in garden soil
lone butterfly wing lies lifeless –
autumn leaves flutter
Pat R
1/09/19
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Madness
family gathering –
lurking among the spirits
of ancestors
hint of madness
Pat R
1/05/19
Expectations
A neighborhood cat, black and white,
comes strolling through the yard.
She is unusually stout for a stray cat.
She moves at an oddly relaxing pace.
As she meanders through, she stops behind the now cut tall grass.
She lays down for less than a minute then gets up, and slinks through the fence to the next yard, to a space behind the shed. She is heavy with child.
on gray autumn day
an air of expectation
kittens white as snow
Pat R
12/13/18
For (Open Link Night) OLN Night over at the dVerse Poets Pub
where Grace is our host for the last challenge of this year with a very inspiring poem. Have a read!
Decay
in throes of autumn
blanket of leaves takes a turn –
the scent of decay
Pat R
11/17/18
Lightness
on this balmy night
a sliver of a moon dart
in, out of clouds –
absorbed in their play, lightness
takes hold – I’m myself again
Pat R
11/13/18
For Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challange where the challenge is using synonyms of the words “Pleasant & Read. I used Balmy & Absorbed in
Turning Heads
autumn wind
roaring through tree tops
turning heads
Pat R
11/10/18
Autumn Breeze
in slow waltz
with the autumn breeze
falling leaves
Pat R
11/09/18
For Cee’s Flower Of The Day Challenge. Learn more here.
