Form: Haiku nature’s melodyechoes between forest treesthe sound of peace ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Category: Poetry
Memento by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Like a reminder of this life of trams, sun, sparrows,...
Trust the Fish
Two bubble floating upward in the glass Born apart while lovers were the toast...
Haiku
Form: Haiku Helios, Ra, Sollost hope in these hours of nighthail the sun’s first light ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Little Aggie by Marriott Edgar
When Joe Dove took his elephants out on the road He made each one hold fast with his trunk To the tail of the elephant walking in front To stop them from doing a bunk....
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Saw
The queues were so long that day And we stood gulping fear...
Simply 6 Minutes – Time and Space
In ancient wonder I found sacred peace Fair Selene, called my name, I’m not alone...
I, Being born a Woman and Distressed by Edna St Vincent Millay
I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind...
Haiku
Form: Haiku in stillness of lightunnoticed the sun draws breathas Solstice bells ring ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Ekprhasis Notes
The Ekprhasis is more about the content of the poem than specific rhyme and meter stylistics. It is poetry written on and/or about other pieces of art Example Majestic Gaze by Jez Farmer Poised, an Arcadian goddessAdorned in luxury and styleBeauty bursting from her bodiceArtist entranced within a smileOutside, a returning empireRestoring imperial daysAs paint … Continue reading Ekprhasis Notes
Inherited Traits
Today I saw her hands echo in mine Delicate creases and an extra line...
Haiku
Form: Haiku once soft under feetdry grass scratchy between toessummer longs for rain ©JezzieGFarmer2022
He Is In There
Hidden secret living with fear Would anyone notice if I wasn’t there...
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – One Foggy Night
Lamps glow amber on the city streets dim hues of orange framed by rolling fog...
Haiku
Form: Haiku autumn acorns fallscattered to be mighty treesfallen to grow tall ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Droigneach Notes
An Irish poetic form, the Droigneach consists of quatrains. Each line is 9 to 13 syllables long but should remain consistent within the poem. Line 1 rhymes with line 3, and line 2 rhymes with line 4. Each couplet should contain an internal rhyme or other sound echoes. The final word of each line should … Continue reading Droigneach Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku candle light flickersa trap, baited and waitinggust of wind saves moth ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Doors of Daring by Henry Van Dyke
The mountains that enfold the vale With walls of granite, steep and high,...
Unravelled String
Romantic desire and images of sensual lust entwined in muddles like tangled string...
Love not War
Your fingers grazing my skin As senses explode like mines...
Haiku
Form: Haiku old gods rolling dicelords of sun or gods of rainwho will play today ©JezzieGFarmer2022
I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed by Emily Dickinson
I taste a liquor never brewed -- From Tankards scooped in Pearl --...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Biker Dudes
Each year they would say what would like For Christmas and I’d glare at my old trike...
Haiku
Form: Haiku silent dark cornersshielding the delicate growthfrom shadows beauty ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Simply 6 Minutes – Someone’s Fool
Around my heart the wall of shattered dreams Each brick concealing another broken shard...
Haiku
Form: Haiku overloaded platesgloat at children without foodinequality ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Helen by Hilda Doolittle
All Greece hates the still eyes in the white face...
Sunflowers
From seed steep the sun’s tower Keep growing tall, sunflower...
Payback
A mystical doll of magic Yet her intent can be tragic...
Haiku
Form: Haiku life keeps moving onand now is lost in waitinglost biding in time ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Rio
The one who keeps me going when I can’t And sees through my darkness to see me shine...
Closed Path by Rabindranath Tagore
I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me was closed,...
Haiku
Form: Haiku his song to the moonechoes across winter skiesfor she knows his name ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Cruel to Be Kind
Where am I blocking my own love from myself?
Haiku
Form: Haiku sweet dusk aromashrouded in evergreen robesher crown starlight white ©JezzieGFarmer2022
What Trees Know
Dreary green waves hustle and rage...
#Writephoto – Island Mist
To shed my tears alone While they all laugh with you...
Haiku
Form: Haiku she’s eager to lovethe dawn rise midday for dogmorning kiss delights ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Head Against The Walls by Paul Eluard
Head Against The Walls1924 There were only a few of themIn all the earthEach one thought he was aloneThey sang, they were rightTo singBut they sang the way you sack a cityThe way you kill yourself. Frayed moist nightShall we endure youLongerShall we not shakeYour cloacal evidenceWe shall not wait for a morningMade to measureWe … Continue reading Head Against The Walls by Paul Eluard
Limits by Jorge Luis Borges
Of all the streets that blur in to the sunset, There must be one (which, I am not sure)...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Landlocked Pirate
Toes dipping and dangling into clear blue sunshine ripples reflecting like glass...
Haiku
Form: Haiku our mother respondspolluted lungs that cannot breathetime to change is now ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Simply 6 Minutes – Fools and Kings
For the love of the queen he said I should And for her heart, of course, he knew I would...
Haiku
Form: Haiku lightly flushing redreleasing the pain of needa moment of lust ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Goalkeeper Joe by Marriott Edgar
Joe Dunn were a bobby for football He gave all his time to that sport...
Haiku
Form: Haiku revealing breeze liftssoft petals open to the sundelicate the rose ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Sign of Genius
Why am I standing In this room and thinking...
Haiku
Form: Haiku summer stems entwinered and white petals embracedthose roses of love ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Coblynau
The forest path goes To the mine they closed...
Haiku
Form: Haiku pawns battle forwardthe king hides behind his queenknight takes rook – check mate! ©JezzieGFarmer2022