Spring Scent (tanka)

Spring Scent

heavy hanging scent

though open windows wafting

fat drunken bees buzz

drowsily droning about

purple wisteria blooms

© ACG

29 April 2006

“Parent” haiku

Parent

stinging word, "never"
weighted like humidity
but God said "okay"

© ACG
28 April 2006

Mystic Moon Magick

Mystic Moon Magick

With the waxing moon
comes spells and dreams,
the magick circle's cast,
I raise my arms and pray:
"Goddess, grant Your bounty
in plenty and peace;
So mote it be."

At the full moon,
again I stand alone
within the magick circle,
with raised arms, I pray:
"God, keep us safely bound
in Your loving light;
So mote it be."

When the moon wanes
darkness steals, evil reveals,
but the magick circle holds me
and my battle-prayer begins:
"Thou, with strength of warriors,
send Your sword aloft;
So mote it be."

Under the dark new moon
there burns a ring of fire,
within the magick circle
acrid prayers rise:
"All power unto Thee!
Rage with Your decree!
So mote it be."

© ACG
21 April 2006

Lost In Passion's Gale (tanka)

Lost In Passion's Gale

distant thunder-growl

signals approaching menace

blanket fluttering

windswept plates overturning

passion's oblivious kiss

© ACG

19 April 2006

Rites of Passage (haiku)

Rites of Passage

whispers in a dark theater
a motor purrs, keys jangle
my children growing

© ACG
14 April 2006

Garden Moment (tanka)

Garden Moment

warm velvety skin
rolling caressing within
delighted cupped hands
sunkissed peach juices streaming
childhood sweetly remembered

© ACG
8 April 2006

2 Poems

Haiku
(version one, for Diana)

floating thoughts of you
respite moments envelope
a diamond glints

© ACG
4 April 2006

Tanka haiku
(version two)

floating thoughts of green
dreams from dampened dirt
blustering nights moan
respite moments envelope
a diamond glints through the dark

© ACG
04 April 2006

Life (haiku)

Life

dustbowl existence

voids ache in loneliness

starlight-rapture gleams

© ACG
04 April 2006