Minnows swim. Crabs hide.
Tides roll in, tides roll out,
drowned to drought.
Plovers pipe. Wren nest.
Mussels and clams filter waste
and toxins out. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Poetry Friday
Progressive Poem
For the second April in a row, I’m contributing a line, the eleventh here, to a community poem, developed like film in different darkrooms, forming a picture-poem for kids:
Nestled in her cozy bed, a seed stretched.
Oh, what wonderful dreams she had had! Continue reading
Young Girls Rise
Acevedo’s words wake my inner girl,
that angry, confined, injured girl
who broke free of youth, rose up,
and found that her bruised layers Continue reading
Magic Wand
Too-large slippers clomp
down the stairs.
Giggles and gasps
harmonize with crinkling
jelly bean bags and
foil-wrapped bunnies.
Continue reading
Celebrating Women
Here is a cheery sunflower MicroSonnet for International Women’s Day.
So much depends
on having good friends.
Unlike the sunflower,
we women need to build,
bubbling with superpower,
yet yearning to feel fulfilled. Continue reading
A Book by the Brook – Cricket in the Thicket
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
If you like poetry about creepy-crawlies, then Cricket in the Thicket is for you! Continue reading
Moon River
shades of silver
moonlight on an icy river
frozen in time
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
Poetry Is… An Invitation
we crash, crowd and compete
but within our community,
we find our best selves
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
Inspiring Color
Ideas last,
stick barnacle-fast,
and even dance
when asked.
So I write,
dawn to night,
just an idea
acolyte.
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
Siren Summer
Summer’s Siren Song
makes me long for warmth
dream of hot sunshine
on my bare arms and remember
the relief of leaf-cast shade
and lakewater teasing my ankles. Continue reading
Winter Dandelion
dandelion down,
its frozen petals and stem
hoard sunshine
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
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