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

Ancient Northern Battle

Ancient Northern Battle

On the morrow, battle wages;

Death will ride and search among us,

Meeting equal youths and sages

Equal measure, equal treasure;

Ye Gods! Give us fair winds and life,

Make strong our hearts and limbs born true!

The Enemy in darkness comes,

O, hear their clashing armored troops?

O Gods, secure our victory;

Our children's children shall endure

A reigning peace wrought from our swords,

Our blood in sacrifice to You;

See! With wond'rous light speak our Gods --

Illumed, our fields and forests gleam:

They dance, our Gods, to victory,

See! Their sign: 'morrow's battle won;

Hear the fear from our Enemy,

Knowest they our Gods are dancing,

Swirling lights send a pending doom:

Northern Lights signal their defeat;

Battle raging on bloody Earth;

Hearts inspired, we shall take the day,

Our swords echo the Blaze of Light,

Our eternal Gods dance with us.

© ACG

25 March 2006

Spring Rain (haiku)

Spring Rain

Spring begins wildly

whirling swirling rain falling

puddle jumpers laugh

© ACG
24 March 2006

March Winds

March Winds

Precocious, arrogantly smiling,
By the Ides of March, they rule;

The fortress alone, sleepless, ready --
Battle-ragèd, battened down;

Eerily, jauntingly, dominant,
Dawn comes down with a whistle;

A 'vancing wave of slicing lances,
Like a call to arms, coming;

Destruction spares none, nothing remains,
Cutting through, into, among;

Soundlessly now, the end is nearing,
Walls shake, foundations whimper;

Rising to repell every charge,
Battered prayers, despairing;

For the month-long battle ceases not;
From whence does strength daily come?

With calming sunlight, caressing,
Sudden end, the dead depart;

Stands tall, the ravaged bleeding fortress,
Wounded, where whips of wind struck;

Jubilant Evil, the Victor laughs,
Whirling 'way, victorious;

Like sharp March Winds, he forever comes;
Battle's lost ~ I'll fight again.

© ACG
04 March 2006

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