From thrawn bough,
pink petals sigh
as glassy reams
pass
in lilting lullaby
carrying fallen blooms
in a trail of confetti
meandering
into
the gloaming mouth
of the firth.
Author Archives: Inking Prose
Amber
Above the city
light pollution leaks amber
into the pearl moon.
Star
At dusk
the dim flicker
of a dying star.
Poetics Devices: How the Kenning Works
Kenning I have been working on my poem Blackthorn on and off from March 2019 . During this time, the poem has gone through many changes. The current poem is version twenty-one. In this post, my focus is on the use of the poetic device kenning, which I have utilised on the second line ofContinue reading “Poetics Devices: How the Kenning Works”
Poetic Devices: Omission and Inclusion in Haiku
Subtext In his book of translated Haiku, The Moon in the Pines, Richard Clements says, upon reading a Haiku, the reader is ‘startled into a momentary but full understanding of the poet’s experience’ in that moment of reading. However, the words don’t quite capture the fullness of the moment. Through the inscription of a ‘partialContinue reading “Poetic Devices: Omission and Inclusion in Haiku”
Filigrees
Petal filigrees
press stencil patterns on snow
echoing full bloom.
Butterfly
As I burn your soul
onto paper, a butterfly
lands on my pen.