The Crab Apple and the Plum Said a tart crab apple to a particular plum: Let’s take a tumble; let’s take a roll Let’s frolic in a play in the grass below Sighed the particular plum: I’d loved too; I really

Errant Shiny Things errant shiny things the rook announces his theft with a caw and a flutter the wind soothes your lost whispers you weren’t using them anyway New idea are abundant and available to everyone

A Crisp Cummerbund a crisp aqua cummerbund the ice melted only last week I am awake now With this haiku, I attempted to capture that feeling of slowing immersing oneself into cold water. The going seems

Daisy Come Undone fallen petal daisy come undone lost love nostalgia It is a simple game of he loves me, he loves me not and a windy day. Who hasn't played this game with heart on her sleeve. Just how

Parallel Communication mycelium dendrites, roots stillness parallel communication I am forever intrigued by the communication that takes place below the soil and underbrush, among the roots of trees and

Longing for an echo a buzzing willow a single cicada strums longs for an echo My birch willow came alive awhile ago, well more alive than usual. It is a pretty busy place with birds and rustling limbs.

Stillness, Silence stillness, silence swaying willow limbs splinters the morning fog I have a beautiful and ancient birch willow tree in my front yard. I cannot begin to describe the peace of mind this

Waves Cut waves cut through material one sunbeam splits into infinite hues Experience starts with the seemingly simple, the whole, and differentiates into the seemingly complex with the aid of human

Errant I've been remiss he writes an errant love letter accompanied by a cassette of songs stolen from 90's radio now ... golden-oldies strains of a staticky King not much more than a noisy dubbing for

A Tiger Jedi The poetry showcase will begin a short scroll away, but first some HIVE news. If you read yesterday's blog, you probably also helped me welcome @baccusbee. Thank you to those that visited

Building the Hive Hello, Hivelanders. Before I get to my own work I would like to share some exciting new with you. Well, I think it is exciting. We have a new worker bee joining the HIVE. I hope you will

With Pinpoint Accuracy pre-recorded, rewound, filmed again repetition offers false dimension seeing double, then in 3-D "Will I break on through to the other side?" join Jim, a giant drowned

Pastel Dreams pastel dreams infuse a surrendered psyche graceful is the presence of that which cannot be named defined or narrativized I blush at my inadequacies my colourful words, feeble attempts grateful

Coin the coin pays its daily debt slips below the slot figures stretch violet Feed streams feed rivers branches stitch the cedar lines, lignin harvest the sun arterial ways lead to my heart fractals suture

Windward a windward sapling ballet on a twisted limb pas-de deux, gale force Dig Deep focus, experience, feel dig deep. into the energy you've created, fractals roots and tendrils multiplying buds vines

To Keep Beat With Your Heart pringtemps doppler approaches cerise-scented upon a diffused mistral the mild is preceded by a tempest of tattoos to clear and cleanse the Way the bite and sting of salted

Terrifying the First Time fingers trail, mistrals gust against filament, lignin, and petal the softest is the most frightening phantom feelings, vulnerability the psyche opens worry and anxiety hushed

Divinely Opiate nephilimic wings sprout from a cybernetic scapulae she had no idea what she was just a thin line of ore embedded in golden lanugo hinted at the treasure found within the cell embryonic,

Snail's Pace stop pulling on the lines you won’t get there faster that only causes tangles and snags closes up the freeway leads to delay and detour for repaving and roadworks stillness is a blessing allows

In Your Wrinkled T lock down the audience silence the arenas mute the opera houses tik tok dance like a maniac to the beat of lost time in your wrinkled T chant the melodic rhythm voice a shallow tattoo