Newborn Zest

With a newborn zest
I rise at once and release
This chirping haiku

~ Poetictouch

Snow-White Swan

Across the calm lake
An elegant snow-white swan
So serenely glides.

~ Poetictouch

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-go-lucky
Were those days when Joy and I
Mingled in the fields

~ Poetictouch

Komorebi

Here’s komorebi
Adorning a new morning
With her glorious charm.

~ Poetictouch

A Breath Of Fresh Air

Through green hills and dales
To leisurely meander:
A breath of fresh air.

~ Poetictouch

Luscious Flower

Let me deeply sniff
Your fragrance, luscious flower,
And your nectar taste.

~ Poetictouch

A Thing Of Beauty

A thing of beauty
Is an everlasting joy,
Keats sagely tells us.

~ Poetictouch

You Look So Pretty

You look so pretty
In your pinkish red outfit,
Sweet tender tulip.

~ Poetictouch

Morning Glory

Captivatingly,
This glowing morning glory
On her green bed lies.

~ Poetictouch

No Room For Gloom

No room for gloom
When flowers bloom.
We can be glad
When we are sad.

~ Poetictouch

Warm Was That Frozen Lake

Warm was that frozen lake across which we
With blissful fervour glided flowingly.

~ Poetictouch

Pretty Daisies

With pretty daisies
The verdant grass is adorned:
Gleefully I gaze.

~ Poetictouch

Have A Peaceful Day

I owe you nothing,
So please stop bothering me.
Have a peaceful day.

~ Poetictouch

To A Child

Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one:
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

~ William Wordsworth

The Charm Of Poetry

When in his sable garb vile Gloom attacks,
Repel him with the charm of Poetry.

~ Poetictouch

Refuge

Refuge
by Sara Teasdale

From my spirit’s gray defeat
From my pulse’s flagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sifting through my close-clenched hand,
From my own fault’s slavery,
If I can sing, I still am free.

For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirit’s sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.

Equanimity

Should you, my soul, who sailed to distant shores
And traced the founts of sweet serenity,
Be vexed and irked by those insidious frauds
Whose souls are fraught with spite and enmity?

Avoid, avoid these irritating fools;
Don't let them touch your equanimity!

~ Poetictouch

Spring Will Soon Return

Winter has arrived,
The flowers are departing,
Spring will soon return.

~ Poetictouch

Looking At These Birds

Looking at these birds,
Flying freely by the sea,
Sets my spirit free.

~ Poetictouch

Eye-Catching Beauty

A bright pink blossom
In a dark muddy puddle:
Eye-catching beauty!

~ Poetictouch

A Thing Of Beauty

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

~ John Keats

O There Is Blessing In This Gentle Breeze

O there is blessing in this gentle breeze,
A visitant that while it fans my cheek
Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings
From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.

~ William Wordsworth

The Muezzin

The Muezzin
by Vita Sackville-West
Read by Elizabeth Klett

Above the city at his feet,
Above the dome, above the sea,
He rises unconfined and free
To break upon the noonday heat.

He turns around the parapet,
Black-robed against the marble tower;
His singing gains or loses power
In pacing round the minaret.

A brother to the singing birds
He never knew restraining walls,
But freely rises, freely falls
The rhythm of the sacred words.

I would that it to me were given
To climb each day the muezzin’s stair
And in the warm and silent air
To sing my heart out into Heaven.

Bulbul

Little bulbul at my window,
To what purpose are you singing?
Can’t you hear the noise and clamour?
Can’t you sense the disaccord?
Who, amid this blare, will ever
Hear your gentle mellow tunes?

Go blend with the glens of calmness:
Here’s no place for birds that tweet;
Here’s a place for birds of prey
Whose essence is to tear and eat.

~ Poetictouch