A story behind what I see depicted in the piece, ‘Boys in a Pasture’ by Winslow Homer. Something about John Keats.
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My words based on the theme of good parenting. And may I add, one doesn't need to be a parent to lend a helping hand; one just needs to want to live in a good world and a desire to be a good role model. I and parents the world over thank you.
This lovely art piece gifted me two poems. I hope you enjoy them as they were so much fun to write. Happy moon gazing everyone.
Do you like haiku? Hope you like mine... I know not which flower perfumes the night-- my water is sweet.
Posting to two prompts. Prelude to a Kiss and Ekphrastic that presents us with a lovely art piece. Enjoy.
TANKA IN ENGLISH: 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure. Your Tanka will consist of 5 lines written in the first-person point of view from the perspective of the poet. #dVerse #tanka #poetry
There's a corollary between life and death and I attempt to express its relationship in today's poems. Hope you see what I mean. Enjoy.
Here, I offer you a string of shadorma (shadormae?) with a whimsy story for many more starry nights. Written for Tanka Tuesday, Ekphrastic Week.
A 6-lined Gogyohka I wrote for you today. I hope you enjoy it. Click on the link for details of this, almost no restrains poetry form.
Ekphrastic Poetry #WDYS on a lovely photograph that made me think of the poem, My Life With The Wave by Octavio Paz. Perhaps you can feel the ocean breeze?!?
A famous 1899 painting by Edgar Degas of Russian Dancers. The criteria we used to choose this painting relies heavily on current events: Putin’s war in Ukraine-- he is at war, not the Russian people. They are not to blame for what’s happening. End the war, now. I declare peace!