Monday, March 17, 2008

Monday's Poetry Train- St. Pat's Day

Had a great weekend, celebrated the annual migration of the ficus (and the jade plant), the rest of the plants will wait until I'm sure we won't have any frosts (it's supposed to get down to 38 tonight). I had this idea for a longer poem, but so far all I've written with it is a haiku. I still plan to work it into something longer, and will post it here when I do.

O Dark Thirty

Late night thoughts fade fast
Phantoms in the morning light
Lost to morning’s rush.

6 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

Fading thoughts. Cool. It works..

numbing nirvana

Julia Smith said...

'Phantoms in the morning light
Lost to morning’s rush.'

I think that's why my writer friend Kelly keeps a notebook beside her bed...

As for me, I couldn't get rid of the phantoms if you paid me.

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

So true, Ann! How many times do I spend sleepless hours/minutes/whatever coming up with great new scenes, only to be able to remember not much more than their essence come morning?

Amy Ruttan said...

Pretty much how I felt this morning I SWEAR! :D

Ann said...

Thanks, everybody, I'm glad you liked it. The funny thing about the haiku is the night before last I woke up o dark thirty and had most of a poem composed in my head, and it was gone when I woke up. Sigh.

Joy Renee said...

oh, that is so how it is. fading phantoms that flee the light.

Thanx for visiting.