Four Haiku and a Limerick

A Curious Child 

The crisp air portends of spring

A child on bended knee

Searches for a hidden treasure

Renewal Amidst a Charred and Blackened Land 

Amidst charred and blackened land

Sunrise over the Black Sea (1)

A harbinger of renewal

A fragile, green shoot peaks through

The Sun Comes Forth to Banish the Night 

Three-fold color doth shine forth

To banish the night's wrath

And usher in the glorious day

A Ship’s Light 

A ship's light

Seen from a harbor

In a pitch black night

The Train Blew Its Whistle 

The train blew its whistle 
As it sped like a missile 
Down a sturdy iron track 
It never looked back 
Traveling through fields of thistle

-- Anthony Hopper

1. Author: Moise Nicu

    Uploded to Wikimedia on February, 22, 2009

    Permission: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. (see link under the author's name).

Three Haiku - Breezes, Rainbows, and Twigs

A Rainbow Divides

A Storm Approaches (1)

The dark tempest wars
With the yellow light of day
A rainbow divides

A Twig Hangs on Edge

A twig hangs on edge
The rushing water takes it
Over the fall's edge

A Breeze Portends

A breeze breaks the calm
Portending the squall to come
Dark clouds gather steam

-- Anthony Hopper

1. Photographer: Warrenlead69
    Date: January 20, 2008
     Description: "Storm Approaching Anna Bay NSW Australia"
     Location/Permission: In Wikimedia. Creative Commons - GNU Free Documentation License, Version
    1.2 (link to photo in description).

Three Haiku about Nature

A Fawn Escapes 

The grave  of Doctor John Conolly MD DCL (1) 

The fawn bends to drink
In the river lies a croc
The jaws snap, a second late

The Surviving Sentinel 

Standing sentinel
Over a barren landscape
The last survivor

In Quiet Repose 

In quiet repose
A sublime and peaceful scene
An old gravestone

-- Anthony Hopper

1. Photographer: P. G. Champion

    Year: 2007

     Description: "The grave and headstone of Doctor John Conolly MD DCL, (May 27, 1794 - March 5, 

                        1866), English physician. Pioneered treatment of the mentally ill by 'non-restraint' methods 

                         whilst serving as resident physician to Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex. Grave location: 

                         Section 37, in Hanwell's Kensington Cemetery, 38 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London, W7 

                         3PP, UK."

     Location/Permission: In Wikimedia. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales license 

     (see link in author's name).

Haiku about Memories and Disturbed Ponds

Bittersweet Memories

A gentle wind moves
A tear down a wrinkled cheek
An old man recalls

Tears (1)

A Pond Disturbed by a Pebble

Quiet, tranquil pond
A pebble pierces the blue
A maelstrom, short lived

Memories - Good and Bad

Memories are chains
That bind--Yet also strong mead
That can set us free


Credit: Ray Nata
Title: Miedo-Ajeno
Date: November 28, 2008

The author has released the work into the public domain, per his/her note on Wikimedia (see link in title).

-- Anthony Hopper

#haiku #poetry #nature #mind

Haiku about Baseball, Beads of Water, and Butterflies

I have written a number of haiku over the last few years.  Here are three of these poems.

Haiku #1: A Baseball Moment

The crowd goes silent
The ball flies into the sun

Heliconius Charithonius (1)

A fielder prepares

Haiku #2: Beads of Water on a Leaf

Small beads of water
Tense! Waiting to trickle down
A pink leaf holds them

Haiku #3: Butterflies Take flight

Tranquil-no wind
Sun's warmth, the only caress
Butterflies take flight

-- Anthony Hopper

#poetry #poems #haiku #nature #butterflies #baseball #sports #weather

(1) Credit: Adrian Pingstone
      Title: Heliconius Charithonius
      Copyright: September 2005 - in Wikimedia Commons. The author has released the image into the
                         public domain via a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (see linked title for
                         photo).

Haiku about Clouds, Cairns, Seasons, and Birds

I penned these three haiku in December 2012.  I hope you enjoy perusing these poems.

Haiku #1: Clouds and Cairns

A soft wind moves clouds

Red-winged blackbirds flying into the sunset (1)

An ancient cairn lay untouched
Young mice scurry past

Haiku #2: Of Time and Seasons

Fields of brilliant green
A moment's passing of time
Shades of brown surround

Haiku #3: Birds in Flight near Sunset

The quiet broken!
A mad dash as birds take flight
Into the sunset

-- Anthony Hopper

#poetry #haiku #poems #poem #seasons #nature #birds

(1) Credit: Jerry Segraves
      Title: Blackbirds - Sunset
      Copyright: April 25, 2006 - in Wikimedia Commons. The author has released the image into the public
                         domain per his notes in Wikimedia Commons.

Three Haiku

I have written a number of haiku over the last few years.  Here are three of these poems.

Haiku #1: An Unexpectedly Cold Summer's Day

The sun's cheery light

North view from Riansares Mountain, Clinton County (1)

Cannot seem to warm the wind
A cold rain portends

Haiku #2: The Bird Waits

Standing, not moving
Plumage - a swirl of colors
The bird is ready

Haiku #3: A Storm in the Ocean

An eerie silence
A scent of ozone portends
Dark skies and large waves

-- Anthony Hopper

#poetry #poems #haiku #nature #weather

(1) Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli
      Title: Rainstorm
      Copyright: May 7, 2011 - in Wikimedia Commons. The author has released the image into the public
                         domain via a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (see linked title for photo).