Incubate

frozen pellets touchautumnal thoughts to announcethe first month with sleetexhorting beds to cope upminds to think, not hibernate I'll see you walkingsturdy boots trampling sloth inlate winter gardensharing warm secrets with windschilled - till they change direction host campfires at nightcarry messages from moon-blanket by the fireincubating ideasfor impending growth season 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry … Continue reading Incubate

Dark skies, bloody ground

soldiers' bootstear silence of tombsa child criesbids goodbyeto season of fear; can't hearwinter's neighbor sigh Kigo - Winter's Neighbour Tanka Tuesday

Autumnal Fear

Halloween is just a week away. The yellow fall foliage crackling beneath my feet wants to know about my costume. Am I going to wear my younger self or my older one to scare others? The cold nights will soon begin leading to highly misty mornings. The follies of youth have long given way to … Continue reading Autumnal Fear

Mindfulness

a poet spoke ofdaffodils - long before youheard of mindfulnesslet the coaches know that Iread good poetry;I don't spend hard-earned moneyto learn how to smellrainbows and pocket the skyfor upliftment, instant joy Sorry I don't needhappiness or mindfulnesscoaching to controlmy amygdala; it justhappens by flipping a page Choka with tanka as envoy Kigo word: daffodils … Continue reading Mindfulness