Like a pebble dropped into a pondmy thoughts go out to all around.My thoughts are quite, quite silent,dispersing ripples with no sound. Two stones hit the water now.double circles undulating round.your thoughts mixed with minebut still they do not make a sound. But then you speak.I hear your voice.My heart it fillswith great rejoice.The circles …
Author: Joseph R. Mason
Published author, poet, orator, blogger, father, grandfather, evangelical christian, theologian, counsellor.
About the Ha’sonnet
Photo by Cameraman Surojit on Pexels.com The Ha'sonnetIt takes some thoughtbut once you starta simple plotcan become artin the confinesof seven linesand rhyme sublime Ha’sonnet Ha’sonnets are a short form of poetry invented in the RhymeZone poetry site by poets MHenry and Grant Hayes in May of 2016. They were created in the comments section for the …
Remember them who grew not old. A poem for VE Day 2020
A tannoy sounds in the supermarket Another in the mall, We all stand still and upright As we remember all. I cannot remember, And that goes for my son, My grandchild can’t remember, For he is only one Although we can’t remember, as statues we still stand Heads bowed and we remember the loved ones …
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Stones – A Haiku
Photo by Matt Hardy on Pexels.com The sea plays marbles with the pebbles on the beach. Grinding them to sand.
Angel of Sunshine
Photo by Polina Tankilevitch on Pexels.com It's when you smile, The clouds, they part. The sun comes through to break my heart, I cannot live another day. To see your face is the only way But I surrender to this hell on earth, That you should die while giving birth. So now, my angel, For …
May day haiku
It’s the first of MayAlso known as labour dayGood day to give birth. 💓 ©Joseph R. Mason 2020
Dancing?
Photo by cihat özsaray on Pexels.com I was alone, At least I was. But now I have company, Not that I needed it, Not that I ever wanted it, Now that I have it. When I was alone I craved the presence of others. Now I crave solitude More than friendship. Much, much more. I …
Covid-19
Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán on Pexels.com Oh, Covid-19 where's your sting? I’ll tell you where I’m a killing thing. I lurk in coughs, I hide in sneezes, I hang around In old men’s wheezes. I’m out, I’m about I’m all around you I can’t be seen But I'm out to get you. You’ll not …
Earth Day Haiku
The air is purerWildlife wanders in to townBut the people die. #haiku #earthday2020 #covid-19
