Tag: poetry
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A #tanka ode to wind and water #poetry #odes #dVerse
windswept lake morning light shimmers toward shore what remedy better salves my soul, wind and water, than you? For dVerse MTB–Odes
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#Throwdown Thursday 11/8/17…my latest is up: Meltdown – #Haibun #poetry .@ImageCurve
Meltdown I’m administering a Level I Vocational Assessment to Ana, when Julian bursts into the room, He throws something that misses Myru and hits the metal cabinet housing our class’ books and folders. He drops into a worn desk. His fists repeatedly pound the surface, before opening and clasping the back of his…
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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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