stone walls frame
old monkish dormitories
left to the lichen
low doorways, tiny cells,
and silent contemplation
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Haunts of Ennis Abbey
Author Archives: Brenda Davis Harsham
In the Flow
memories flash,
silver fish in the shallows
river-cold then gone
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Layers of Light
clouds on Mount Greylock,
ever-changing layers of
dark and light
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Lonely in San Diego
lonely stretches
of shorn grass except high up,
birds
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Together by the Tree
out of the rain and snow,
laughing away long dark days
beside the tree
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Happy New Year!
the cold arrives like
Sangria on ice,
now where’s the guacamole?
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Notes: Last poem of the year, and it seems like a day to break the rules. So there the haiku rules go, right out the window, woo-hoo! Happy New Year!!
I went to see Six today, and it was great. Loved it.
Snug and Cozy
snug and cozy
despite the gales of winter,
family and friends:
carols, games, laughter and fun,
serious thoughts left behind
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Sunset in the Skies
Do you see the moon?
the moon, the mountains
the misty light at sunset,
is this why birds fly?
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Goldenrod After Rainfall
Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
wringing out
a rain-soaked t-shirt,
my son smiles
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Rain over Mount Greylock
unescapable
dramatic tide of dark clouds,
the first drop falls
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Abandoned at the Railyard
still sidecars
no schedule or passengers,
just ghost conductors
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Tear Down This Wall
no matter how grand
every wall falls to wind, storm
and time
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