Songs in the quiet places,
the in-between spaces, Continue reading →
Birdhouse Bard
Songs in the quiet places,
the in-between spaces, Continue reading
Tag Archives: rhyming
Moonlit Kitty
When you’re blue,
look above:
the moon smiles,
bright with love.
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
Ruffled Petals
Ruffled red petals,
taut with youth,
reveal, then conceal Continue reading
Tulips in Thyme
Tulips,
risque-ripe
purplicious
spring’s archetype
scent-delicious Continue reading
2017 Progressive Poem
I’m here to tell you that building a poem with 29 other poets has shivered my timbers and set my castle alight. Read down, and you will see my line, bold and italicized, emerge like a flying monkey from the otherwise well-mannered unfolding. I think it may be carrying a torch. Or is that my hair on fire? (Terror, you cannot defeat me.)
The Secret Inside the Book
I’m fidget, friction, ragged edges—
I sprout stories that frazzle-dazzle, Continue reading
Mint-Lemon Spring
Trees in bud burst
open, unrehearsed,
wild mint-lemon taste. Continue reading
Snow Fish
Snow fish,
flow fish,
flying toward spring. Continue reading
Sister Blue
Brother new, sister blue, I miss you.
Both lost at age four. Pain is evermore. Continue reading
Snowdrop’s Spell
Softest bell,
highest tone,
listen well,
Winter Crone, Continue reading
Snowflakes are White
Roses are red,
snowflakes are white.
The first snowflake,
like a crystal kite,
dances and drifts
in silver sunlight. Continue reading
Hope for Heliotrope
Heliotrope was in a sour mope.
She was the last crayon picked.
She felt as if she’d been kicked. Continue reading
Sandy Treasures
Sandy treasures are
tossed by storms
like living toys. Continue reading
