Midsummer Victorian Garden Party (haiku)

Midsummer Victorian Garden Party

distant thunder warns
as insects and lace flutter
laughter greets the storm

© ACG
27 February 2006

A Woman's Lace (haiku)

A Woman's Lace

bridal veil billows
christening gown envelopes
widow's weeds weeping alone

© ACG
27 February 2006

Heat (tanka)

Heat

diamonds glint with heat
sparkling burning desiring
my fingers reaching
shall I sacrifice my skin?
Rice Krispie Treats beckoning . . .

© ACG
26 February 2006

Untitled Victorian haiku

Untitled

winter wind whistles

knifing sharply with each breath

steel and bone corset

© ACG
23 February 2006

Ode

weathered, beaten

weathered, beaten barn
~ agèd, rejected, chastised ~
woman, enduring

© ACG
19 February 2006

Sweet Heart (tanka)

Sweet Heart

her wild heart beating
seething sultry summer storms
desire’s tornado
stealing across his landscape
eternity’s destruction

© ACG
19 February 2006

Regret

Regret

The night comes in a moment
Of dimness echoing to stay,
Wandering thoughts meander
Restlessly echoing the day;

All is done and ne'er undone -
Time past, like Death's breath, lies final;
O Self! Discontented one -
Let go! In repose, lie peaceful.

Through taunting silence seeping,
Like silken ghosts unbidden come,
With hunted haunted weeping -
Memories floggingly fearsome;

O Deep Sleep, thou far-off fiend -
Battled night with no respite,
E'er constant struggle, in vain;
My soul surrenders the fight.

 

© ACG
11 February 2006

Inevitable (haiku)

Inevitable

in the darkness then
night whispering winds disguise
the Grim Reaper's steps

© ACG
08 February 2006

For Carole's Birthday

Carole

self-same winds blow on
through frosted air and bare trees
your beauty warms me

© ACG
05 February 2006