Poems – Page 14 – lilies, sparrows and grass

Spring Song

Spring Song

suddenly daffodils,
tulip green lapels
under morning sunlight:

songbirds alight
leafless branches
bursting
with tender tree-buds —

can you hear the voice
of the turtle dove?

my heart pirouettes
with gladness
because the promise remains
unbroken:

morning joy comes
after nighttime
weeping

winter’s dark despair
once again
births a million
almond blossoms.

D. G. Vachal © 2024

Imagery by Alexander Gresbek

Love Haiku 1:3

time of plum blossoms
you hold my hand as we stroll
fragrance fills the air

love letter arrives
so many moons I waited
bamboo leaves quiver

you cast a pebble
a ripple born in waters
drowns in blue ocean

D. G. Vachal © 2024
Imagery by Ronald Plett

Come Back to the Garden

Come back to the garden
you have forgotten
after moments have passed
innumerable
as the evening stars —

behold:
the tear-drenched ebony loam
blossomed into clouds
of fragrant peonies,
fallen lilac petals
awakened
topaz and amethyst lilies —

Come back to the garden
you have forgotten
there you will find me
gathering the flowers.

Winter Haiku 11:14

11
frozen twigs lie low
gray fox roams the winter fields
the hungry squirrel

12
silence grows louder
the desolate lily pond
croaking toad has left

13
i heard your laughter
at night the light of your face
heart bleeds in the snow

14
a thousand journeys
through hills and icy rivers
to hold your warm hand

mutton stew with wine
red flames dance the flamenco
tango you and i

rain beads on branches
pearls of tears sparkle at night
break of dawn brings joy

songbirds warble still
defy the winter starkness
crocus bulbs awake

frost on blue mountain
Li Po drinks his wine again
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