A Pandemic Year in Haiku

My Glory Be Year
Dissipated in Dis-ease
Gathered up in Love

Being home alone
A solitude that settles
Like a day of grace.

Virus imperils
Body with deep aches and pains
Slow recovery

Sadness marks our days
Counting those lives lost, failed dreams,
Life won’t be the same.

Sun, rain, summer days
Long walks detouring around
Changing horizon

In March sycamores
leafed green, today a golden
arch marks time and change.

Anticipating
Fall, harvest traditions masked
With disappointment

Holding together
In our trials and triumphs
We are not alone.

Mercy, gratitude
Good things zoom into close view,
Feasts for Diversion

Inspired by Brian Bilston FB “Year to Date”

Mockingbird Chat

Mimic
Imitator
Fierce protector of home
Sharply demands that visitors
Move on.

But wait,
King of Songbirds,
My porch, my cedar tree, your nest,
I am willing to share my space,
And you?

Grey Bird
White banded wings
Tail upright, eye-to-eye
Insists this space is his domain,
Move on.

From pole
He announces
To all who will listen
Intruder alert, stay away,
Take flight,

Listen
Clearly I say
Let’s be friends, not foes,
He stands his ground, going nowhere
That’s that.

Mocking Bird  Chat in Cinquains

Take a look at Crapsey’s Cinquains
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/621-crapsey-cinquain-and-some-of-its-variations/

Observe the Parallels

We ride the waves
of our universe,
always in motion
Sky, Wind, Clouds
and Me  counting on
the going forth and
the coming back,
predictable patterns.

In a Skinny Poem

In a sip clouds transform
skies
dark
sweet
rain
skies
blue
clouds
stretch
skies
transform clouds in a sip.

In a breath life changes
days
dark
sweet
tears
days
bright
grace
gathers
changes life in a breath

Check out Truth Thomas and the Skinny Poem.

Poetry Form Matters: Truth Thomas and The Skinny