Neal Whitman,
US
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Double Fibonacci
Winter Solstice
low
sun
high sky
grey clouds spun
the year beginning once again
short
day
winter
under way
time to watch the sun
drop low over cormorant bay
A
Triple Fibonacci
A
Light unto the Darkness
Mid
Night
Darkness
I can hear
Sand singing on slopes
Across the bay a lamp is lit
I
Did
Not ask
Who lit it
Nor did I reply
When perhaps no one was still there
The
Night
Is dark
And rainy
But warm soft light glows
Through windows to welcome me home
Three
Cinquain
Incantation
stir twice
the oil of art
with water of science
—metaphor and
algorhythm—
Life Force
Symphony
sitting
on a twig chair
in the Big Sur River
water moving around, around
riverrun
Survival
limpets
scour a round pit
in a spot made to fit
to ride out tidal ebb and flow
hold on
Etheree
A Not Too
Late Etheree*
Single malt whisky
in glass decanter
No where else to go, no one to call
Now free from the work of the day
One sees most by candlelight
When one sees so little
We are for the dark
Moleskine Notebook
Permission
Poem
Pour
*The Etheree was
invented by contemporary Arkansas poet Etheree Taylor
Armstrong.
Happy
Thanksgiving
Above is a scan of
Thanksgiving post card to convey my thanks to my two
Sketchbook editors. The original was mailed from
Metheun, Mass. to Cedar Breaks, Nebraska, dated
11-24-09… that is 1909! One hundred years ago. Cool, eh?
Today, of course, is
November
22… 46 years ago! Gosh. It turns out that for
several years now, over half the country was born after
1963. Weird, huh.
Winter Solstice Haiku Thread
Year Ends Kukai
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