplash
Haiku Cool white powder sand Golden sunshine and blue sky A beach of your dreams Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Senryu Lazy summer days Feeling sand between my toes And sun tingling skin Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©