Category: Poetry
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Delight
Tanka Tuesday: “This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). Cheryl, from last month’s challenge, provided the photo for this month’s challenge.” Colleen Chesebro This photo reminds me of a cottage up north Canada where we spent a few day a while back. The place was pure cosiness. The sky was pretty and the fragrance coming […]
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Petals
layers treasured by seven locker charms the hidden innocence a sacred space deeply blaring each petal whispering for help obeying no set rules the poisoned thorns borders This week’s prompt for Tanka Tuesday is synonyms only, and the words are sanctuary and follow. I’ve chosen sacred and obeying for my poem. I’m trying new syllabic […]
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Summertime
bare feet in the grass fresh flowers in abundance summertime pleasures thoughts flowing on the pages delight under the sunshine Sharing with Tanka Tuesday and WQWWC, both are writer’s/poet’s choice this week, so summertime it is. When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to […]
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Tanka Tuesday and WQWWC :: Expedition and Exciting
diving into mindsexcitation of sensesfeelings pouring outthe ink bleeding on each pagelaying down and flying out Expedition and Exciting. Always exciting to be part of an expedition. Here, I’m writing about the excitement of going on a solo expedition into the mind. The journey into our own mind or into the mind of others. It’s […]
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Tanka Tuesday :: Butterfly
emerge fluttering wings a treasure to be found from the soft bed of the ocean fresh stars the strong colours are hypnotic the chains of a promise pearls and pure gold resting Ekphrastic photo is the prompt for Tanka Tuesday this week. Annette Rochelle Aben provided us with the gorgeous photo above. As soon as […]
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Tree Squares :: Tree of life
joy willow mystery youth and passion mixing laugh and tears underneath the branches the roots searching for water orchestration of the branches leaves caressing faces without shame the bark is apt to put down fever, aches following the motion, lightness is dancing the music is powerful reaching up and down dreams are alive under the […]
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Tanka Tuesday and WQWWC :: Exploration
pause aching confusion disappointment her thoughts are sowing her mind’s a grassy field in the middle of the night no room for flowers or beauty the darkness is exploding inwards the distress crawling its way on her limbs the silence is speaking loud, suffocating in the ecstasy of despair, overwhelming an aching intuition exalting to […]
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Tanka Tuesday :: Longing
Holidays are always tough on me. The memories and dreams are vivid, it’s like I can touch them, the feelings are all over the place, urging to make new memories and at the same time keeping the old ones in the background of my mind. Tanka Tuesday this week is poet’s choice. So, due to […]
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WQWWC :: Freedom
This week’s theme for WQWWC is Freedom. Well, freedom has many meanings and possibilities. It depends on who is claiming it, who is experiencing moments of freedom or the lack of it. No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free. Buddha This sidewalk drawing was on my way […]
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Tanka Tuesday :: Illusion
This week Tanka Tuesday is a little bit silly. Colleen wants that we create our own poetry form! We should combine our favourite form with another one of our choice. And we must give a name to it! I took this photo a few weeks ago, the foggy was dense when I started my walk […]
Tea & Paper 