Tag: haiku
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A #Tanka for a Month with Keats: Day Nine #haiku #poetry
‘Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam, And Usna’s children died.’ W.B. Yeats Paris’ arrow Achilles’ bloodied tendon preceding his fall Conor’s sword fells Unis’ sons and Diedre’s shattered heart For Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats—Day 9
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A #tanka for A Month With Yeats…of bloodied tides and lost innocence…#poetry
‘The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;’ first blood she whispers in the dark “Are you inside?” shards of a shattered culture Strewn in the wake of my “yes” For Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats–Day 8
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#Wayback Wednesday 11/8/17…the dark side of silence…a #haibun #haiku #poetry for .@PoetsUnited
Silent Night, Silent Day Something in the way she drives. Her left hand, turned up, turned down, on and off the steering wheel. Her steely eyes, centered on the road. The 40 MPH sprints on the side streets. The utter silence. I shrink in my seat. Pity my brother, who bears this cold onslaught…
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#Tanka Tuesday #2: of Mystery and Dreams
photo credit Autumn mystery colored leaves the last remains of our summer dreams these abbreviated days their accompanying cold for Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge week 70–Mystery and dreams and Toads’ Tuesday Platform UPDATE: and for Thotpurge’s Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017 #7
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#Tanka Tuesday 11/7/17…of Autumn leaves and Starlit Nights…
Credit: ESA/Hubble; NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration windblown bracts the gaze of fall starlight on high tide what better lullaby than wind on water? For Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge: November 7th prompt: synonyms of Autumn and leaves Jane Dougherty’s a Month with Yeats: Day 7: “These lines are…
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A #Troika #Quadrilla: Hawk-haunted “Rook-Delighting Heaven”
I take on not one, not two, but three challenges at once with a form I’ve never used before! For Carpe Diem’s Weekend Meditation 5, ancient warriors between battle and peace writing haiku © Chèvrefeuille falling to the ground a flower closer to the root bidding farewell © Basho Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats:…
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A not-so #Silent Sunday
And now, a rest from #haiku! I’ll return tomorrow!
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A #Tanka for A Monh with Yeats: Day 5
siren song fleeting pity in her eyes as our hull breaks a blood sunset on the sea that swallow us all For Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats: Day Five UPDATE: for Poets United Poetry Pantry #378
