Sunshine blazing hot
Like fire set on a scorched Earth
July summertime
Tag: Poems
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Haiku – The “Misty Rain” Run
Dark and overcast
Soft cool rain killing the heat
Healing a parched land
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Nice walk, run today. Can’t believe it is July 1st and I can head out for exercise this late in the morning. Weird weather this summer, but I will take it. Okay, who’s looking forward to the fourth?
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Poem – ?
My eyes meet the day
Stiff and sore from last night’s run
Body aches with each step I take
Staring at the morning sun
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We push ourselves
Everything that we do
Day to day life
Turning the screw
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I honestly have no idea what to name this one, so I was wondering if you could help. Just drop me your title in the comment section and include a link to your blog. That way I can find a way to pay you back for helping me out.
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Haiku – The “Burning Like A Flame” Run
Fire like summer heat
Humid and hot sticky air
A tough one tonight
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Hard running in late June. I wanted to dedicate this song to anyone out there running in the heat. I know it isn’t running based, but the title really does fit the way I am feeling right now. Never get tired of Dokken.
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Haiku – Liquid Wake Up Juice 2
Batman coffee mug
Precious liquid right inside
Waking me today
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The other one: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-3h0
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Haiku – The “Simplicity” Run
A hot night out there
Jamming hard to new Tesla
2 miles – not easy
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Got the new Tesla CD a few days ago.
I have to say, the boys still have it. Sounding great as usual. 3rd time listening to it tonight. Just doesn’t get old. If you haven’t gotten it see the link below. They just don’t put out bad music. Oh, solid run by the way, tough, but worth it.
From the opening Track MP3 to the explosive Time Bomb the music takes the listener on a journey with songs about the up and downs of life. The lighthearted Cross My Heart tells the story of a musician on the road proclaiming one’s commitment to love, while the songs Rise And Fall and So Divine speak of the supernatural and the loss of special friends. Songs like Flip Side and Life Is A River give a lyrical look at the dualities of life.Simplicity by Tesla marks the return to their home grown roots from one of America’s true rock and roll bands.
via Amazon.com: Simplicity: Music
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A link to a Haiku I did about them some time ago: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-10r
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Haiku – Carolina Day 9
Coffee at the mall
Son and I watching people
The world floating by
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The rest of them start here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-34f
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Haiku – Last Night’s Run – (6/16/2014)
Hot, steamy, muggy
Pavement melting running shoes
Skin burning like fire
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Rough night to run with the heat and all. Not sure I am ready for it this year. Guess I better get use to it though. It is going to be in the upper nineties the rest of the week. Anybody else ready for the heat of summer, runner or not?
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Poem – Getting it all out
I thought I left you behind.
Your pages now dusty and alone.
Why have I found you again?
Rewriting, such a chore filled groan.
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Haiku – A Vampire at Christmas
Creature of the dark
Figure in the deepest night
A Christmas savior
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New short story available:
Description:
A vampire who uses his vampiric skills to bring joy to those in need during the holiday season.
Find it at these places:
Kindle for 99 cents:
I have the story on the two sites below, but they are waiting publication. I’m not sure it will ever work with Nook, I keep having issues there. Kobo is in the process of publishing it as I write. I’ll update once it becomes available on either site.
Nook for 99 cents
Kobo for 99 cents
The cool thing about this next one is that it is completely free. You can leave me a dollar tip if you want to, but that’s up to you. Read it here, enjoy it all you want at no cost.
Noise Trade: http://books.noisetrade.com/atothewr/a-vampire-at-christmas
If all goes according to plan. I hope to sell a few more books through these sites. I’m also looking at Apple as well. So, be on the lookout for other places besides Kindle to purchase and read my stories. Thanks for reading, thanks for following.
Excerpt from A Vampire at Christmas:
The tomb was silent. A large coffin, large enough to fit a human male of about six foot five, black in design, kind of rectangle, plain and basic, sat in one corner of this tomb. The floors of the tomb were made of a soft brown dirt. The walls and ceiling were made of grey concrete, streaked with dark spots of dampness. It smelled of must and of things closed up in a tight Earthly space. There was a large door that protected this vampire from the intrusions of the outside world. This door was solid thick granite, something only a vampire could move. Scattered on the walls were small pictures in gold frames. These pictures reflected a life of a vampire through the ages, a lot of ages to be exact. He had been alive for centuries, haunting, roaming the Earth like a ghost; but he never tired of his vampire existence. He loved it.
Today was a very special day for him, because today was December the 24th. It was almost Christmas in the mortal world. His favorite time of the year.
This vampire had put up a tree in one corner of this tomb, and found a way with his cunning ingenuity to have it light up and flash while he slept or admired it. The tree splashed its holiday colors, reds, greens, and blues all over the coffin and the drab surroundings of the room. There were no ornaments on this tree, no tinsel, no garland of any kind, just lights wrapped deep inside the evergreen. The coffin was decorated with thick silver tinsel, and it draped and wrapped itself around this orifice of death like a shiny snake, reflecting the light of the tree. This vampire dared not play Christmas music because he might draw attention to himself. People might discover his hiding place if they heard music playing up from somewhere deep in the Earth, no matter how far into the woods he had made his lair. The tree and the decorated coffin were more than enough to keep him in a Christmas mood.
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