I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still...
Read more →Birch Moon, originally uploaded by chefranden. This is an update on the Haiku, Tanka and Image Meditation project, which is purely a hobby and amateur effort but is growing and getting some traffic. Humble origins, Twitter Haiku The 140 character limit of twitter is not a problem for micropoetry forms such as Haiku (with...
Read more →Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive,...
Read more →All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold. Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgement old Your answer had not been inscroll’d Fare you well, your suit is...
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