Haiku 40

springing the dried wood
I lift, the axe falls, splitting
the grain of the year

Filed under: haiku, spring, time

Haiku 32

Now irresolute
I let the year slide, the earth
continues to turn.

Filed under: haiku, time

Haiku 21

a blush of sunlight
the sound of a mower, next year
more time with the plants

Filed under: haiku, garden, stewardship, time

Relativity

It’s rather peculiar you know.
When you’re waiting time goes really slow,
but if you’re in a hurry,
a tizzy or flurry
it’s so fast things blur in a glow.

Filed under: limerick, humour, poetry, time

Balance Sheet

if time were money
we’d bank on death
taking an interest
in our capital sum

the years drop
like pennies
pounding us down

depreciating

day
by uncherished day

second
by unremembered second

our taxing lives
squandered
moment by moment
to a zero balance

our last breath

overdrawn

Filed under: free verse, death, poetry, time