#TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge No. 335: Tender Joy
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.
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.
“Ekphrastic poems exist to respond to a piece of art critically, analytically, and reverentially.” -- Reverently! This one is from 1816. Wow! Also reused the same image to write for this week's prompt. Again, reverently. Thank you.
She's fidgety and with a short attention span Time passes as fast as a hummingbird flutters At #tankatuesday, she feels like a hummingbird gladly returning to her favorite flower.
To ♏️horoscope, 🐢spirit-animal, 💗INFJ, 🧑🏽🦳Old Soul, (🦬)🦉yet🙈, (🤦🏽♀️)🤪 yet an 🤩, today we add Reed as her🌳sign: Selma
Phantasmal clouds wreathe the hills-- the sea, rough with foam breaking; seagulls encourage one another. From that dreamy mess she emerges: Poem of mine, you taste salty on my lips.…
Do you like haiku? Hope you like mine... I know not which flower perfumes the night-- my water is sweet.
A day in the life: “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”~ Viktor Frankl 💗 👏 💃🏼 🎶 ☔️ 🐦
The fragrance of nature’s bounty: spice of life–the ultimate reward. What's your favorite spice? #syllabicpoetry #poem #poetry
Posting to two prompts. Prelude to a Kiss and Ekphrastic that presents us with a lovely art piece. Enjoy.
I Rise, is an encouragement poem for you-- a reminder of the power you carry within. Happy Palentine's Day, Pen Pals... Lovely friends of mine/ your virtues are most divine/
Needing a break from my 'regular' routine, I ventured south on the one sunny day we had this week. I walked on wooden boardwalk of the harborfront park, and took pictures to share with you.
I offer you an Abhanga: written in any number of 4-lined stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. Lines 2 and 3 rhyme resulting in a xAAx scheme. The poem needs a title.