wear a scarf wear flip-flops flip-flops are freedom flip-flops are top top of the world top of my mind mind lost mind found found leaves found joy joy is yellow joy is red red as blood red as wine wine is welcome wine is a luxury luxury in the breeze luxury during sunset sunset is inviting sunset is orange orange as sunflowers orange is sweet sweet teeth sweet pumpkin pumpkin spice latte pumpkin cake cake for you cake for summer summer is leaving summer’s farewell farewell to shorts farewell to the beach beach’s waves beach’s sand sand in my toes sand in my hair hair is wet hair is golden golden as my scarf golden as my ring ring for the show ring for connection connection to nature connection with love love to you love forever forever fellings forever dreams dreams fellings
I had fun writing this poem for W3 challenge this week. I’ve never heard of this poetry form before. Blitz poem! See the guidelines below.
Carol Anne’s prompt guidelines
This week’s challenge is to write a blitz poem! Here’s how it works:
Line 1: one short phrase or image (example: build a boat)
Line 2: another short phrase or image, starting with the same first word as line 1 (build a house)
Lines 3 & 4: each begin with the last word of line 2 (house for sale, house for rent)
Lines 5 & 6: each begin with the last word of line 4, and so on — keep repeating this pattern until line 48
Line 49: just the last word of line 48
Line 50: just the last word of line 47
Title: three words long, in the format (first word of line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)
No punctuation
It sounds like a lot of rules, but once you get the hang of the rhythm it’s fun and fast-flowing!
For this week’s theme, allow your flow of writing to be guided by whatever you associate with the transition from summer to fall. Let the images and connections reflect that seasonal shift, even as the poem races forward with its own momentum.
daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, worker multiple duties, tasks and pleasures always needed, never in need limited recognition consuming winter blues as the blue colour a breath of peace splitting care woman just
the black tea passion
first pleasure in the mornings
hot water and leaves
-the mindfulness is the key-
the early morning rush
enemy of the pleasure
hurry, leave the tea
W3 – Puente poem, first time trying it! I wrote a Senryu poem for the 1st and 3rd stanzas and a mantra I always keep in mind for the 2nd stanza. Hope you enjoy it!
Walking along by the river I spotted this light pole Standing still, strong Undisturbed by the snowstorm Nobody, nothing can break its peace I took my gloves off and snapped a photo To take back home Just as a reminder
The Winter blues are here Disturbing inner peace Hold on tight to yourself
are you ready to go back to change the journey the door is open is up to you to cross it but remember the present that you cherish will not be are you ready?
they are here the ending is close time is hushing i’m penning down this moment it will survive the eternity erasing all the separateness the silence falls
it's six am
the moon is up there
autumn sky
sprinkling dew
she's always spying on me
warms up my being
autumn is
pumpkin bonfire scent
candles, always candle-light
haloed flame
it fills my being
I'm in awe
a warm cup of joy
an Himalayan white tea
sacred spot
these leaves have traveled
distant seas
to reach me
pen and paper by my side
safeguarding moments
my thoughts and wishes
which shouldn't be
scattered, lost
in this space
So I heard
She is old, not worth our time
The storm has broken some of her branches
So I heard
She still has bright leaves
Her shade is kind
So I heard
Birds and squirrels make their home in there
The kids have their swing on her branches
So I heard
The electrical cables will be damage
She can’t hold another storm
So I heard
She is hollow
No more flowers and fruits
So I decided
My aged and deformed hands
Will strongly ground to the Earth
I’ll show my power
And my will
I’ll survive the next storm
Recently, we had a heavy storm with tornados touching down near by. Many trees branches broken, and full trees came down destroying houses, cutting electrical cables …, lots of damage. A few days later the city workers came by and cut many trees, the damaged ones and also some healthy ones. This made me so upset. Now we see the left over from their trunks, some indeed were hollow inside, but others had a strong core. I don’t know much about trees’ health, but it should have a way to check if the tree is doing well or not before cut them off.