Mark Toney

Mark Toney Nov 2021

Astros shooting stars
now they know their ABCs
~ Atlanta Braves champs

Mark Toney ©️ 2021

11/2/2021 - Poetry form: Haiku - Mark Toney ©️ 2021

#worldseries2021 #atlantabraves #haiku

Mark Toney Oct 2021

My dreams are bright
feather light
at night
conditions right
Carefree
Mind free
Life's challenges
to be won
Feeling warmth
from noonday sun

I dream of water
floating
boating
with Dad
Sparkle Lake
water ripples
Lost Dad
Double nickels
Still sad
Memory trickles

I dream of sky
Fly
High
Cropduster
Single prop
Big John
Name drop
Macho swagger
Li’l Baby
Taildragger

I dream in hues
greens, blues
Love so true
dancing with you
Faces aglow
manhattans flow
******
Need a drummer
Low-rent venues
party continues

I dream less bright
feather light
at night
conditions right
Carefree
Mind free
As when I
was young
Colder now
in the setting sun

Mark Toney © 2021

#freeverse #reflections #growingold #death #life #remembering #loss

Mark Toney Sep 2021

Ace

rocket power serve
up the T on the deuce side
~ point of no return

Mark Toney © 2021

#haiku #tennis #ace #serve #winner

Mark Toney Sep 2021

Fallen Leaves

autumn reflections
wrinkled leaves wrinkled faces
mourning dead leaves

Mark Toney © 2021

#haiku #autumn #reflections #leaves #faces #mourning #death

Mark Toney Sep 2021

Arduous

Dreamworld’s
sustained drama
selectively alluring
leaving us
choking on
broken bits of
dreams and
memories …

Time to awaken
from sleep!
Strip away oxgoads
that constrain us,
that restrain us,
that bind us to past errors
preventing our success

Allow us to roam
across fields,
vast and varied,
expansive fields of
endeavor that speak
to humanity’s
greatest needs,
Hearts that can beat stronger
Lungs that can breath freely
Minds that can grasp …

The truth!

Mark Toney © 2021

#freeverse #dreams #memories #endeavor #humanity #needs #success #truth

Mark Toney Aug 2021

Early Birds

#figs #birds #nature #disappointment

Mark Toney Jun 2021

Fish Tales

#haiku #fish #swim #nature #roku #screensaver #virtual #tales