the slow sinking
of the wishing coin
summer’s end
Author: Marjorie Buettner
Marjorie Buettner has been writing poetry all of her life. She concentrates on the haiku, tanka and haibun forms. Widely published, she has received many awards for her poetry and has taught at the Loft in Minneapolis. Marjorie lives with her family in Chisago City, Minnesota.
hovering dragonfly
I too hesitate
now and then
I always thought
mother’s silk pillow cases
a luxury
now that they are mine I dream
silk worms threading light to light
61st birthday–
making the plum jelly
a little sweeter
light falling everywhere in its own place — summer’s end
winterlight
a blur of birdsong
in the air
in the distance gunshots opening the dark
long winter’s night
we turn the covers down
together
morninglight . . .
this slant of snow
against the window
this spring night…
suddenly my desires
are very simple