Tag: poetry

  • TankaTuesday Challenge #15 – the Cinquain

    TankaTuesday Challenge #15 – the Cinquain

    An eternal return The wheel Spinning the years, ticking the clock Beginnings reach the end Tomorrow starts Again The challenge for this TankaTuesday is to write a Cinquain with a theme about commencments – or more simply put – beginnings.  As we typically find as we make our circles around the sun, beginnings also signify…

  • TankaTuesday challenge #14 – a seox of hope

    TankaTuesday challenge #14 – a seox of hope

    There is no hope without fear. There is no fear without hope. ~Baruch Spinoza

  • TankaTuesday challenge #13 – Stay in joy

    TankaTuesday challenge #13 – Stay in joy

    Here’s a dodoitsu for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge. A breath exhaled in wonder Stars fly the darkened grasses Bits of light to fill a jar Child’s joy complete A dodoitsu is a Japanese poem characterized as having a syllable structure of 7-7-7-5: 26 syllables. No rhyming. No title. It also requires a”kigo” word. I had to…

  • #TankaTuesday Challenge #12 – the hainka

    #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…

  • A Senryu series

    A Senryu series

    Alcohol… the solution, and the cause of all life’s problems.

  • Earthworm

    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…