Tag: nature
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TankaTuesday challenge #17 – a Rensaku
A rensaku is a tanka, haiku, or senryu series. This particular challenge has us focus on the topic of relationships. I decided to explore the symbiotic relationship of the four elements – earth, wind, fire, and water
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#TankaTuesday Challenge #12 – the hainka
Sweet scented air drips Following the clean spring rain Lilacs hang their heads The traffic streams blind Unnoticed to the wonder Sweet scented air drips Purple blur periphery Stop to look some other day This is for the #TankaTuesday challenge #12. I won’t go into a huge explanation of what it is. It’s a little…
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Earthworm
Here is my submission for #TankaTuedsay poetry challenge no. 9. The challenge this week is an acrostic poem, and the theme is “underground” in the context of spring, with seeds and bulbs coming up from the earth. In respect to the syllabic form, I couldn’t figure one out. I’m still pretty new at this. It’s…
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Hey, you didn’t say it had to be a mammal
What are your favorite animals? How can I have a favorite? Animals are life, and all life is sacred. It kinda shows. Pets outnumber humans 5:1 in my household. So I’ll talk a little about one of my most misunderstood pets – Fester. He is a Madagascar hissing cockroach. Some people think it’s weird that…
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Tenacity
A haiku for a feisty flower.
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Crick or Creek?
A poem that answers the age-old question, “What’s in a name?”
Life is a dark ride 