Writing

Deep

By Denise Carruthers / 24th June, 2019

He prays for a sign So deep as life’s mystery Frogs croak in the pond

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B Spot

By Denise Carruthers / 18th March, 2019

??????   He who craves honey. From best tasting flowers. Must find the bee spot.

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Timeworn

By Denise Carruthers / 17th December, 2018

We’re timeworn weary~ Dog tired from making litter~ Trees bark paper tears.

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By Denise Carruthers / 17th November, 2018

Trees beg to be heard. Where time lines and ring barks. The old dog and bone.

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Alive

By Denise Carruthers / 26th August, 2018

We walk on our flaws And wear out our souls Stairways to heaven.

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Love flowers

By Denise Carruthers / 20th June, 2018

~I have been waiting~ ~My garden planted with dreams~ ~But Impatiens blooms~   ? American Meadows

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The falcon’s pause

By Denise Carruthers / 29th May, 2018

The falcon’s pause Like the breath of a feather Swallows in the spring

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who’s hungry

By Denise Carruthers / 24th May, 2018

Spider fascinate the fly. Lionchu fish. I don’t know why.

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Love you to bits

By Denise Carruthers / 22nd May, 2018

The spaces between us No walls without flaws Only adore

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The Impossible

By Denise Carruthers / 22nd April, 2018

22 #NaPoWriMo #haiku It’s impossible The sun can’t rise in the west We be drinking moonshine

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“the homeless haibun”

By Denise Carruthers / 13th April, 2018

12 #NapoWriMo “haibun” A paper man crumples Cold eyes skirt & seek the sky. Deaf to his hunger thinking only that it’s Thursday, or maybe Friday, must have a barbecue.…

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Scent of Joy

By Denise Carruthers / 6th April, 2018

A scent of joy The sweet aroma Of coming home

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Secret Haiku

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd April, 2018

Secret confession Pigeons coming home to roost Doves fly to freedom

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Why Worry – haiku

By Denise Carruthers / 3rd February, 2018

Bill weighs death’s burden Unpaid, the piper mourning Small blooms spring mountains

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silly burdens

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd February, 2018

The golden goose lays Gilt within the Memory Yesterday is gone

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Lies be like….

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd February, 2018

Blood rose and wellsprings Lies show up in bitten lips The gilt that glitters

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last haiku

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Basho ate pond frogs Autumn falling in reverse Haiku denouement

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only

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

From the gilded cage Sounds a lonely serenade Canary Island

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sunbird

By Denise Carruthers / 4th June, 2017

Diurnal sunbird Sipping nectar from flowers Taste of summer nights picture by Tom Tarrant

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stiletto

By Denise Carruthers / 30th May, 2017

Her stiletto eyes Raking over his heart Raising his expectations

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