Dream Flowers

Muse just gave me a gentle push and what was going to be a small poem, an Haikū or a Gogoyhka suddenly grew into something much bigger.





Dream Flowers - 04 Aug 10

Flowers clutched
In her sleeping hand
Not crumpled
Held tenderly
A token of his love
Carried into her dream
To fill that world
In ways
Beyond imagining

In sleep
She still feels his touch
Gently brushing her body
Caressing her
Moving intimately
Over and within
And as she sleeps
She smiles
Sighs
Reaches for him

Takes him
Pulls him closer
To kiss
Hold
Caress him in the way
He caressed her
And more

Flowers exchanged
In dream
As they were
Awake
In love
Sleep on
Into tomorrow





This poem has a distinctly different feel to my usual ones - do you like what you see?

Haikū - 15

The fifteenth selection of Haikū from my records...





Winter Afternoon

Winter afternoon
watching stars glow into life
sun cannot fade them


Landmark

Colour of the sky
reflected to me, through me
landmark of my life


Listen

Listen to the song
your Heart and Soul are singing
sing Joy to the world


Peg

On a busy day
glad to have a peg to hang
my thoughts so they rest


Patience

Patience, difficult
to practice, impossible
to teach correctly


Permission

You can touch my dreams
couldn't stop you anyway
you have my permission


Puppet

I walk and I dance
you make me move how you want
a willing puppet





There are many more to come and the list is growing daily...

Sea and Moor

Muse tapped me on my shoulder yesterday and said, "Write..."





Sea and Moor - 01 Aug 10

Half way between
Sea and moor
Is where you can find me

I walk the cliffs
And gaze out
Over the ocean
Try to see my love...
Waiting for her

I walk the circle
Magical ring
Talking with the Guardian
He tells me...
She is waiting

I am at the half-way point
Talking with myself
Again...and dreaming
And asking...
Why?

Half way
Is better than
No way





First poem in quite a while and one which has a slightly unusual feel, what do you think?

Haikū - 14

Another compilation of Haikū from earlier this year...





Mouse gestures

Mouse gestures, rodents
insulting from a distance
can you take the cheek?


Guiding Light

Light in the darkness
a candle flame lights the way
returning home now


Beautiful Moon

A beautiful moon
hanging over horizon
breaking up darkness


Dwarf

Our love, powerful
would dwarf the love the whole world
shares with all of us


Thoughts

Among all my thoughts
the ones of you shine brightest
and live in my heart


Visions

Beautiful visions
all around me in the world
just open your eyes


Barge

Carry the couple
enwrapped with flowers and love
the wedding barge sails





A few more Haikū as a filler till Muse taps me on the shoulder again...

Haikū - 13

This is the thirteenth sequential compilation of Haikū from my handwritten notes, the vast majority of these first appeared on Twitter. So, though they are not 'new', this is the first time they have appeared here on Muse.





Recruit

I look to the world
Love seeking to recruit "YOU"
I go to sign up


Meeting

Unexpected things
chance meeting brings together
new friends...become old


Xanadu

In Xanadu did ...
... oh, sorry, been done before
another poet


Darkness

The sun has not set
but still the day grows darker
clouds masking the sun


Experiences

You enhance my life
give new experiences
by touching my Soul


Pare

It takes a sharp knife
to pare away the layers
that hide your Soul Light


Wind

Wind playing random
notes with abandon, flute song
playing in my heart





Hoping that Muse will give me another prod soon, in the meantime...

Haikū - 12

Another selection for the archives, while waiting for the next prompt from Muse.





Clasp

Winter easing it's
long clasp on the world, now soon
Spring is on the way


Ocean Dreams

My Ocean Dreams of
wonders carried by the thoughts
of waking Angels


Listening

Only listening
to their songs, they weave a tale
of lands far distant


Visions

Sea carries visions
memories and impressions
showing us the world


Moon

Moon watches us all
smiles upon the dreams and thoughts
shared in midnight hours


Aloud

Words spoken aloud
Nature tells all her secrets
to those who listen


Within

Looking within you
I see myself gazing out
in me, I see you





Hoping to see more fresh poems requested by Muse for me to write soon.

Whispered Smile

After too long a gap Muse prodded me yesterday evening to write this poem for posting here.





Whispered Smile

The little words
That whisper in my mind
Call my name
With your voice
I can hear the smile
Behind the sounds
And I smile

Reaching out to touch
My hand meets yours
And we smile
Our fingers link
Carry the smile
Through our bodies
To linger
When we are gone





It's good to write fresh [publishable] poems again - seems far too long since it happened last.

Haikū - 11

No new prompts from Muse [that I can publish] so...



Senryū

Write a Senryū
thoughts needed to get it right
clears your mind of fog


Ensnared

She smiled in the night
ensnared my heart with her charm
captivated me


Random Tweet

Random tweet floating
freely in the twitterverse
no one understands


Whispering

Owls cry in the night
as we talk and share our thougts
whispering our love


Slump

Tried very hard to
hide my disappointment when I
watched the soufflé slump


Lost

Senryū, Haikū,
ephemeral poetry
lost, computer crashed


Scan

Eyes scan horizon
watch for your returning sail
long have you been gone






Another sequence - there are a lot more to come...

Haikū - 10

Muse has been prompting me with a few new Haikū but no new large works so I shall continue with the archive and present the tenth selection.





Dragon

Beautiful Dragon
wings furled and folded heatly
takes food from my hand


Taint

Taint of black against
the sun, clouds bringing the rain
water spring flowers


Flight

Beating in night air
whisper soft, felt as a wind
Dragons taking flight


Capacity

Everything you do
shows your capacity for
Joy and Divine Love


Spirit

Spirit surrounds me
enters me, to hold my Soul
safe, warm, protected


Sacred Geometry

Circles drawn on ponds
the Sacred Geometry
nature shows us how


Thoughts

Write a Senryū -
thoughts needed to get it right
clears your mind of fog





...still waiting for some more inspiration...

Haikū - 9

It has been rather too long since I posted anything here - this was due to a series of events in my life that have changed the direction of my life for me...and others too.

I'm trying to get back into the flow with Muse but until that happens I shall return to posting my old Haikū until Muse presents me with something new to work on. This, then, is the ninth in the series.





Marginal

Marginal views from
fevered imagination
where am I going?


Dare I

Incandescent thoughts
beneath her breath she whispered
Dare I love you now?


Confusion

The sun has set here
half a world away - sunrise
thoughts in confusion


Whispers

When the wind whispers
her words are heard deep within
bring tears to the mind


Dubious

Drifting afternoon
hazy vistas memory
dubious linking


Shyness

Darkness gathering
sun sets behind cloud, shyness
does not become him


Lights

Lights from a fairy
rock concert illuminating
neighbours back garden





A few more Haikū than usual to start to make up for the lack of posts recently.