photo credit: Joe Kenney
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ETERNAL HOPE
At last, I
cross the final bridge
of the road
less traveled;
the warmth of a life well lived
my soul companion.
2016-07-20
P. Wanken
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FIFTY YEARS IN SEVEN DAYS
sunshine smiling down
on pigtailed girl as she reads ~
childhood on the farm
storms were brewing on
not so distant horizon ~
household divided
nearly straight A’s
by graduation day ~
hard work pays off
some things are given
while other things are taken ~
childhood was ended
twenty-nine years pass
into year number thirty ~
milestone or millstone?
leaving the Midwest
for hotter desert pastures ~
family comes first
I wasn’t ready
for Dad’s diagnosis ~
death came knocking
2016-06-06
P. Wanken
Shared at Poetic Bloomings – PROMPT 185 – What A “Week” It Was!
The prompt was to write a series of seven haiku — covering a week. Instead of doing a consecutive week, I first considered doing a series of seven that covered the lifespan (the “ages of man”) in the universal sense. However, I ended up seeing images in my mind — snapshots of life. So, my series covers fifty years instead of seven days. And — while these seven stanzas are haiku-like, I do not pretend to have any skill in writing real haiku. That takes more time to master than the short 5+ years I’ve been writing poetry.
image found on pinterest
A DANDY LIFE
The promise
of sunnier days
comes as the
bright yellow
splashes of color after
long gray winter days.
A tiny
seed of hope floats on
the wishes
made in warm
summer breezes, as autumn
softly approaches.
2016-04-30
P. Wanken
Shared at 1Sojournal for NaPoWriMo – Day 30.
Finally getting around to posting what I wrote on Day 30 for April’s Poem-A-Day challenge!
Shoreline (by Elizabeth)
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SHORELINE
With anchor lifted and tethers removed, she drifted along the familiar shoreline until an unseen force moved her to deeper waters. The fear of the unknown, and sense of despair in being alone, lapped against her. Surrounded by familiar shades of blue, she was led through calm seas as well as storms as she trusted that her current path would lead her to a shoreline once again.
Calm water
and choppy seas ~
life’s journey
2016-04-24
P. Wanken
Shared at 1Sojournal for NaPoWriMo – Day 24.
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SEALED WITH A KISS
Lonely hearts
during times of war
are sometimes
soothed by words
written by hand, and then signed
and sealed with a kiss.
2016-03-09
P. Wanken
