Haiku In the orange glow Of the late afternoon light The shadows grow long Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Thursday May 11, 2023
Tag: Shadows
Daily Haiku – Wed. November 23, 2022
Senryu As the darkness falls shadows cover fading smiles and whispers are hushed Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Monday, July 12, 2021
Senryu Lurking in shadows Hidden from your awareness Live your deepest fears Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Fri. January 22, 2021
Haiku Shadows elongate As the sun falls from the sky And night comes quickly Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Mon. October 12, 2020
Haiku Sun becomes lazy In the late afternoon sky Drawing long shadows Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Haiku – Sat. June 20, 2020
Haiku In the orange glow Of long afternoon shadows A sense of pleasure Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Gone
Gone
No more black and white
Just shadows of grey
Direction is no longer clear
Since you went away
Numerous times
I question why
You left so suddenly
But never a reply
A ghost like presence
Where you once were
Never again
To darken my door
Your essence everywhere
Woven into my life
Carrying it in my body
Twisting against the knife
Your voice lingering
In the empty room
Not answering my words
Nothing left to exhume
Bravado my new guise
Not wishing to show anguish
Reflexive responses
In my misery I languish
A sense of foreboding
You will never return
Life with you
I will have to unlearn
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
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Sky
The flaming sky at the end of day
Brazen colors like molten lava
Streaking across the canvas
The sun a bursting yellow-pink guava
The breeze refreshing the body
The heat of the day a lingering memory
Twilight closing in, cooling the sand
Under bare feet, a feeling sensory
Calm sea turning silver grey
From the sky’s purple haze
The evening moon still light and pale
With the last of the suns rays
Shadows slowly disappearing
Sails silhouetted against the sky
Birds now quiet from a day of fishing
Footprints in the sand to identify
Sea grasses blowing in the breeze
Fragrant blossoms scenting the air
Laughter travels in the distance
A romantic time to share
Inviting shallow waters
Lure the fortunate with sensitivity
Sand dollars and shells to be found
Beauty in its simplicity
The moon now full in the cycle
With its silvery iridescence
Lighting the cloudless night sky
The day ends with evanescence
Christine Bolton
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