Tag Archives: 5 lines

cirrus clouds and contrails

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Chris Galvin

Poetry Month is drawing to a close, and I’ve only managed to write ten or twelve poems rather than one every day. On the other hand, I did have one published. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Poetry Month. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in National Poetry Month, News, Poetry, Publications | Tagged 5 lines, Bright Stars, M. Kei, tanka | 5 Comments

5 Very Short Twitter Poems

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Chris Galvin

Micropoetry for dVerse Poets Open Link Night, Week 46 . Cirrus Clouds and Contrails cirrus clouds and contrails brilliant summer azure at 40,000 feet I know the sky is the same blue there— I drift in idle daydreams of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Nature, Photos, Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, A River of Stones, dVerse Open Link Night, Twitter | 17 Comments

Hypnotized

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Chris Galvin

hypnotized watching the coffee drip drip drip ivory-coloured sweet-milk and ice

Posted in Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, A River of Stones, aros | 12 Comments

Leaving Home

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Chris Galvin

step step PECK step step PECK spotted starlings obscure the lawn parents poised in maples monitor their offspring

Posted in Haiku, Nature, Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, A River of Stones, aros | 8 Comments

Spring Garden

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Chris Galvin

budding tulips arching leaves pointy tips sheared off- fat rabbit Linked to Dverse Poets open link night- week 39.

Posted in National Poetry Month, Nature, Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, A River of Stones, aros | 16 Comments

National Poetry Month: Day 3, Poem # 3 (and a little flash)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Chris Galvin

To the Artist While he struggled with saw, hammer, nails and plane building a garden door for magic to enter, you simply painted one in. An artist asked her husband to build a door to the garden, which she could leave open … Continue reading →

Posted in National Poetry Month, Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, a river of stones, Art, Flash Fiction, nature, plants | 15 Comments

Oak

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Chris Galvin

In November’s chill in day’s last light a single oak robed in red stands tall among the naked maples A gogyohka in response to Tina Nguyen’s Gpoem prompt of the week.

Posted in Nature, Poetry | Tagged 5 lines, A River of Stones, gogyohka, Gpoem, oak, Poetry | 4 Comments

Word Playground

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Chris Galvin

Words slide off one tongue roll off another see-saw on a third in the language playground Thanks to @Marousia who supplied the inspiration for this poem, which is my reply to one she posted on Twitter: Words/ wanted to see /what they … Continue reading →