Showing posts with label Christina Chin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christina Chin. Show all posts

On the Water


the autumn moon
floats on the water
sand dunes shifting with the tide
                          --Ceri Marriott


reflections 
on the Mirror Lake 
autumn rainbow
                          --Christina Chin


moon viewing
our kayak
a little tipsy
                           --Randy Brooks


evening moon 
floating my boat 
in the milky way
                            --Herb Tate

                                                   --Christina Chin

Three Moons


i.

this soulwork's to walk 
through the water's rising foam -
autumn moon
                            --Deborah A. Bennett

 
this soulwork's to push a stone
up a rolling hill -
autumn moon 
                             --Deborah A. Bennett


this soulwork's to breathe
over the kindling's plume -
autumn moon 
                             --Deborah A. Bennett


ii.

autumn moon’s dance
in the womb of sky
nocturne
                             --B. L. Bruce


swelling body
of the tide
harvest moon
                             --B. L. Bruce


sturgeon moon
light reflected
in each waxy leaf               
                             --B. L. Bruce


iii.

hunter's moon —
a gorilla escapes
a lone cricket hymns   
in the white 
and dark gray barn
           --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam


ripened rice field
autumn moon stands in guard
a ragged scarecrow watches 
the farmer separates 
grain from straw
            --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam


harvest moon
out of the blue sky
two crickets serenade
the aroma
of new sake
             --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam

                                            --Christina Chin

Harvest


subtle mellow bathes
rich autumnal moon reflects
earth reaps harvest light
                            --Andrew Collinson


harvest moon
the praying mantis
can’t get to sleep
                            --Randy Brooks


troubled soil reigns 
greens in slow grace can’t remain
by harvest crescent
                            --Jenn Martin


lingering fragrance 
on the passenger seat 
fall peaches              

resisting the urge
will wait for cobbler
                                --Christina Chin & Linda Ludwig


first frost moon -
a squirrel gathers
nuts
                               --Juliet Wilson


a harvest moon
some people reap
what others have sown
                             --James Babbs


carving tools and scoops
pumpkins sport happy faces
harvest fun with love
                             --Kate Chamberlin


the autumnal moon
the gyne adores butterflies
- moony fulfilment
                              --Paweł Markiewicz


kitchen’s hot ovens
air redolent with pie spice
watering mouths wait
                            --Kate Chamberlin


autumn moon—
shadows stir in the line
for the soup kitchen
                            --Adele Evershed


rotting
at the root
jack-o'-lanterns
                            --Mariel Herbert


harvest field
moonlight washes
the silence
                            --Subir Ningthouja


falling leaf             
a caterpillar hangs 
by its web

inching its way up
before the early bird 
                               --Christina Chin & Linda Ludwig

                                               --Christina Chin