Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged ascension, cedar, communion, haiku, nature, poem, poet, Tree on May 7, 2013 | 6 Comments »
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Melt into its bark -
each loved tree will fold you in,
lift you to the sky.
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(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
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Thanks to everyone who reads my blog, and for your kind comments.
I’ll continue to be scarce for a little while as we are selling our house, packing, cleaning, lamenting…. Hoping to take my elm trees with me.
Will still try to post and read blogs now and then – looking forward to the day when things get back to “normal”!
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged flower, haiku, poem, Poetry, spring, trillium on April 20, 2013 | 11 Comments »
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Like a shy, white bird
sweet trillium blooms quietly
nestled in the brush.
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(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged change, decisions, haiku, poem, Poetry, risk, taking chances on April 19, 2013 | 8 Comments »
There is that moment,
an imperceptible pause
just before we leap.
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(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Deep Water, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged incomplete, Love, poem, Poetry, story, unfinished on April 8, 2013 | 26 Comments »
She penned some words
on ivory parchment,
felt his eyes
on every page
waiting for the plot
to quicken,
searching
for an opening.
But she could only
hide him softly
veiled by a metaphor
in the chapter never finished
of a story incomplete.
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© 2012 Betty Hayes Albright (written about a year ago)
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged haiku, mercury, poem, Poetry, sea, waves on April 6, 2013 | 8 Comments »
Waves break in silver
like rushes of mercury
glinting on the shore.
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© 2012 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged birds, haiku, mating ritual, poem, Poetry, reflection, robin, spring on April 2, 2013 | 14 Comments »
Robin Redbreast
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There it is again:
handsome rival in the glass -
he stops to reflect.
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(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged Gaia, lava, life cycle, mountain, poem, Poetry, purification, renewal, volcano on April 1, 2013 | 27 Comments »
Sometimes a mountain
shakes loose
its deeply rooted trees,
old riverbeds,
the tramping of calloused feet.
It spews out fire and ash,
declares itself free
of expectation.
There is blood-letting
as lava streams down
into the lakes
cooking fish and lilies,
boiling off complacency.
It is the wish
of Gaia.
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Be careful
when you try
to move a mountain -
but never stop climbing.
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© 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged embroidery, french knots, haiku, night, poem, Poetry, stars on March 26, 2013 | 22 Comments »
Night embroidery
stars are strewn like white french-knots
on a black silk sky.
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(c) 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Poetry 1970's, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged ascension, freedom, gravity, infinity, poem, Poetry, spirituality on March 24, 2013 | 28 Comments »
(Revised from a 1976 poem.)
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Beyond the unforgiving core
of gravity
she rises up
through molten rock
and hard-pan crust
into the atmosphere
above
the rant of storms
the burning bush
the moon, the sun
the spin of stars
and far beyond
the fabled edges
of the universe
no longer up or down
but circling straight
into the riddle
of her Self.
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© 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Haiku, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged blue sky, clouds, Earth, haiku, poem, Poetry, spring on March 18, 2013 | 22 Comments »
Polka-dotted sky
white-cheeked clouds mooning the earth
pansies smile and wink.
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© 1992, 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
(The middle line was first written as a couplet back in 1992.)
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