A Flake in Fall

flakes fall
the first snow
cold on my head
freezing my toes
I stand in the air
I breathe
like a dream
the flakes
like vapor
disappear
dissipate
my discouraged hour
gone
I awake

Join the poetry party at Random Noodling.

Tiny Hands

Visit Cathy for the round-up at Merely Day By Day.

Tiny things...this seems to be on my mind lately. I wrote a post on Two Writing Teachers Thursday and a commenter said it sounded like the start of a poem. I thought, of course, it must be. So I went with it and created a little poem about tiny hands.

Tiny hands

miniature fingers

tipped with limitless stories

tiny hands holding

new beginnings

creating memories

tiny but mighty.

Morning Quiet Song

Take a peek into some poetry at Writing the World for Kids with Laura Purdie Salas. You can also find me over at Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's blog Sharing Our Notebooks.

Here is my Poetry Friday haiku of a morning quiet song.

in morning stillness 

one cricket chirps in the dark

stars turn into sun

Evening of Laughter

Go visit The Poem Farm with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater for the roundup! 

I was lucky this evening to share a dinner table with Mary Lee Hahn, Cathy Mere, Deb Frazier and Marie Nixon. What great company and there was lots of laughter. I kept talking about how I didn't have a poem for today. I kept seeing things on my drive all afternoon that would be great, but got nothing. I had little nuggets and lines but it all sounded so random. So, I decided a random poem was in order. It turned out not so random after all...at least not entirely. :)
I hope you all had a lovely Poetry Friday.

a random

dairy dream

ocean breeze

cool night air

goes up my sleeve

sitting here

watching there

warmth and laughter

everywhere

my hair a net

to capture life

I hold it close

all through the night.

Dark Horses

Visit Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference for more Poetry Friday Posts! 

Dark horses

Swift through trees

Shadows creep

As they create a breeze

In the leaves

And shape shift in the night

Dark horses fly

Through fields of moonlight

They fear not of fear

They run

They are free

Dark horses flee

from you
To me.

Earthetry Re-Visited with Tagxedo

This week our host is Jen from Teach Mentor Texts!

Haven't done this in a while but remembered when Mary Lee first introduced me to Wordle inspired poems. So, I gave Tagxedo a try this time with an old post titled Earthetry. 

A poetry smile
spreads over my lips
poem inspired
happiness rich.

Imagining an hour
with rays for trees
the sun as the breeze
eyes crinkled and green.

Reading the words
of pine sweet views
sometimes I think
earth's windows look through.

Words Flow

Poetry Friday is hosted by Author Amok this week. Join in and read some poetry with friends. 

Words flow free

from you to me

and waves of doubt

swirl in and out

but we don’t care,

we stop and stare

in each other’s eyes

no one can hide.