Haiku Sunlight reflected On the surface of water A mirror image Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Tue. November 15, 2022
Tag: sunlight
Daily Haiku – Tue. January 4, 2022
Senryu The sunlight catches The soulful look in your eyes As you stare at me Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Sun – Compound Word Verse
Sun
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
Daily Haiku – Wed. August 25, 2021
Haiku Sunlight through the trees Your face glowing with its warmth Reflecting beauty Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Fri. October 16, 2020
Senryu In fading sunlight Your eyes are still glinting Holding memories Copyright (c) 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Faraway
Faraway
Faraway in my dreams
You wait for me here
We kiss in sunlight
and then you disappear
You come and go
whenever I wish
Never staying long
Swimming away like a fish
Playfully you are the wind
Blowing up my dress
Water splashing me
Gently like a caress
Sometimes I hide
And you have to go seek
Running down the beach
While I admire your physique
My fantasy is
one day you’ll stay
Then you’ll be mine forever
and no longer faraway
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
In response to Sue Vincent’s Write/Photo Prompt Faraway
Departed
Departed
I harvest the remnants
of our life once complete
Limiting the time I spend
Reminiscing
As my heart now deplete
My eyes look around
the spartan room
Your things gone
and furniture removed
A feeling of empty gloom
My eyes drawn to the window
Afternoon sun bathing the glade
In a matinee performance
of fantastic color and light
A silent serenade
Missing you, still loving you
Feeling you here
Where life used to exemplify
our love and intimacy
Now fated to disappear
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
OctPoWriMo – October Poem a day
Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash
Longing
Longing through her tears
She sees the child with no fears
A vision in a dress of blue
A pretty ribbon in her hair
A photo taken with care
Capturing the early morning hue
Standing by her mother with pride
Family dog sitting on the other side
She looks lovingly at the image
Yearning for that period of purity
Representing her cherished security
A familiar landscape to envisage
Safe holding her mother’s hand
Happy to be in her wonderland
A place where someone hears her cry
The dog loved and never forgot
Colorful flowers in their pretty pots
A vivid recollection in her memory
The grass so green and mowed fresh
Sunlight peeking through gossamer mesh
Are these just ghosts from the past
That are summoned on command
To rejuvenate the soul and understand
Bringing her needed comfort at long last
Precious moments captured
Were too soon fractured
Locked in a paper memory
Bad experiences tend to stay
Happy memories fade away
Innocence remembered in a reverie
Dreams were forgotten
As lives turned rotten
With the passing of years
Happiness a lesson hard to revince
Lost in feelings unable to convince
Anything wished for just disappears
Christine Bolton
Fandango one word challenge: Lesson