Tag: poetry

  • “nightfall…” a #tanka (12/4/19)

    2/4/19: prompt-free nightfall fresh snow still covers some Christmas lights oh, but the radiance of reflected starlight #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/4/19)

    12/4/19: calligraphy dripping pipea perfect turn of phrasefor Maintenance #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Spirited: A #TankaProse #Quadrille

    Get up. I can’t. You can. Get up. I’m too exhausted. Too defeated. You breathe. You live. You’re not defeated. How can I? I fall a thousand times. Then get up a thousand and one. Another breath Somehow, my feet underneath I arise again for Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 156, #Poet’sChoice and…

  • “Even after…” a #tanka

    12/3/19: unprompted Even afterthe first snow blowing another jobawaits me uponmy return home #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/3/19)

    12/3/19: ballet first winter storm another pirouette with the snow-blower #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Advent

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! longing for Christmaseager anticipationone candle a week Get it here

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/2/19)

    12/2/19: chiaroscuro fading twilightfresh shadowson fallen snow #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Mystery: a Gerry Muse #TankaProse

    11/30/2019: Gerry Muse #183 (mystery) Why do you draw closer? Did the fate of your forebearers mean nothing? I offer you only hardship and ruin. Snow covered trails, rockslides, scrambles and switch-backs: Only the insane attempt such ascents. Yes, I know you want to gaze out at the summit. Savor the Vista so few see.…