from the shoulders of ancestors, our elders tell their truths
incidentally – with purpose, without judgement
giving voice to a history
awash in wisdom –
this oral narrative
this homage to lineage –
the unheralded wind beneath all of our wings
unvarnished, at times colorful truths
as we gather together on this day
Pat
11/18/22
lurking behind
four year old eyes,
an old soul –
ancestors drift
on the wings of time…
Pat
11/18/22
without warning
this unexpected loss –
an early december
This was read at the eulogy today. I am not sure if this belonged to the person who read it or if it was borrowed. In any case, it was fitting:-
“laugh when you can
cry when you must
apologize when you should and change the sphere of life if you will
dream big
take risks
study life’s plays feverishly
make the play
score the goal
volunteer your time
mend broken hearts
fall down but get up and learn from your mistakes
live life on purpose for a purpose and with purpose each and every day”
2/07/1958 – 10/31/2022
Pat
11/12/22
at the whim of morning winds
fallen leaves in giggly swirl
splashes of color then move
in a lazy sway
Pat
11/10/22
Saw this on my morning walk.
This week over at Word Craft A Specific Form..A Kouta..a new form to me. It is a syllabic, variable odd numbered syllable lengths, the most common patterns are written in lines of alternating 7-5-7-5 syllables or 7-7-7-5 syllables.
To read more about it over at Colleens go here
such eye catchers –
colorful autumn leaves stir thoughts
of earths renewal
Pat
11/07/22
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt words are Catcher & Thought. To participate or just read go here
When I was growing up, each day of the week had its own menu. Sunday was beef, wednesday was stewed (red) peas, friday was fish and saturday was soup day.
The different types of soup sounds a little nuts, but they were good. There was beef, cow cod (don’t ask), fish head, cow foot, goat head, red peas, split peas and chicken soup. Red peas soup was my favorite.
That thing was a meal. My mom would let us ‘help’ by passing the vegetables which were carrots, celery, turnips, yellow yam, potatoes, and dumplings. We all wanted to help make the dumplings. A soup without dumplings was just not a good soup in our house. Then, of course, there were the spices – salt, scallions, thyme, garlic and pimento seeds (Allspice).
These soups brought a healing touch to every part of our insides. You could smell it from everywhere! It was fuel, it was filling, it was love.
through this autumn gray
memory from childhood wafts in –
soup day, saturday
Pat
10/25/22
For dVerse Poets Pub where the prompt is “soup”. The host for Haibun Monday today is Mish. To participate or just read go here
hidden agenda,
a full moon’s
rising tides
a full moon’s
signaling of the harvest –
a rice drying moon
hidden agenda
of migrating moon light –
lighting the way
rising tides
under falling leaves moon –
change is coming
Who knew the moons of October had so many different names:
Rice Drying Moon, Migrating Moon & Falling Leaves Moon.
This is a Troiku based on an older poem of mine.
The Troiku is a form created by Chèvrefeuille at
https://carpediemtroikuworld.blogspot.com/2015/10/welcome.html
the bell tolls
folks trudge in
engage in talks with god
she doesn’t go anymore
when he opens that floodgate, there are way too many tears
no more big digs into her soul
no – she doesn’t go anymore
especially not when the bell tolls
Pat
10/18/22
Kim is hosting at dVerse where the prompt word is “Bell”. To read more or participate go here
city kids delight
picking apples in the mountains –
autumn ritual
Pat
10/17/2022
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt was Pick & Apple
To participate or just look go here
warm colors
wrapped in autumns chill
leaves flutter
then drizzle
under this mid morning sun
a shimmering quilt
Pat
10/17/22
The Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5 for a total of 26 syllables with no set rhyme scheme. When writing a Shadorma, I would concentrate on a specific subject. Shadorma need a title.
thoughts and entanglements 
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