
Haiku Sun sinking lower In the late afternoon sky Chased down by the moon Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Haiku Sun sinking lower In the late afternoon sky Chased down by the moon Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Haiku Sun streaking through trees Light is shed on forest’s floor Illuminating Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu The sun slowly melts The ice in your hardened heart Giving it new life Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
There have been two memorable occasions in my life where I almost fell to my knees to give thanks for a job. Both were presented to me at extremely difficult times.
In those moments I had almost given up hope for a change in my luck. In one instance I had lost direction in an endeavor and was desperate to get back to what I knew best. In another, my world as I knew it, had been turned upside down and the rug had been pulled from under me.
Both new opportunities were offered to me by amazing people I had never met before. Their warmth and kindness, not knowing what had brought me there, was genuine. I felt the gentle push of the Universe as it cleared the path for me. I will always be thankful to those people and companies.
Sunshine surely comes When you will least expect it Because it’s meant to Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Frank Tassone is hosting Monday Haibun at D'Verse Poets and has prompted us to write a Haibun referencing something or someone we have been thankful for in our life. Photo - Pixabay
Haiku Mist on the water Disguising what the day brings Sun trying to shine Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Haiku Flower stems bending towards the sun for their life and wishing for rain Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Breaking the night in orange glow Rising in the sky but still slow is sunlight Streaking though the limbs of oak trees Catching dust particles with ease are sunbeams Dancing on water’s gentle waves Sparkling diamonds memory saves as sun-kissed Tanning bodies on sandy shores Skin soaking in lotion one pours for sunburn As the day wears on it sinks low Towards the west it now must go to sunset Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Grace is hosting D'Verse Poets and she has prompted us with Compound Word Verse. The Compound Word Verse is a poetry form invented by Margaret R. Smith that consists of five 3-line stanzas, for a total of 15 lines. The last line of each stanza ends in a compound word and these compound words share a common stem word which is taken from the title. (In the first example below the stem word is “moon” from the title “Moonlighting”; the compound words related to the title are moondust, moonbeams, moonsongs, etc.) The Compound Word Verse (3 lines) has a set rhyme scheme and meter as follows: Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b Syllable/Meter: 8, 8, 3 Image by sabri ismail from Pixabay
Haiku Moon pushes the sun Into the new day coming Their cycle begins Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Haiku The sun is now low Sitting on the horizon The moon rising high Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Haiku Blue sky dappled white Sun a high and golden ball Silhouetted birds Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved