Tornado haiku

whirling righteous wrath
nature’s blasphemous sermon
brutal baptism

© ACG
30 September 2006

"Babies" Tanka Challenge Poem

Birth

pregnant air crackles
crashing thunderclouds signal
the promise of rain
when thirsty fields await
baby’s face revealed at last

© ACG
24 September 2006

Moonstruck Challenge Poem

Moonstruck Moment

still forests filter

a silent dance of shadows

one wolf's serenade

© ACG

22 September 2006

September's Garden

September's Garden

Golden days breezing,
filtered sunlight streaming through the trees;
the Wind scurries past
like Alice's White Rabbit ~
Late, so late, for a very important date ~

Leaves, browned and tired,
drift down executing their last dance;
Summer's flowers beg,
like last year's sad debutants ~
Pick me, pick me, I am still young, and lovely ~

Through my old garden
I rake, poking about here and there;
crisp'd air, an omen,
Winter's yearly Messenger ~
Hark ye, hark, Persephone abideth below ~

Whence my loveliness?
Shall my dance breathe out frosted, aching;
old bone, joints, muscles,
like Spring's forlorn memory?
Forget not, forget me not, my Entity endures, strong and true.

© ACG
17 September 2006
~ for my father

"Sky" haiku

Then, and Now

like clouds billowing

obscuring blue New York skies

a haunted skyline

© ACG

11 September 2006

"Castle's" Challenge Poem

Castle's Queen

The Castle's light
Shone in the night,
A single boat
Cross Castle's moat,
Carries a Lady Fair;

The Castle's King
Stood e'er serene,
From Castle's wall
O'erlooking all,
His gaze on Lady Fair;

The Castle's host
With pleasure most,
Celebrating,
Hail Castle's Queen!
With Love for Lady Fair.

© ACG
06 September 2006

Tanka Haiku

Honor

"age goes before youth"

rarest thought for today's teen

a door held open

veteran soldier limps through

small courtesy well-deserved

© ACG

05 September 2006