Projection
projected
life expectancy
I
have not asked
dread
accompanies knowledge
I
want to spend our time together
loving
and enjoying each moment
not
dreading how much time we have left
we
have prepared for the goodbye
we
did that early
now
we are determined to enjoy
the
time we have as much as possible
as
much as possible until the confusion
and
darkness covers his mind and then
I
will love him still and
be
the stranger who
kisses him goodnight each day
Tanka
wrapped safe
within his scented arms
how sweet
the fall from heaven
to petal-covered earth
in the maw
of insatiable love
temptation
enfolds my heart
with tormenting fire
Haiku
first
prints in the snow
delicate
as lace
kitten’s winter ballet
tsunami
dragon rises
from
the sea curling
through
the city
Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky - A retired English teacher who loves travel, animals, reading, and poetry, SJ has two grown sons and lives in South Carolina (United States) with her encouraging husband, their five amazing cats, and a demanding feral colony of twenty cats. SJ grew up on a farm and enjoys integrating childhood experiences and the interaction between nature and humanity into her poetry. Her Master’s degree is in British literature, and she continues taking poetry workshops and meeting with other poets, appreciating the opportunity to learn and improve her writing. SJ loves writing haiku, tanka, and free verse poetry, and several of her poems have been accepted in several web,magazine, and book publications such as The Haiku Shack Magazine, The Writer Monk, Zest of the Lemon, Ribbons, Laurels, Haiku in Action, Haiku Universe, Asahi Haikuist Network, South Carolina Bard Anthology, Stars, Leaf Haiku Journal, Jackdaw Journal, Under the Basho, and The Haiku Society of America Anthology.
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