Mothers Day Poem

  I wrote this poem a few years ago. The poem is in a form called the Shadorma, with the following syllabic structure in each stanza: 3-5-3-3-7-5. ***  

Cinquains (poems)

  Phases Leaves drift separated torn from solid branches glorious even in death– dreams endure. © prasanta September 2017     Begin Winter will find its rest when morning arrives and the sun makes us forget what aches. Begin…. © prasanta...

Freely Roam (poem)

      Freely Roam   You know I long to roam, at my will Like wildlife and buffalo In the wild backdrop of forested hills I see herds on the path, just downhill Past steaming springs, bubbling above ground It makes me long to roam, at my will I hike...

Sonnets of Faith (Book Review)

Sonnets… and the Bible? I was intrigued and agreed to write a review for Sonnets of Faith, by Dona Wilding Haws, illustrated by Dan Burr, published by Ambassador International. A sonnet is a type of poetry with a set pattern of a rhyming scheme, syllabic...

A Mother’s Day Poem

I wrote this poem in 2011, but haven’t posted it since 2012, and felt it was time to share again: The Longing Arms Emptiness filled now and spilling when arms hold and hush the long anticipated one- sweet love requited. Did I know how empty they were- my arms,...

Lucy and the Chocolate

  Lucy  and the Chocolate     Listen– it’s easy, she can handle it Moving along quite splendidly But it gets faster, bit by bit   And though they ought to quit This redhead does not so gingerly Listen— it’s easy, she can handle it   This...