Summer
steady Nikon clicks
splashing laughing child
time frozen, framed forever
© ACG
26 July 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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