Monochrome

poems are
monochrome

bereft the allusion
of black
and white
they hide in the shades

hinting difference
between gradations

snipping apart
undistinguished values

subtly dividing the world
with words
we understand
and they don’t

Filed under: free verse, difference, distinction, meaning, poetry

Undeceived

cunning
your plan may be
but there’s a fatal flaw
that all people do not deplore
the truth

Filed under: cinquain, cunning plan, fatal flaw, poetry

Haiku 30

with a staff explore
line, point, curve – a tradition
as old as our thumbs

Filed under: haiku, haiku, martialarts, poetry

Weather Walk

attuning
silence
twenty minutes to cross a room
still
in the paint
exposed
by the light
unseen
but imagined
hanging dust
harsh against darkness
hot
on the bare boards
on our skin
forgetting
shuffles and coughs
attentive
fidgeting
forgetting
programmes
the adjustment of coats
forgetting
presence
or absence
the one script
a changing climate
crossing the space
eventually one
will take
a step

Filed under: free verse, butoh, dance, performance, poetry, stage

Haiku 27

equinox sunshine
gentle as evening, glowing
bare within my skin

Filed under: haiku, equinox, evening, poetry, sunshine

Thrown

like lead
excalibur
sinks to the lake bottom
our king dead the silver lining
his myth

Filed under: cinquain, myth, poetry, power

Haiku 24

an hour on the bike
to fetch fresh bagels, a taste
and it’s all worthwhile

Filed under: haiku, bagels, bike, poetry

Haiku 23

ah, renovation
beautiful sounds, a tranquil
Saturday hammered

Filed under: haiku, poetry, rennovation

Haiku 22

a thin film on rock
no need to scrub, just wait it
will burn itself off

Filed under: haiku, environment, poetry

Rest

Simply
placing a chair
right here beside my desk
means that I can break from my work
and don’t.

Filed under: cinquain, poetry, rest, work