Charged

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

“Why’s she so aftaid?” asked Red
“To punch life in the teeth?” thought White
“No, no, no, no, no,” said Blue, “To just back down, knowing she’d forget!”

The Nile

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

What
I’m thinking
You already know
This
I already know
What
You’re thinking

What
You’re wishing away
I already denied
This
You already denied
What
I wish away

Given all we think
And
What we know
Despite all we wish
And
What we deny
I cost too much

Stripes

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

We share Little in common
The Monk and Me
Soft, furtive early risers
Though grounded, I, facing West,
Facing East, He
And dining together, I linger
Dashes, He
Little Green Space we share, we

Outgunned

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

Is the night all that big
Or does it simply seem as such?
Is it the days, desperate
Cloudbanks looming in the East
That force away any silver-lining hopes?
Is there quiet solace anyplace?

At All

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

How long’s it been, baby
Since a wind came to your window
A breeze of the bilowy sort
And though it arrived loud
Quieted you?

How many days, mama
The fog, it clogged your lungs
A freedive into the depths
And through its grey unknown
Empowered you?

Talk Back: A Haiku

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

I abandoned here
This Once Place, lowly and all
Where No One left me

Most

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

Prairie Red: A Haiku

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

The walls won’t demur
And the gardens must concede
I caused truth with them

Art Credit: Tiger R.; Age 8

Pled

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

No pen or parchment paper
Each step, a begging
Each breath, a silent scream
An unwelcoming I want
Reversed
A grace I need
Extended

On the Eve

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Lisa Rosier

serpent at My ankles, always
And nighttime evermore
“She should have known better,” they’ll say about Me
She, Me and the similar others
significant others who also ought
Now nonetheless wise to the slither

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Charged

“Why’s she so aftaid?” asked Red
“To punch life in the teeth?” thought White
“No, no, no, no, no,” said Blue, “To just back down, knowing she’d forget!”

The Nile

What
I’m thinking
You already know
This
I already know
What
You’re thinking

What
You’re wishing away
I already denied
This
You already denied
What
I wish away

Given all we think
And
What we know
Despite all we wish
And
What we deny
I cost too much

Stripes

Outgunned

At All

Talk Back: A Haiku

I abandoned here
This Once Place, lowly and all
Where No One left me

Most

Prairie Red: A Haiku

The walls won’t demur
And the gardens must concede
I caused truth with them

Art Credit: Tiger R.; Age 8

Pled

No pen or parchment paper
Each step, a begging
Each breath, a silent scream
An unwelcoming I want
Reversed
A grace I need
Extended

On the Eve

serpent at My ankles, always
And nighttime evermore
“She should have known better,” they’ll say about Me
She, Me and the similar others
significant others who also ought
Now nonetheless wise to the slither

“Why’s she so aftaid?” asked Red “To punch life in the teeth?” thought White “No, no, no, no, no,” said Blue, “To just back down, knowing she’d forget!”

What I’m thinking You already know This I already know What You’re thinking

What You’re wishing away I already denied This You already denied What I wish away

Given all we think And What we know Despite all we wish And What we deny I cost too much

I abandoned here This Once Place, lowly and all Where No One left me

The walls won’t demur And the gardens must concede I caused truth with them

Art Credit: Tiger R.; Age 8

No pen or parchment paper Each step, a begging Each breath, a silent scream An unwelcoming I want Reversed A grace I need Extended

serpent at My ankles, always And nighttime evermore “She should have known better,” they’ll say about Me She, Me and the similar others significant others who also ought Now nonetheless wise to the slither

“Why’s she so aftaid?” asked Red
“To punch life in the teeth?” thought White
“No, no, no, no, no,” said Blue, “To just back down, knowing she’d forget!”

What
I’m thinking
You already know
This
I already know
What
You’re thinking

What
You’re wishing away
I already denied
This
You already denied
What
I wish away

Given all we think
And
What we know
Despite all we wish
And
What we deny
I cost too much

I abandoned here
This Once Place, lowly and all
Where No One left me

The walls won’t demur
And the gardens must concede
I caused truth with them

No pen or parchment paper
Each step, a begging
Each breath, a silent scream
An unwelcoming I want
Reversed
A grace I need
Extended

serpent at My ankles, always
And nighttime evermore
“She should have known better,” they’ll say about Me
She, Me and the similar others
significant others who also ought
Now nonetheless wise to the slither