I watch the sunset
in the puddle before me
reflecting clearly
scarlet and gold vividly
stretched across the horizon
5.18 tanka on tuesday
19 May 2021 1 Comment
in poetry, tanka Tags: sunset, tanka, tanka on Tuesday
Haiku 4.23.21
24 Apr 2021 3 Comments
in haiku, haiku for Friday Tags: haiku, NaPoWriMo, sunset, trees
temperature dropping
three pine trees silhouetted
against the pale sky
Haiku 4.20
21 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in haiku, poetry Tags: grey, haiku, NaPoWriMo, sunset
one last scarlet streak
tangent to the horizon
intersects the grey
Tanka 7.4
04 Jul 2020 3 Comments
in poetry, senyru, tanka Tags: night, sunset, tanka
on horizon’s edge
night trails her fingertip
painting it scarlet
lowering the windowshade
as she kisses earth goodnight
Haiku 5.30
30 May 2020 Leave a comment
in haiku, poetry Tags: evening, flowers, haiku, lilac, stillmess, sunset
wood smoke and lilac
waft across the fresh cut lawn
slowly the night falls
Is a sunset the light escaping?
15 May 2020 2 Comments
in poetry Tags: black hole, leaving, poetry, sunset
The sun dipped
below the horizon’s edge
at 8:51 pm
without a trace;
no red left to quietly fade
against the grey night sky.
.
I was waiting for the sunset,
bravely wrapped against mosquitoes
protected against the cold.
.
Without the warning
of a painted sky,
I missed the fading of the sun
into the night,
later realizing
that having no expectations
didn’t lessen the black hole
remaining once you were gone.
sublimation
21 Oct 2013 6 Comments
in haiku, haiku sonnet, poetry, thoughts Tags: moonlight, sex, singularity, sunset
evening’s scarlet eye
captivates my thoughts – pulls them
always beyond the horizon
you beckon me –
red-light, come-hither,
come-back to bed
gibbous moon
inviting exploration
of the darkened edge
faint moonlit sheen
on your hip’s rounded curve –
cleft hidden in shadows
midnight cirrus wisps
scuttle across the sky’s expanse
suddenly visible, then gone
I taste your soft sighs
escaping – like us, a singularity –
vaporizing into the night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity – see literary studies:
“an item or event triggered by an item that results in divergent narratives,
in which the singularity alters the new timeline
away from a prior “default” state”.