Several poems have been rreceived in response to this natural piece of Japanese copper mounted in a custom-made ceramic base. We hope our latest stone display will evoke sufficient feelings that you will create and submit wonderful haiku and other types of short poetry about stones. You are welcome to continue to submit poems about our August chrysanthemum flower stone or any others.
the whore copper
many a furnace chimney
has burnt their souls
Jim Young, U.K.
high spires
in the silence
warm sea
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy
dirge—
dripping from the pine
icicles
Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
tree gum thickening the plot of existence
Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
a red scabbard
forged around the fire―
words flare then burn out
David McMurray, Japan
meeting an alien
in glittering disguise -
my cosmic fail
Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia
a small moment of happiness
reaches the sky
Marina Bellini, Italy
con un dito indica
una stella al figlio-
cielo d’inverno
Severa Disingrini, Italy
shadow darkness
she lights up her faith
to stand upright
Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
shirshasana
on my rear-view mirror
AMBULANCE
Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
that coppery scent
of blood...
catching myself
on a stalagmite
Tracy Davidson, UK
a witch's profile
etched in stone
as petrified
as all those
she once cursed
Tracy Davidson, UK
how her bony finger
always seemed to find me
in a crowded classroom
Tracy Davidson, UK
after the earthquake
a holy shrine
defying gravity
Tracy Davidson, UK
whirlwind…
her copper hair
soars skyward
Margaret Tau, USA
stone gallery
trying to remember
geology teacher
Wieslaw klarlinski, Poland
obra cadabra
his master's face
disappearing
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Philippines
all that's left
after the queen's
last breath:
her rainbow-spouting
copper alicorn
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Philippines
his copper wand
can't undo
the magic spell
of his love
undoing
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Philippines
a prayer raised
to touch the sky—
eternal thanksgiving
Neena Singh, India
on your face
the kintsugi of time...
joy and sorrow
Neena Singh, India
ceramic base
how broken
like you
we all are…
wabi-sabi
Neena Singh, India
acid moorland stream…
milky thimble of nectar
cascades from foxglove
Monica Kakkar, India and USA
lace of seasons past…
free standing icicle pours
shard in chardonnay
Monica Kakkar, India and USA