Uploaded on January 24, 2012 Flushed with pride,You were ignoredWhen skies were warmAnd bright. Now, you cower and shrivelIn the […]
193/365: The Fourth Eclogue from The Aeneid
Uploaded on December 19, 2011 … His cradle shall with rising flowers be crowned;The serpent’s brood shall die: the sacred […]
187/365: Sonnet No. 6
Uploaded on December 13, 2011 Then let not winter’s ragged hand defaceIn thee thy summer ere thou be distilled.Make sweet […]
182/365: Red
Uploaded on December 8, 2011 I shake the vase—a bouquet of red rosesfinds its shape —Carol MontgomeryThe Haiku Anthologyedited by […]
181/365: A Child of the Snows
Uploaded on December 7, 2011 There is heard a hymn when the panes are dimAnd never before or again,When the […]
180/365: Spotless
Uploaded on December 6, 2011 A spotless Rose is bloomingSprung from a tender root.Of ancient seers foreshadowingOf Jesse’s promised fruit.Its […]
179/365: Poinsettias
Uploaded on December 5, 2011 Mamma had chosen red threads.There was blue, yellow and green.The blanket on the loomWas the […]
140/365: Autumn Garden
Uploaded on October 27, 2011 Out there in the gardenNow that nights are cold,Only white petunia,Burnished marigold,Saucy they, as ever—How […]
128/365: To Autumn
Uploaded on October 15, 2011 O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainedWith the blood of the grape, pass not, but […]
Beauty in a Cloudy World
Opening ourselves to beauty is most important when it’s hardest to find.