Tan Renga: Temple in the Sky

temple in the sky
the road opens
a slice of blue sea (Ubugu)

beckons the wind tossing waves
in play frolicking at the shore

temple in the sky
the road opens
a slice of blue sea (Ubugu)

near days end the setting sun
builds it’s beach side audience

Pat R

5/29/16

For Carpe Diem Haiku

Echoes of My Neighborhood

We were in Coney Island last night. The following art works is in a new area, looks like a food court. Huge pieces, All walls!!

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Eye catching

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Some about social change

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This looks like a tattoo

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Some about politics

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Amazing colors

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People were taking photos with them as the background

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And some just artsy

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Brooklyn-ites and tourists were out en mass on the boardwalk at midnight.
That was my neighborhood this week!
5/29/16

Pat R

For

Echoes of my Neighborhood

Perspective

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Image source: Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (Sgt. Emily Green)”

Prompt words: Ethereal, placid, meander, forget, silver

PERSPECTIVE

white foamy waves dash toward shore, strains of my life

nothing ethereal about them on their approach

angry waves morph to placid waters
as they ease upon the sand

mesmerized I sit with eyes closed, meandering thoughts

lost in the language of the surf – a presence greater than I

the twinkling shimmering silver on the ocean’s surface a shifting changing wonder

an ever present reminder that
my ails is but a speck in this universe

no planets revolve around me

Pat R

5/25/16

 

https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/poetry-challenge-31-message-in-a-bottle/