Your smile lights The stars in a night skyAn embroidered blanket of sequinsYour grace warmsThe winter of my heartThawing the frozen ice always thereYour kindnessGives joy like a spring lambFilling me with hope for the futureYour deep loveLingers in scented bloomsOf vibrant perennial flowersCopyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedLaura isContinue reading “All Of You”
Tag Archives: stars
Man-child – A Quadrille
While the center of my attention You lifted me to extraordinary heightsBut when you had to share meYou stole the stars from my skyCasting them asideThrowing darkness on my joyPunishing meFor your selfishness You are a man-childCopyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedDe from Whimsy Gizmo is hosting Monday Quadrille atContinue reading “Man-child – A Quadrille”
Daily Haiku – Thursday July 27, 2023
Haiku Stars are like pinpricks Piercing a black velvet sky With silver sequins Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Wednesday July 26, 2023
Haiku Silvery moonlight And a canopy of stars Lighting the night sky Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Sunday March 5, 2023
Senryu I reach for the stars In the hope I might find you Somewhere in the night Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
When Stars are Aligned – A Quadrille
When Stars are Aligned We lay close on cool sand counting stars in the velvet sky Knowing with each magical moment we spend together they align more perfectly in their shining, twinkling brilliance Love is born on this night of a thousand wishes As the celestial show dazzles Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “When Stars are Aligned – A Quadrille”
Starlight and Stars Bright – A Haibun
I lived in Dallas, Texas when my son was young. I remember we moved out of the city into the country when he was 9 years old. The big Texas sky is never-ending and at night the stars are amazing to watch. I remember those hot summer nights when my son would love to campContinue reading “Starlight and Stars Bright – A Haibun”
Daily Haiku – Tue. June 28, 2022
Haiku The moon has risen Lighting up the night time sky And the way of stars Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Mon. June 13, 2022
Senryu A tropical night The sky filled with twinkling stars Time to fall in love Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears On this night of stars Where the velvet sky is clear and romance is in the scented air I look up into his face A place where I love to linger but my gaze is not returned The light is gone from his eyes His look is vacant and his mind clearlyContinue reading “Trail of Tears”