• Poetry - Poetry by Andrew Hidas

    Dawn Haiku

    March 13, 2015 - By 

             DAWN HAIKU         By Andrew Hidas Perfect slice half moon, stark shadows from barren trees giving way to dawn. *** *** Lovely rendition here of the song that just had to accompany this post… *** Check out this blog’s public page on Facebook for 1-minute snippets of wisdom and other musings from the world’s great thinkers and artists, accompanied by lovely photography.  https://www.facebook.com/andrew.hidas/ Deep appreciation to the photographers! Unless otherwise stated, some rights reserved under Creative Commons licensing. Elizabeth Haslam, whose photos (except for books) grace the rotating banner top of homepage. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhaslam/ Library…

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    Thanksgiving Poem

    November 27, 2014 - By 

    THANKS GREAT AND SMALL By Andrew Hidas For the Mystery, the X, the source of comfort and question (and cruelty) and eternal longing and love— Thanks. For the leaf flutter, the ant scurry, the slant of light on my chair, this chair, at precisely 5:01 (and 31.6 seconds) on the afternoon of November 9th, never seen again through all the warp and woof of futures unknown— Thanks. For these friends and that food, the drinks to pair, the touch of care, the earth so fair— Thanks. For this branch of that tree, for birds in the air, a bridge crossing…