The world is full of people who may suffer loneliness (at times) or crave aloneness (at times) But even then- they are greeted by the sun everyday and escorted home by the stars every night They may carry bags full... Continue Reading →
I watch as the rain runs its hands all over your body while a gentle wind wraps you in its embrace -all the while covering your face in blue leafy kisses I watch as the cold decides to put away... Continue Reading →
A poem is a land with oceans and shores looking up at swelling moons and shrinking suns that live in cloud-choked skies that spend their days and nights stretching over a dying earth ©Vivian Zems Real Toads- Tuesday Platform
the scorching passion of a thousand flaming suns can't propel me to where my first sorry tale was spun where bucking wild horses failed to meet my eye and deeply buried secrets-under wraps just lie where an impassable gulf is... Continue Reading →
“A violent windstorm the night before the solstice Jim Harrison Solstice Litany What quarrel has the moon with the sun? What angst has the wind with the ocean? What battle has the land with the sea? We don't know the conversations... Continue Reading →
a placid lake the sun unzips without sound ©Vivian Zems Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille - MLMM-Silence is Golden
A view of the ocean reminds me of relationships I watch the rocks either being kissed by the waters ever so gently again and again Or the rocks being pounded into a form of submission by an insistent ocean ever... Continue Reading →
A new day can't decide if it wants to make an appearance It looks around for inspiration stopping to observe the sea kissing the shore It looks in the recent past to see the moon and stars snoring soundly It... Continue Reading →
Spring peers around the corner unsure -as a foreigner Winter's show's gone-a horror! The sun beams-a restorer ©Vivian Zems (#Tanaga) Real Toads : Fussy Little Forms~Tanaga The tanaga is similar to haiku and tanka, being a compact quatrain with four... Continue Reading →
