Sketchbook  John Daleiden, US

 

Cinquain Shipwrecked Marooned— we watch the tide day after endless day; what can we say we have not said before?     The Hunters Howl out into the night— with heads raised to the sky, their cries echo through the twilight forest.

 

Fibonacci Poem Boundaries Paths lead beyond the meadow through ominous woods. I walked there yesterday past dark entanglements, dense spider webs fraught with the black corpse of my now discarded demons, shed when fear threatened to consume my acts once more. An edge of doubt restored faith on my short journey— yesterday, in the darkest hour I thought of never seeing your bright eyes at breakfast— each morning, sipping hot coffee, observing weather, and small talk— those words we speak all day never hearing what has been left unsaid— without hesitation I knew that if we continued to race downward on that path, the entanglements and thickets of deceit would kill our garden with lies and fear. I put aside the cankers, dark impediments, and permit only the blue skies of clear reason to guide us where we walk hand in hand.

 

Fibonacci Poem Gourmet Delight Herbs add zest to the best recipes—add a dash of this and a dash of that—accents to taste; confirm your merits as a gourmet who cares to delight the palate of guests deigning to just taste the medley of verse— songs, tunes, blues, ode— genre— solid rock foundations poets craft of delicate, gossamer images teasing the mind, delighting the senses, enigmatic word games offering clues, twinkling stars at the edge of the universe.

 

Crystalline The Last Curtain* In the heavens a bright star appears— hear, the voice of Luciano! With gusto his vibrant arias capture the diva’s heart and soul. His presence on stage a spectacle, radiant—bright as Pleiades. *Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer on September 6, 2007.

 

Free Verse with care the wood carver works chisels in hand he caresses the warm toned wood— carving her breasts in live oak wood— see how the burl curves and turns— plump and then e r e c t

 

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