Archive for the ‘Haiku’ Category
NaPoWriMo #5 - Kathleen / Blossoms
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, dark, joy, love, mystery, photo, photorendering, sensuality, tragedy
This is my fifth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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Kathleen
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he has kept it locked for so long
none can pass
his grief makes certain none will try
this is a dark forbidden place
high-walled
cold and barren
unyielding
lifeless
brutal night has fallen
no sun can penetrate
the darkness soothes him
he retreats into its depths
hiding
shielded from any further pain [...]
NaPoWriMo #4 - Now / Time To Smile
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, art, collage, humor, joy, philosophy, rhyme, wisdom
This is my fourth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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Nelle Lytle put forth a fascinating and challenging prompt at Read Write Prompt for day #4 of NaPoWriMo. We were to look at things inside out. At first I was perplexed. I kicked a number of ideas [...]
NaPoWriMo #3 - The Leap / New Life
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, photo, wisdom
This is my third post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…facing one’s fear…
The Leap
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she need not be frightened
she knows the moves
sees the steps
clearly in her mind
she knows the stride
the position of her body
just before elevation
she understands the speed
the run up
the lead foot
the plant angle
the knee bend
the thrust
she has done this
literally [...]
NaPoWriMo #2 - The Willow / Spring
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, dark, love, photo, tragedy, wisdom
This is my second post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…Remembering Willow Pond…
The Willow
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the old man sat quietly
day after day
hands resting on his knees
day after day
hardly moving
save to raise his hand
to brush his brow
or adjust his cap
day after day
quietly
on the same park bench
at the pond
near the same tree
same willow
you could [...]
NaPoWriMo #1 - This Journey / Birds
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, gratitude, mystery, tragedy, wisdom
This is my first post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…written in the spirit of the wonderful journey that is NaPoWriMo 2010…
This Journey
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this journey has been one of wonder
joy, sadness, awe, and tears
it’s carried me ‘cross boundaries
borders
mass of lands
‘cross time and space
it’s shown me magic
marvels
the mystery of love
the best
the least
the [...]
Seven Red
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, love story, wisdom
NaPoMo poem-set #28
This is the twenty eighth day of poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This set of seven haiku were inspired by the read write poem NaPoWriMo prompt #28, “Seeing Red”.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be early drafts, so [...]
Being Now
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, Spoken Word, love story, mystery, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #25
This is the twenty fifth of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This was inspired by a prompt at read write poem to write a “how to” about something difficult to do.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be [...]
For Granted
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, dark drama, homage, prayer, tragedy, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #22
This is twenty second of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem is an homage to Gaia, our mother earth, in celebration of Earth Day 2009. Embedded within this free verse poem are a trio of haiku, [...]
Val
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, art, dark drama, found poem, mystery, rhyme, science fiction, suspense, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #10
This is the tenth of the poems I will be writing each day here in April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
Suggested by read write poem as a poem for day 10 of National Poetry Month; this type is known as a ‘found poem’. [...]
Love & War (two poems)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, art, collage, dark drama, love story, mystery, photorendering, suspense, wisdom
Love & War
The Nightmare
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my eyes
crisp from the day’s cruel sun
burnt by devastation’s fires
scorched by images of relentless horror
take refuge
in this late-evening fog
settling heavy as a shroud
clinging
opaque
mercifully obscuring
I am sustained
by this damp pall
that descends cool upon me
wraps ‘round my pained countenance
fevered with fatigue
twisted with despair
drawn
by a faded memory of honor
a faint echo of duty
a frayed thread [...]
Of Course!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Poetry, mystery
Of Course!
(haiku)
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I knew instantly
nothing needed to be said
it was obvious
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rob kistner © 2008
Winter Tales
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, photo
…here are three winter tales of beauty and love
Midnight Snowfall
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in moonlit forest
midnight’s snowfall shimmers
through the boughs
of old growth
deep and still
as if spread by star clusters
it blankets
our high-mountain meadow
in crystal down
this night
fell quiet and crisp
a great white owl
echoes
through frosted cedar
lover and beloved
we entwine
‘neath winter’s window
with dreams
and one another
we sleep
in gentle slumber
we traverse
time
and space
adrift
in random wonder
we breathe
the [...]
Poems of the heart…
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, art, humor, humor noir, sketch
Following here you will find a whimsical poem entitled “Heartbreaker”, and humorous haiku entitled “The Color of Love”, each inspired by this Kyknoord illustration, which is offered as a visual prompt at “readwritepoem”.
Heartbreaker
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this is a broken heart you see
this broken heart belongs to me
it once was vital whole and strong
‘till one day beauty came along
she [...]
Echolalia - 3 variations
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Poetry, humor
• here are three ‘light’ pieces in response to the word “echolalia”, focusing on the word as a derivation of the Greek - “to echo or repeat”, suggested as a writing prompt by readwritepoem.
Liar Liar
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you’ve killed our dream
destroyed our home
you dreadful liar liar
I’d faith in you
thought you were true
not a horrid liar liar
but you’re exposed
you [...]
The Light
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry
The Light
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even the smallest light
of wisdom
burning in the pitch black
of ignorance
casts its glow far-reaching
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the pitch black
of ignorance
succumbs
to the simplest
light of wisdom
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(haiku)
one can penetrate
the pitch black of ignorance
wisdom is the light
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(haiku)
lightless ignorance
cannot vanquish absolute
seek the light of truth
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(haiku)
lightless ignorance
does not rise impregnable
wisdom’s light will pierce
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rob [...]
