Photo by Fotolia Lightning fluorescent zig-zags crackles on the radio my heart skips a beat fluorescent blue-white against black-cushion ring box heaven’s diamond fling zig-zags prelude bass rumbles decay to stutters stillness patters rain crackles interfere chamber music percussion bringing storm inside on the stately notes flute, cello and violin static charges crash the rain… Continue reading Lightning
Category: Form poems
Spring
Spring Cream-tinted blossom filigree a wedding a party line dancing with the breeze, I’m caught under spring’s veil. - Violet Nesdoly
Cherry blossom time
Cherry Blossom Time Pink spring debutantes ball gown ruffles, froth and lace cherry trees in bloom Strawberry milkshakes line Vancouver avenues cotton candy hair Blush cherry petals one hundred trillion hankies beckoning the bees © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly ********************* It's cherry blossom time in Vancouver. The photo above was one I took last year… Continue reading Cherry blossom time
Just Before Cock-crow
Just Before Cock-Crow You are his friend from Galilee I do not, do not know the man I’m not his friend and not his clan he really is stranger to me. You’re dreaming up a fantasy you little wench with evil plan. You were with him from Galilee. On oath, I do not know the… Continue reading Just Before Cock-crow
Maui Scrapbook – Wild ride
Wild ride Crouch, stand tall mount the curling foam up and down in and out for the wild ride back to shore any wave will do © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Maui Scrapbook – Stalk
Stalk Surfboards poised eyes scan restless sea calculate curl and height Maui surfers float and drift stalking the big one © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Maui Scrapbook – Voyeurs
Voyeurs Snorkelers watch another world lazy drift gill, fin, tail turquoise Honolua Bay maritime voyeurs © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Maui Scrapbook – Winter flora
Winter flora Orchid leis Birds of Paradise Hibiscus Butterfly Plumeria—Maui’s blooms make us long for spring © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Maui Scrapbook – Neighbours
Neighbours Cardinals cattle Egrets graze Sandpipers Myna birds Neck-spotted and Zebra doves cooing night and day. © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Maui Scrapbook – Newbies
Newbies Friday night newcomers, pale-skinned crowd store aisles shopping for week ahead in Maui sun Monday they’ll be tanned **************** We recently returned from a two-week holiday on Maui. What a treat! I had never been to any of the Hawaiian islands before, so everything was novel and new. I took lots of photos and… Continue reading Maui Scrapbook – Newbies
