Posts Tagged ‘Haiku’
Panther
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, beauty, courage, dark, horror, love, memories, mystery, nature, photo, regret, tragedy
• this is the final in a series of edits of a poem I first drafted in 1997
it was born of my contempt for the barbarous act of caging wild animals in a zoo •
this final edit inspired by prompt #24 at Writer’s Island,
prompt #23 at We Write Poems,
and prompt #74 at Carry on Tuesday.
…a [...]
The Taste
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Poetry, courage, dark, haibun, horror, love, memories, mystery, prose, regret, sensuality, tragedy
This type of poem is known as a haibun, and combines prose with haiku. It is offered in response to the September 20th prompt at Big Tent Poetry.
The Taste
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It was an embrace I’d wished had been endless, at our tearful farewell – your body supple and warm, pulsing with life.
lips lush as cognac
open softly to [...]
Barren
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, dark, love, nature, photo, tragedy, wisdom
This is offered in response to Prompt #63 at Carry On Tuesday
Barren
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no life without love
like a tree without blossoms
barren and fruitless
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rob kistner © 2010
Extinction’s Shadow
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, Reverse Senryu, Senryu, art, dark, horror, mystery, tragedy, wisdom
…these are rewrites of prior drafts, edited fresh for the June 21st prompt at Big Tent Poetry
and strongly influenced by prompt #7 at We Write Poems…
Extinction’s Shadow
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smothered by big oil
our blue planet is dying
greed’s shadow falls hard
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future is mortgaged
to petrochemical lust
fatal addiction
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mankind is drowning
in a flood of fossil fuel
black tide of folly
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NaPoWriMo #14 - Tears / Murder / Nudity
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, cleave, courage, dark drama, gratitude, horror, humor, joy, love, mystery, photo, prose, science fiction, sensuality, tragedy, wisdom
This is my fourteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one cleave
• one free verse science fiction love poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was inspired by a prompt by Nicole Nicholson over at read write poem…
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Sorrow
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(this is a cleave)
in great anguish in the sour light of treason
I look upon my glaring loss which stings my eyes
I [...]
NaPoWriMo #13 - The Nature of Fire / Gone
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, dark, mystery, photo, tragedy, wisdom
This is my thirteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was inspired by a prompt by Sarah J. Sloat over at read write poem…
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The Nature of Fire
A Poem Using Three Lines from Norman Dubie’s “Of Politics & Art”
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(the borrowed lines are italicized)
here
on the farthest point of the peninsula
an [...]
NaPoWriMo #12 - Look Poet / Croissants
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, suspense, wisdom
This is my twelfth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was inspired by a prompt by Carolee Sherwood over at read write poem…
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Look Poet
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poet
do not weave
your fabric of myth
or speak to us in grand verse
telling of the song
of the spheres
or the days
before this dark time
help us see
the real [...]
NaPoWriMo #11 - Play Ball!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, gratitude, homage, joy, love, photo, stream of consciousness
This is my eleveth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was written in keeping with the spirit of a prompt by Angie Werren over at read write poem who asked us to write about the choice we didn’t make…
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Spring Recall
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it is this time every year
perhaps coaxed by the [...]
NaPoWriMo #10 - Woodpeckers / Hiking
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, gratitude, homage, joy, love, mystery, photo, photorendering, wisdom
This is my tenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was written in the spirit of Pamela Sayers’ prompt “Celebrate!” at read write poem…
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Woodpeckers
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the two red crests are busy
hammering away
peck peck peck
big chucks of the dead pulp
flying in all directions
the elusive couple has come
down into the yard
from [...]
NaPoWriMo #9 - Jazzzzz
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, art, homage, joy, music, photo, rhyme, sketch, whimsy
This is my ninth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was written in keeping with the spirit of a prompt by Robert Peake, over at read write poem…
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Jazz in a Parallel Universe
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we was scorchin’
torchin’
in the zone
lighting chops
flamin’ righteous
primo riffin’
smokin’ sacred
glorified ‘n sanctified
fused bruised and overused
the big axe jumped
pumped
and [...]
NaPoWriMo #8 - Heartsong / Always
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, art, collage, joy, love, music, mystery, sensuality
This is my eighth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…Jill Crammond Wickham, over at read write poem, suggested we poets must keep up our reputation as the world’s foremost experts on writing about love! Anything you want Jill — here goes…
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Heartsong
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sometimes in the clatter
of a thoughtless moment
I [...]
NaPoWriMo #7 - Free / Ready to Roll / Old School
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, humor noir, joy, love, photo, rhyme, whimsy
This is my seventh post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
• one onomatopoeia
• one noxious fume
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Free
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fueled by the freedom of the open road
we race our way into the sunset
leaning tightly into curves
wind whipping our hair
our knees tucked
heads down
we rocket
thriving on the thrill of the throttle
embracing the magnificence
living in the moment
not [...]
NaPoWriMo #6 - The Cast / The Rise
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, joy, mystery, photo, suspense
Rhiannon had suggested in the day 6 NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem that we sort through a collection of our pictures as inspiration for this day’s poem. Although I veered a bit from her precise suggestion, the process of sorting brought me to the pictures I have of my fishing adventures, and that [...]
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 [...]
