Luxurious Filth

Luxurious filth:
Perspiration, sand-dusting;

Summer at the beach.

Bazaar

Broken bookcase, chair,

Television, couch, lamp: "Free;"

Street-corner bazaar.

Awash

Awash in changes,

Home, job, environment, life;

Glad of good partner.

Historicruel

History's horrors

Replayed in our consciousness,

We can't look away.

Art at 98.6°F

Exquisite lines, shapes,

Most effective use of space,

Dancers: living art.

May 23 Musings

Weather: Perfection.

Friday of three-day weekend,

Joy, peace impending.

Music

Simple notes convey

Emotional depths unmined

By verbal language

Sweet strains and sorrow,

Utterly soul-arresting,

Pure and boundless truth.

Citrus Dream

Dimpled, supple skin,

Waxy and warm, concealing

Juicy fruit within.

Seek to Understand

Asperger's Syndrome:

Many manifestations;

Seek to understand.

Crafter's Madness

Paper, scissors, glue,

Caught in a crafting frenzy,

"Real life" interrupts.

Partial Escape

A day at home, sick,

Unpleasant, but so peaceful:

A little escape.

Waiting

Waiting on answers,

Patience ever dwindling,
But always hopeful.

Birthday on the Coast

Squinting, wind-whipped hair,

And toes digging into the sand,

Sunny coastal day.

Ananda Meditation

Chant "Hong-sau; hong-sau,"
Listen to harmonium,

Be still, in the now.

Gym Gentleman

A bit out of place?

A young man pumping iron:

Sweat, "guns,"...argyle socks.

Novel Wandering

A novel in hand,

Out of body experience

As the mind wanders.

Valentine's Haiku

Roses are red, and

Violets are blue, my dear, but

This is a haiku.

Word-of-the-Week Responses: Week 3: "Dappled"

Below are the responses sent in by people responding to the week 3 challenge ("Dappled").

My dancing fairies
are some dappled prism lights
happy to greet me.
          -Barbara


Dapper, Dappled Dan
Doted at Delilah's Door
De Duo Dated

Dapper, Dappled Dan
Delilah's Dress Dappled too
Dined Dappled Dishes

Dey weD December
Drove to Dallas, Delilah
Dreamt a Dappled Den

Dey enDors'd de Deed
Dunked, Dove in De Dreamy Drink
aDopt'd Dappled Dogs.

De EnD
          -Andrew

"Dappled" 1: Grocer's Goods

Dappled apples shine.

Waxed, polished grocer's goods

In need of scrubbing.