My very first attempt to write a poem using the 5-7-5 haiku format. So please be kind!
The poem itself describes the dichotomy of nature, its amazing beauty as well as its inherent cruelty.
Tis not the journey Tis not the destination Tis the company Tis the sacred brotherhood That they have pledged to uphold
The secret he’ll keep till the day… No one will know, his lips sealed… Confession he did, eyes toward the… The truth to his Maker and Redeem… Not ‘nother woman neither an affai…
May a warm sunrise wake you up eve… May colorful sunsets always conclu… Never dampened by thunderstorms an… Only refreshing showers, late on… Your love for each other, let it b…
It’s Tuesday, early morning My old friends, I’m off to see Few hours of story-telling Over cups of black coffee Same stories, I’ve heard before
I have haikus in my veins I have verses in my soul A thousand rhymes in my head Write them! my elusive goal With eyes closed; I visualize
Growing old too tough for the youn… Their childish minds will be hamst… But we old fogies can ace it With determination and grit Body aches and pain each morning
Suddenly without warning the storm… Upending all things standing in it… Debris everywhere, the world gone… Houses and trees, no one was spare… Roofs and branches littered fields…
He looks and feels old, exhausted… A life that’s been up and down but… The dull days broken at times by b… Yet not enough to make his journey… Periods of nothing much, just forg…
No birth, no death; no beginning,… Before there was Alpha, way beyon… Earlier than the dawn of creation,… Black holes had devoured every sup… My feeble mind fails to grasp the…
Bellerophon and Pegasus– A Mi… Slivers of sunlight peeked thru th… lighting a path, leaf-covered, und… Fearful, yet courage intact; guard… Bellerophon surveilled the tunnel…
Vermillion skies turned into black… Dotted with a billion glittering s… Emerging moon joined by Venus and… Imminent nightfall, breath-taking… Distant hills glowed in deepest vi…
The fog hangs low this Sabbath mo… I saw a rose I could’ve… Red shimm’ring petals, not one tho… Out in the distance, so forlorn As I approached, a wintry breeze
His heart’s been smitten From the first time he saw her Since then, none other In a breath, he knew ‘twas love She’s the angel from above
Beads glistened down his bare arms As he walked eastward, towards the… Its rays just the warmth he needed On this chilly morning; autumn has… And it’s summer’s last hurrah befo…
Muggy summer morning; the sun risi… From where the blue ocean meets th… On tiny wavelets sun’s rays reflec… Streaky cirrus clouds floating way… It will be bright and sun-filled a…