phyncke

Here are some Haiku poems by Basho. I thought these would add to our poetry appreciation. I really love haiku and the form of it. We used to always write those in grammar school and I have a bunch of books of haiku's. Really peaceful little poems.

butterflies flit
in a field of sunlight
that is all

Flower
under harvest sun - stranger
To bird, butterfly.

Searching storehouse eaves,
rapt in plum blossom smells,
the mosquito hums

From all these trees –
in salads, soups, everywhere –
cherry blossoms fall


by nienna_weeper at enchantedrealms

Someone sent me this poem on my cat support list. I thought it was beautiful and will share it with you.

And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
and, as a cat, you know I am most able
to decide anything for myself.

... Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly
for my human friends are troubled
for you see, they need me, quite certainly.

But don't they understand? asked God
That you'll never leave them?
That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is....forever and ever and ever.

Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat
for I will whisper into their hearts
that I am always with them
I just am....forever and ever and ever.

~Author Unknown~

(Cats are forever, we all know this.)


by thalassa_ipx

I saw Alice in Wonderland in an IMAX theater and found that it was well worth the extra money that it cost for that experience. It was so there and visually just a feast for the senses. It felt like you were IN Wonderland. From the fall down the rabbit whole to the end...just a colorful, magical wonderful place. Kudos to all actors in this film. No weak performances at all. I think they were all brilliant...

Loved.

( A pic of me in the goofy glasses... )

That was taken in line at the theater. Heh.

Here is the text from my favorite poem from Alice in Wonderland...which features prominently here...

The Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Blinkie by thestarlet at juicy_grapes