dVerse Lunes

1.

butterfly eclipse

‘round the rue

moth ‘round the yard light

2.

the moon wanes too soon

when did it

dip into darkness?

3.

inside of my head

it’s snowing

soft, storybook flakes

4.

one small step for man

in the moon

and so it begins

5.

pale grey are the days

in my head

drawing to darkness

6.

sharp, glinting edges

lures us to

eviceration

7.

winter sun sparkles

off the snow

all light but no heat

8.

You are missing from

me like a

sweet amputation

9.

with a short half-life

your love is

radioactive  

10.

I hold in my hand

one smooth stone

firm, inscrutable

11.

in the long dark night

of winter

we prepare the ground

12

ask me a one word

question and

I’ll paint your answer

13.

in my pocket seeds

lie waiting

dormant but alive

The Lune is known as the American haiku.  Robert Kelly, American poet, studied haiku, and altered the form to fit English with a 5-3-5 syllable count, and omitting capitalization and end punctuation. There are no requirements on having a nature theme, the poem may rhyme or not, may use similes or metaphors or any other poetic device.  This and lots more information on and examples of Lunes can be found at dVerse Poets Pub.  Check it out!