Four Tiptoe Senryu

Alan Bean's "Tiptoeing on the Ocean of Storms" (acrylic on masonite)

who dared to tiptoe
on the rugged lunar plains
as we gaped in awe

when you have migranes
count twenty tiptoing sheep
pounding ceases

all is so quiet
tiptoe when the sun begins
sleeping roommates

singing the blues
tiptoing though their stories
i live their passion

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Written for:

Prompt #103 “tiptoe”

Picture credit: Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World

Abandoned Sofa Senryu

Sofa

against a brick wall
no value without cushions
abandoned sofa

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Written for:

Magpie Tales Mag #92

Photo Credit: Christine Donnier-Valentin

Triolet VI

Love Potion Painting by Koloman Moser 1915

As millennia expire,
We cannot say we’re one.
My faithful soul does tire,
As millennia expire.
We do not lose desire:
Our passion is over done
As millennia. Expire
We cannot. Say we’re one.

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Written in 1997, posted for

The Gooseberry Garden, Week 7

and also in Thursday Poets Rally Week 53 .

Picture credit Beveldere Museum Vienna

The Kiss

Der Kuss By Gustav Klimt

The Kiss

there is someone who
at initial sighting

immediate knowledge
manifests: lifetimes

have been shared
between the two.

an urge drives
to pounce upon

this darling,
this warrior

who has reappeared
in this passing life.

strangers hesitate.
a moment, another

moment, then,
with telesthesia,

you take each other
as if you are owned.

the brain violently churns
a torrent of serotonin.

that kiss has been since
you two were torn asunder.

then all that can exist
is primordial flash.

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Written for:

Gooseberry

Poetry Picnic Week 2 – kiss

Also posted on:

Prompt: Carry On Tuesday # 126

Love one another

Also Posted on:

Magpie Tales Mag #92