Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Summer (haiku)



Summer

steady Nikon clicks
splashing laughing child
time frozen, framed forever


© ACG
26 July 2006

Walking with Abuse (tanka)



Waking with Abuse

sheltered leaves await
shadows ease into the sun
dawn's cacophony
sears all 'midst heavy daylight
swallowing a stifled cry

 

© ACG
25 July 2006

Alternate version

sheltered leaves await
shadows ease into the sun
dawn's cacophony
sears all 'midst heavy daylight
drowning out a stifled cry

© ACG
25 July 2006

Monday, July 24, 2006

Hearts



Hearts

Hidden sometimes
strangled ~
alone
a wild strange cry
like a distant sea bird;

hurt sometimes
bandaged ~
broken
splinted or a splinter
poking bleeding;

my heart.

Secretive sometimes
soaring ~
sailing
skilled in unknown waters
under a darkened sky;

steady always
beating gently ~
velvet
yet tough enough
like an anchor;

your heart.



© ACG
24 July 2006
~ for Cris

Friday, July 21, 2006

A Woman’s Place (The Victorian Wife)



A Woman’s Place (The Victorian Wife)

pale dawn yawns stiffly
corset crushes fresh bruises
a silenced life weeps


© ACG
21 July 2006

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Dragon



Dragon

The modern cave is sterile,
Quiet as a tomb,
Distant voices blurring,
Echoing this room;

Footfalls coming softly,
Perhaps a warning squeak,
Tense anticipation,
Exposed, once more I’m weak;

No sound escapes my lips,
No movement in my limbs,
A broken shell I lie here,
The Dragon lies within;

The Dragon gnaws in hunger,
It grows in strength and speed,
It feeds upon my body,
It satisfies its needs;

Wherefore rides my Bold Knight?
O, my saviour, my dream?
Wherefore his Shining Armor?
Hope’s a dimming gleam;

In the midnight hour, he comes
With Sword of Death held high,
One swift battle ends it,
I feel the Dragon die;

As his final fiery breath expels
And mingles mine above;
I embrace my Knight, Sweet Death,
My own and one true Love.


© ACG
19 July 2006

Friday, July 14, 2006

Waste Land (haiku)



Waste Land

like ice-hard rain
slashing in swollen bellies
as our trash dumps fill


© ACG
14 July 2006

Locket (2-stanza tanka)



Locket

easy sunny days
when fearless youth reigned hopeful
echo icy storms
weather-worn the wild years fade
together we face the wind

heavy persuasion
ruled by the luring moon
time nor distance cuts
the ribbon tie that binds us
souls within a silver heart


© ACG
14 July 2006
For Lorraine,
my Sister of the Moon

Saturday, July 01, 2006

4th of July (tanka)



4th of July

young mothers pointing
skyward sparkles exploding
thunderous booming
echoes into distant lands
POW mothers weep

© ACG
01 July 2006