Heart
wounded cage
fetched opens heals
Open
Ben’s toybox
leashed old memories
Remembering
smells warmth
paws popcorn pats
Pawprint
captured clay
pressed into palm
Into
muzzle nuzzles
love melts pain
Love
forgive me
wholeness renewed held
New
puppy licks
tenderness — forever’s kiss.
∞
Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo).
Today’s prompt: Day Ten: …. is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, and the third line has three words. You can write just one, or chain several together into a longer poem.write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem.
30 Poems in 30 Days
All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck
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Oh wonderful! You got a new puppy! xoxo
Thank you, Dale. We’re preparing for his arrival in a couple of weeks, but we’ve had a couple of visits to start to establish a connection. Wonderful and exciting and many more emotions all balled up in him so far …
“leashed old memories” — can relate to that… Well said.
I love your poems. They touch my heart.
Thank you.