"...and then the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and Autumn was awakened." ~Raquel Franco October Hunter's Moon: don't miss it.
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.
It's only August, but already I'm dreaming of migrating birds. Wishing them a safe return or visit to warm climes. And did you know this about their V formation? Perhaps we could learn how our energy is an asset. We, homo sapiens, are amazing too.
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.
In my first Lanterne series, I chose to break the rules a bit and ended up liking the result. I hope you like lanterns and lanterne form poetry, and that you liked what I wrote for you. Happy Summer.
A sad day for Japan today expressed with an Abhanga Poem to represent thunderstorm clouds that look like tussore-silk curtains over Japan. RIP, Former PM Abe.
Secrets of happy empty nesters. What are your thoughts? Please let me know.
What would we find if we stopped pointing fingers? I'll tell you: we'd find we're all good at our core. So why don't we? Foolhardy to ignore this.
Day9 prompt requires we write in a specific form – the nonet! A syllabic poetry form with nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one. Mine includes acrostic. Hope you enjoy it.
8 lines 8 syllables no rhyme You may laugh at my reason. But here's to a Great Eight.
Spring is surely coming. May everyone in all corners of the world see the colors of hope Spring brings. Hello March... Our prayers are with you, Ukraine.