Cherita, Tanka & Haiku Poems by Sharon Ferrante

 

Cherita—

he touched me by the water 

tasting 

my frenzied tears

he tells me—

there’s always salt 

in what pulls you under

Cherita—

for centuries 

you whistling ghost 

on my train

I’ve adored 

how you feed the fire 

and pull the chain

 

Tanka—

analysing the wine

my friend 

wants to see 

haiku—

I open the window

 

Tanka—

I wonder 

does she save 

for tomorrow? 

the black butterfly 

on thistle

 

5 Haiku—

I ask the leaves…

do you have falling dreams?

 

reading minds 

the egret 

eats a snake

 

it starts out slow 

and then boom! 

jalapeño

 

blue moon over achiever

 

campfire stories 

mosquitoes 

in my bloodline

Sharon Ferrante lives and writes in Daytona Beach, FL, her work has appeared in many anthologies and online journals and magazines. Her words are rooted in mystery, magic, fancy and whimsy. Her debut collection launched in April 2022, from Hybrid Sequence Media, “The Choir of Crickets” 

 

 

Five Poems by Sharon Ferrante

 

What Is Wicca

 

a wise Witch

 

once told me

 

it’s fresh

cut grass

lending

its tender scent

to gifted feet

 

so I walked

 

 

We Previously

 

feared the time

what’s unseen

and a poet’s head

below a guillotine

no matter

the century

or how a bell rings

we fear

a broken tooth

chewing on

the monster things

 

 

Cherita

 

thunder quickens

 

a hawk descends

beyond the cabin

 

Leonard Cohen

pours another wine

for the traveller

 

 

Tanka

 

I’m at your door

in haunted rain

no keys! no keys!

—belladonna

at my feet

 

 

Haiku

 

lonely road

then—that one candle

in a window

 

Sharon Ferrante lives and writes in Daytona Beach, FL, her work has appeared in many anthologies and online journals and magazines. Her words are rooted in mystery, magic, fancy and whimsy. Her debut collection launched in April 2022, from Hybrid Sequence Media, “The Choir of Crickets”  

 

 

Three Collaborative Cherita by Christina Chin, M.R.Defibaugh & Linda Ludwig

Collaborative Cherita by Christina Chin, M.R.Defibaugh & Linda Ludwig 

 

Early birds

early birds

board the city train 

 

Christina Chin 

 

a pigeon

gets off at my stop 

neither of us sure

 

M.R.Defibaugh 

 

which one makes the drop

 

Linda Ludwig 

Community park 

community park

familiar faces

at the outdoor gym 

 

Christina Chin 

 

now that our masks have come off 

 

M.D.Defibaugh

 

again seeing smiles

and gritted teeth

 

Linda Ludwig 

Call for rain 

call for rain

the stridor of catfish

 

Christina Chin 

 

villagers

dance to please

the rain goddess Bunzi

 

Linda Ludwig

 

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M.R.Defibaugh 

Linda Ludwig

Christina Chin

M.R.Defibaugh