24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 32, 30/4/24, Part II Grain Rain

This week Colleen gives us the writing invitation to experiment with the renga form:"The month of April is ending, and it’s time for #TankaTuesday’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge. This week, the invitation is to try the renga form, creating a cooperative poem with alternating stanzas. A chance to get creative and have fun!"Colleen has … Continue reading 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 32, 30/4/24, Part II Grain Rain →

Folly …

Folly sounds such funFalse onomatopoeiaFoolish mistake made This weeks POW, Ben Tonkin, gave us an inspiring prompt: Ben’s prompt guidelines From free verse to haiku…This 'folly', be up to you!Can't wait to read how you do.Your inspiration is 'folly'. Join in or read more here

April Opens … and Closes

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Aprilwary start monthbefore the clock strikes noonlisten out for practical jokesharmless fun a customfor what reasonfools’ daybusiness year-endtime to sum up the yearinto numbers; profit and lossno interest in wordsjust bottom linecounts herechangeable monthshort-circuited momentsshafts of rain to showers of suninvigorate my skinwith oppositesfresh startssweet fragrance liftsmy mood; draws … Continue reading April Opens … and Closes →

24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge No. 30, Part III, Clear and Bright

This week, a new Ekphrastic prompt is introduced, inspired by Japanese Season of Clear and Bright. The painting above was given as inspiration for the Northern Hemisphere - my kigo word: spring sunlight. I have chosen to write a Tanka. Vibrant scents infuseSpring sunlight captured colourMood of coffee bloomsIn languishing lush mosaicsThat saturate my minds … Continue reading 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge No. 30, Part III, Clear and Bright →

24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 28 & 29 – Clear & Bright

Spring sprays meadows goldas Dandelion clocks waiton the perfect breezeDaisies unfurl in the sunplucked as links for chainsin blossoming new friendshipsglowing in the warmthof richly spread Buttercupslaying paths of molten sunProtected bluebellslay carpets of curtsied headswoodland neighbours whowatch life play in the meadowsout in the bright clear open After being ill I am a little … Continue reading 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 28 & 29 – Clear & Bright →

I am … inexplicable

Photo by luizclas on Pexels.com I am more than a trillion countless cells;A succession of split-secondsGathered on the cusp of yesterdays’ ghosts,The pregnant pause before tomorrows’ eyesopen to breathe a world pulled poles apartI lose myself when drawn within;Find myself when propelled beyondChoices lay littered or seized for the dayMindful all footprints are left on … Continue reading I am … inexplicable →

A Writer’s Dream

A Double Etheree Poem Real photos taken from my step-dad's past used on the cover of my mum’s book (2013) Seedsof wordsgerminate;sentences formcharacters are bornlife given in fictioncreation grows in chapterssteadily expanding the plotparagraph by paragraph each dayuntil the author is left depletedScanning the cover she opened her bookinhaled the smell of her printed wordsgreeted … Continue reading A Writer’s Dream →