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Thursday, December 4, 2014

POETRY FRIDAY



I've been writing haiku with Mary Lee all week. 

"Thin Place"

“For ancient Celts, certain geography was seen as sacred because the distance between the human and the divine felt particularly thin. God was near in that place."
From the URBAN SKYE advent devotional

I read poetry
Sky thins, holy tiptoes in
soul eyes see clearly.

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014


"morning drive"

grey white cloud blanket
sleeps atop mountains waiting
for sun’s wake up call

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014



Dawn’s dark lifts mornings
curtain to pink yellow orange
hallelujah sky

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014



“morning"
Sun’s sure chariot
pulls new possibilities
over horizon

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014


"Conflict” 
OR "mother to son (with apologies to Langston Hughes)

we heave brick after
brick ‘til wall between us is
impenetrable

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014


 “Colorado Winter”
(a double haiku)

Saturday I peel
off sweatshirt stride joyfully
four miles behind dog

Sunday dog drags me
shivering in coat hat gloves
mile of misery

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2014


Anastasia Suen is hosting Poetry Friday today. 

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8 comments:

  1. TabathaDecember 5, 2014 at 6:00 AM

    You pack so much emotion into your haiku, Carol! Very impressive. I'm right there with you, shivering, seeing the sun, peering over those bricks.

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  2. Irene LathamDecember 5, 2014 at 1:28 PM

    You had me at at that holy tiptoe. Thank you for these! Beautiful!!

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  3. jan godown anninoDecember 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    Carol, Dawn is good to your poetry muse. Appreciations for sharing these quiet moments at dawns early light, which to be is a clearer, more hopeful time than sunset.
    And LH's Mother to Son is one of my favorites - I felt fortunate to read it once to a dinner audience at a benefit for our women's shelter. This post is so perfect for me - thank you.

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  4. Anastasia SuenDecember 5, 2014 at 6:30 PM

    LOL! Yes, winter has been like that this year!!! :-)

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  5. TaraDecember 5, 2014 at 7:24 PM

    Hallelujah sky...yes, the pictures Linda posts of Denver skies certainly prove this! Lovely collection of haikus.

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  6. Mary LeeDecember 6, 2014 at 5:40 AM

    I'm glad you're sharing these with the world! What a beautiful collection!!

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  7. Michelle Heidenrich BarnesDecember 6, 2014 at 6:13 AM

    Clearly haiku is rewarding you with more than a book, Carol! These are beautiful, honest, and true. LOVE that "hallelujah sky."

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  8. Heidi MordhorstDecember 7, 2014 at 5:11 AM

    Your double dog haiku is spectacular, along with that "hallelujah sky." Most enjoyable!

    Are you committed to sticking with 5-7-5?

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