Written for Tanka Tuesday: 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 37, 6/4/24,Part I, The Time of Planting Grains (June 6 – 19) Today, June 04th.What a lovely picture, Colleen. I…
“Alone, silently—the bamboo shootbecomes a bamboo” ~ SANTŌKA on a bamboo shootunder the low purple lighta crow sits alone© selma The above haiku is a leftover from the other day…
“…and the blue skywas awash with colorless peacocks,” ~ Kenji Miyazawa, Preface to Spring and Ashura*** This week for #TankaTuesday we’re in the second week of the season of FineWeather: May 20 – June…
Written for24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 31, 4/23/24, Part I, Grain Rain(April 19 – May 4) Koku 穀雨 APRIL 23, 2024TANKATUESDAY CHALLENGES SHARING: Golden week is the perennial holiday…
Poetic Treasures Within Open the coverand you will discoverPoetry Treasuresfrom the guests onRobbie Cheadle’s 2023“Treasuring Poetry”blog serieson Writing to be Read. Included are poetic gems from:Andrew McDowell, Robbie Cheadle, Patricia Furstenberg, Marcia…
Hi, friends, this post is written for Colleen at Tanka Tuesday for March 19, 2024where poets gather to create syllabic poetry every week. This community invitesme to open my heart…
“Ekphrastic poems exist to respond to a piece of art critically,analytically, and reverentially.” ~Ekphrastic poetry explained Prompt #98: Wea’ve Written Weekly posted at The Skeptic's Kaddish onMarch 13, 2024 explores Ekphrastic poetry. I.…
Through the naked trees I spya most striking painting to behold it could be the work of O'Keeffe,it could be the work of Van Gogh, but the only one here is Nature.…
This post is written for Colleen's Syllabic Challenge: This week marks the start ofthe Snow Becomes Rain season. It’s a time of transition and awakening as the firstsigns of spring…
Days of gorgeous spring-like skies suddenly got tangled up with winter clouds.(The signs were exciting for me and hubby). Before we knew it, Tokyo and thewider Kanto region was covered in…
Welcome to the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge says Colleen at Tanka Tuesday,where the atmosphere is always warm. Colleen has suggested a poet’s choice challenge this week: Your poetry writing invitation this…
Written for Colleen for 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 15, 1/2/24,Part I, Early Cold (January 5 – 20) Shokan 小寒 The first two days of the year have not been…