Solitude embraces me like a shawl in a chilly evening Kindness towards myself Year-long, a search for abundance of my being Limited by the conscience, where the ocean meets the sky Inflicting despair, a tiny line between sanity and madness Never again Exaltation of the senses
Joining Moonwashed Musings – Skyline
the simplicity absorbed in a split moment not much is needed little sunshine and sprinkle the pure joy of just being
Joining Tanka Tuesday – photo prompt
Roses. My fave flowers always. I enjoy each phase of them, since the tiny blossoms to the later stage when the petals start to fall off. I dry the ones that are really special to me. I’ve been doing it for many years. This one above is a Valentine’s Day gift from around 10 years ago. It has dried beautifully, I realized that the red and yellow ones are perfect for the drying process.
This week W3 prompt is about our favourite flower and spring. I opted for a butterfly cinquain to express my feelings for the roses. Nothing as flowers and butterflies to represent spring.
roses the young blossoms mature to perfection the bright colours and soft perfume senses awakening with radiance luxurious petals breezy or dry passion
Joining W3 – favourite flower
Wandering in the forest, Immersed in a fairy tale She doesn’t know Her destiny is traced In the hands of the unknown He waits with flowers A trap The knife is hidden He counts the seconds The jump A sharp blade Ending the dreams
each tiny step counts the soul is about to fly a fairy tale ends
Joining Tanka Tuesday: Today’s prompt is the photo above, Ekphrastic poem:
“Ekphrastic poems exist to respond to a piece of art critically, analytically, and reverentially.”Ekphrastic poetry explained
Words lie down with the wind Impending guilty has been born Creepy thoughts in my mind
Joining Moonwashed Weekly Prompt: Impending
consonance and assonance such annoyance buoyant and flamboyant words should be in abundance don't use redundancy have endurance
Joining David’s W3 challenge:
welcome blessed sunbeams blank pages are inviting thoughts are pouring down flowers are opening up the coffee fragrance inspires
A tanka for Tanka Tuesday
An unfaithful truth
In the hands of the unknown
Dangerous outcome
Joining Sadje – What do you See – image prompt. I have written a Senryu to express the human condition in the image above.
I can’t decide if I he is letting her go or trying to reach her. What do you see?
Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.
Isaac Watts
Sky, ocean; mixing and matching
Sand, salt; scrubbing my feet
Fluffy
Breeze touching my face; caressing
My golden skin; wild sweet
Gushy
Shells; many of them, adornment
Fish; a colorful splash
Sunbathe
Pina colada; agreement
Palm trees; please, have a bash
Fresh breathe
First time joining David’s W3 challenge. This week the prompt is to write a Memento poem:
A ‘memento’ is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary, consisting of two stanzas. Each of the two stanzas is:
Six lines;
Syllabic: 8-6-2-8-6-2;
Rhyming: a/b/c/a/b/c.
one minute you are six in the next, sixty interval in between are filled with moments tiny moments of joy moments of worry tiny moments of smiles moments of sadness all of them constitute whole body and soul with each bit of them be your own being
Tanka Tuesday this week is in commemoration of Colleen’s 65th birthday. She asked us to write our own poetry form using 65 syllables. The form I created contains 3 stanzas: the first and second 6-5-6-5 and the third one 6-5-5-5. I’m naming it Boomer!
The tulips are for Colleen! Happy Birthday!
Tea & Paper 