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Cinquain: Eerie & Costume

I’m really having fun with poetry forms. Here is a cinquain for Colleen’s Challenge.

Witch

Magical, eerie

Flying with stars

Costume masking powerful desires

Enchantress

 

Posted on October 25, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Cinquain, poem, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Writing. 14 Comments

Writephoto::spur

Photo credit – Sue Vicent

Upon the darkened road

She is leading me

Between reality and illusions

Shadows and movement

We can’t look back

To the whispers of the past

Joining Sue’s Thursday photo prompt – Spur

 

 

Posted on October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in Poetry, WritingTagged poem, Poetry, Poetry Challenge. 3 Comments

Haibun: Quiet & Space

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I’m proud of myself because my Cinquain from last week, you can read here,  gave me the title of  Poet of Week. Today I’m trying another form of poem: Haibun

Wild space

I stand in wonder

Trust and learning

In the middle of the night

Listening to the quiet of my intuition

Untouchable

Joining Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge.

Posted on October 18, 2017October 17, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Haibun, poem, Poetry, Poetry Challenge. 4 Comments

writephoto – Tower

Photo credit – Sue Vincent

I love to let my mind wonder on an image, so here is my entry for Sue’s photo challenge.

I will build a tower

Dreaming of flight

Rooftop gardens

Green cliffs

Walking all the way up, seeking

Pathway of possibilities

Beyond a horizon

A sparkling lake

Beauty emerged

Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged poem, Poetry, Tower, writephoto. 6 Comments

Cinquain: Ghosts and Haunt

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Fisrt time I’m trying a Cinquain, hope to get it right!

Ancestors

Ghost’s silence

Bones, particles, air

Spaciousness haunting my thoughts

Magnificent

Joining Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge.

Posted on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Cinquain, poem, Poetry, Poetry Challenge. 11 Comments

Haiku: heart and need


The wildness’ heart beats

Persuades my hollow being

The needs of goddess

Joining Ron’s haiku challenge.

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in Art Journal, PoetryTagged Art Journal, Haiku, Poetry, Poetry Challenge. Leave a comment

Haiku: Forest

 

photo credit – Sue Vincent

 

Green moss on my feet
Dawn droplets wetting my hair
Silence in the air

Joining Sue’s Thursday photo prompt  #writephoto

Posted on October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Forest, Haiku, Poetry, Silence, writephoto. 15 Comments

Tanka: Mist and Shape

Joining another poetry challenge, this time is Collen’s: this week Mist and Shape. I’ve taken this photo from the moon shining through my bedroom window, so why not a poem dedicated to her.

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almost full – oct 3rd

sparking without shape
moon mist covers my body
in a mystic night
i open my dreaming eyes
only travelling in space

Posted on October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Full moon, poem, Poetry, Tanka. 14 Comments

Haiku: Silk & Skin

It is good to be blogging again, I really missed the challenges. I’m jumping right away in Ron’ s Haiku challenge. This week  ‘silk and skin’.

butterfly
Flickr – The commons

Soft laces and silk
Fly me back to the far past
Away from my skin

 

 

Posted on October 3, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Haiku, poem, Poetry, Transformation. 3 Comments

Monday Musings #1

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morning pages

be bold and brave

travel the road less travelled

be the wild-self

that is hidden

deep inside yourself

Posted on October 2, 2017 by ElizabethPosted in Journaling, Morning pages, PoetryTagged bold, brave, inner-self, Journaling, Morning pages, poem, Poetry, self-love. 9 Comments

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    I love that you used the butterfly cinquain and made it into a concrete poem as well!! Bravo!

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