sparkle of bright lights
nutmeg and spice fill the air
a taste of fine wine
a golden glow doesn’t dull
but paints the memory sharp
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This was written for Colleen’s poetry challenge. Today we were supposed to write on the theme of “Festive”. Going through my photos, I saw this one of a bottle of wine I have had for 20 years that helped make last Christmas festive, despite it being a lock-down holiday ;)
fragrance
free of wind
flower
winged flower
flutters on the breeze
butterfly
small spot in large world
soft purple petals call loud
stop, rest a moment
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This week we were given a photo by Lisa Smith Nelson to use for an ekphrastic poem. I chose to write an interlinked series of three hiakus, using forms 2-3-2, 3-5-3 and 5-7-5. And, of course, I used a little alliteration…
trumpets
distant voices call
golden tones play purple
birds unseen are heard in distance
muted
embers grow soft, oboe to flute
the somber sky descends
heavy eyelids
dying
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. Today was a choice between synonyms only and writing a butterfly cinquain with a color word included. I chose the later. I’ll let you decide on the meaning ;)
Run
Hole up
Disappear
Hide if you can
And I will find you
No cover good enough
No place far enough away
No camouflage clever enough
No refuge can protect you enough
For I am coming and there is no escape
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly Poetry Challenge. This week was poet’s choice. I chose an etheree.
Grace (the cat) had been trying to avoid Tiberius (the kitten). Ha ha ha ha, what was she thinking? ;) He will find you. He will be there…
setting out
explore the unknown
find her heart
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This week we were to write a poem on a theme. the theme was “expedition”. I chose a senryu.
For those who don’t know, a senryu shares the form of a haiku, but is about human foibles, love, awkward moments, etc. There should be some humor, sarcasm and/or irony present. This is all condensed from Collen’s “cheat sheet” :)
(I’ll admit, I drew a complete blank this week….)
vision
colorful starfish, golden pearls
carefully placed random
sand and seashells
display
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This was written for Colleens weekly poetry challenge. This week was to be an Ekphrastic based on the photo provided by Annette Rochelle Aben. I chose to write cinquo.
wild cacophony
a living emerald tower
combing the blue sky
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leaf fresh breeze
order in chaos
the world’s lungs
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These were written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. Today we were to use the words Green and Morass, but could only use synonyms. I wrote two haikus, one the “old fashioned” 5-7-5 form, the other in 3-5-3 form.
The photo is my backyard in New Hampshire.
lazy river flows
the sights a million times seen
ever new water
I turn the bend once again
watchful for something different
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This week was to write poem on a theme, Discovery. I chose to write a tanka.
lines drawn star to star
plastered up there in the sky
a map where birds fly
ancient navigator’s hand
leads my paper crane heart home
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This week’s challenge was an ekphrastic using the picture at the top of the page. I chose to write a tanka.
talon to talon
dance with feather and the wind
who will own the sky
where winged angels are not safe
hawks compete for patch of blue
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This is the first Tuesday of the month, so it was a poet’s choice week. I chose to write a tanka based on this photo I took two years ago.
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