Thursday Poetry

Some folks have stepped in to fill the gap left by the ending of Poetry Thursday. Jill, a.k.a. jillypoet and Carolee, a.k.a. The Polka-Dot Witch have seeded fertile ground:

With proper care and favorable weather, this humble patch of land will be a place where poets can have fun and experience joy!

It will also provide

• inspiration
• critique
• positive reinforcement
• support through the hard work of editing

   

and Mike at Word Anger and Tiel at Knocking From Inside have created Totally Optional Prompts:

We created this site because we miss Poetry Thursday and believe there should be a weekly prompt devoted strictly to poetry. Every Saturday evening (or thereabouts) you will find a new weekly prompt on this site, and by the following Thursday morning there will be a post ready to receive people's responses.

 

Both of these look promising, and each seems to fill a somewhat different niche, so I'm hoping that both take off.

I'm a bit poemed out today, so I'll post an older piece -- a much different style than lately:

   

juneau on a clear day/ or,
    haiku water balloons

august wind. . .
green leaf
    flutters down

sequined water        flashing
float plane                 shadow

salty taste
i imagine
    your skin

    round moon
radio towers
       rising

northern lights
falling star

gulls cry
on the water

   

From this drier land, a wish for you to have a happy, poemy, Thursday.

Comments

[paisley]

i haven't many dreams... but seeing your beautiful part of the country some day is definitely one of them... thank you for taking me there......

[gautami tripathy]

I will check the first one too!

Glad to be able to read each others works. I have missed all!

I like this.
'round moon
radio towers
rising'

[Tumblewords]

A day in the life of haiku! These are calming and gorgeous!

[...deb]

I'm captivated by this. The title is perfect...the second stanza brought me right there in person, I can smell the water and taste the salt.

[Rethabile]

The idea of gulls crying on water fascinates me, somehow. Good job.

[Cathy]

Beautiful poem.

Thanks for the info aboit the new poetry group. I'm going tried the Totally Optional Prompts this week. See how it goes.

[Damien Riley]

I'll be tuning in to read the great poetry to come! Nice work to everyone (especially watermark).

[Crafty green Poet]

Lovely how your haiku flow.

[SB]

Thank you, all, for visiting & commenting.

This poem reminds me of one of the best reasons to write poems: years later, the poem can bring that day back to you, in all its senses.

[Clare]

Lovely images and the feelings they evoke in your haiku! And I love your Flickr squirrel photos.
:)