Here’s the Poem of the Week for March 28, 2025. It’s another hai-net, seven loosely linked sort-of haiku that take on some of the characteristics of a sonnet. I have several other poems from this week that I hope to share as well. The struggle of this time is calling forth all our voices. Right now it is crucial that we respond. Courage and love are indeed contagious. We have the power we need if we will use it! Please do!
The poem text is below. It is a first draft written during the week of March 10, 2025. It is another hai-net, seven loosely linked strictly syllabic sort-of haiku that together have some of the characteristics of a sonnet. Please “use your voice, earthlings!”
even short scraggly
pines whisper heart longing songs
with gods breath in them
ravens on tall pines
sound alarms protest loudly
silence condemns us
yesterday the stream
sang joyful spring snowmelt songs
today ice is back
the old activist
sings out we shall overcome
dying in the wind
nevertheless she
persists a grouse hen gives all
to save what she loves
estonia rose
singing as one for freedom
beauty to die for
as long as earth breathes
wind will lift her song back up
use your voice earthlings
3/12/25
Thomas Cary Kinder 