Poetry by H.J. Cross

I write to order to my thoughts & my soul. My Tweeted poems:

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

The old farmer’s almanac opens to
Forget-me-not
Gazing upon their true blue
I too forget to forget
The blue sorrows for which I wrought
Like fairies running from iron metal
I bleed heart poison
Until I remember—

The present and its lovely forgetting flower
#inkmine #poem

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@shortprose1 @subbo7 @hikari2162554 @MateiasVirginia @LR_Publisher Stunning painting

[Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris]

"Find the beautiful in everything you can: most men don't know how to find the beautiful enough."

Vincent Van Gogh - Letters to Theo

Van Gogh's blue. Sometimes, poetry doesn't need words.

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@B_musings Thanks for stopping in and reading :)

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

The old farmer’s almanac opens to
Forget-me-not
Gazing upon their true blue
I too forget to forget
The blue sorrows for which I wrought
Like fairies running from iron metal
I bleed heart poison
Until I remember—

The present and its lovely forgetting flower
#inkmine #poem

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

A blue heron’s leg
An agile ability
I too seek balance

As I wonder at bird’s knees
Pointing at what can agree

#inkmine #tanka #yoga
My picture in folding half lotus

[Luna @YourMoonliness]

just a little self-talk
to start the day
birdsong

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@jessicamilnera Yes— frisson.

This feeling is also called aesthetic chills, or frisson.

“Frisson is a physically felt signature of an emotion, a somatic marker.”

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@BlankPages75 The pairing of poem and image here is powerful.

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@BlankPages75 @Tetrametracall1 Truth

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@Tetrametracall1 Beautiful phrasing and images inside this poetic eye

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@voimaoy I feel this

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@YourMoonliness Beautiful match of poem and painting

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

Strips of clouds saunter
Grey, Ghostly apparitions
Bedeviled virga
A #grief painted in the sky
Her Haunted sorrows left to cry

#TankaThursday
#micropoetry
#poetry #tanka
Pexel image by Darius Krause

[Cassondra Windwalker @WindwalkerWrite]

samara children
spin lopsided with their griefs
dispersed with the bombs
that shatter roots with the limbs:
how black the flowers that bloom

#TankaThursday
#tanka

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@YourMoonliness Beautiful pairing

[lessEthereal @lessethereal]

mom’s cremation;
two states north
a flock of geese
heralded her way
my own moment of silence

[Gabriela Marie Milton @shortprose1]

https://t.co/9r4zrsNbpb

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@shortprose1 So nice to hear from you Gabriela. I continue to be a fan and always find your encouragement special.

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

Rest on your life’s peak
Stand strong in your mountain pose
Take a peek beneath
Curiosity piqued
Pause, view your life below you

#inkmine #mountainpose #yoga #tanka (My picture with my daughter)

[Poetry by H.J. Cross @cross_hali]

@zim2918 So much depth and emotion— Powerful piece

[Mingmar Sadhana @Upasika1]

A Meeting by the River (2)
life and death
and all that lay between
the visible and invisible
the apparent and unseen
scattered petals of marigold
detritus of dreams
that tired eyes couldn't hold
here and now
with measured steps
I span the distance
from self to self