Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 184, #SpecificForm

"It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month! This is our chance to work with a specific syllabic poetry form. Take this opportunity to learn more about the particular form. This week’s form is: Haibun" © 2020 Frank J. Tassone Solace I stood alone on the rocky cliff and looked down on the valley below. It…

Thursday photo prompt: Veiled #writephoto

A haze, A misty veil, Enshrouded the verdant valley. The stony peaks, The angry sentinels, They hid their treasures, From ravaging hands. Hands that they had fed, Their wanton avarice, Consuming all. Lands now fallow, Weeping, And desolate. The misty veil, It took pity, Wrapping the wailing diaspora, In its cloaked embrace. Via: https://scvincent.com/2020/06/04/thursday-photo-prompt-veiled-writephoto/

Thursday photo prompt: Painted #writephoto

A wooden bridge, It led to nowhere, Deep into the verdant bloom, Enigmatic, Mysterious. It dared the passerby, To tread on the shaky bridge, As the lilies looked on nonchalantly, Smirking, Mocking the traveller, For the secrets of the forest, None could find, Nature's cache safely hidden, For unknown hands, They had defiled many thickets.…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178 #PhotoPrompt

I have written a Shadorma. Fiery eyes, Yellow ombre shone, Told a tale, Stagnant still, It was Camouflaged to kill, Verdant bloom smells death. Via: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/05/19/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-178-photoprompt/

Thursday photo prompt: Dance #writephoto

A Haibun The endless expanse stretched all around the horizon. Not a soul was in sight. The grass had dried up to give the land a golden hue. The patch of green marked the path leading to the amphitheatre that was encircled by the stony columns withered by travails of time but standing proud. They…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 177 #SynonymsOnly

My synonyms for Transition and Harmony are Change and Peace. I have written a Gogyohka Peace returned to Nature's realm Shrivelled beauty now rejuvenated An apocalyptic change ushered The surge of humanity is dammed As a new era advents. Via: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/05/12/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-177-synonymsonly/

Hope(A double etheree)

Light, Vibrant, Spreading love, Now cloistered deep And Melancholic, It Fluttered in fury, Darting at the grey cover, Slipping through tiny crevices, The icicles now with a dull sheen A Suffusion of warmth so radiant. Leaving a fiery trail on dreary grey, The errant ray full of lively spright, A cavalcade of surging hope, Flaunting…

Thursday photo prompt: Bells #writephoto

A haibun The vernal bloom was in full blossom. The air was fresh and crisp with a heady fragrance all around. The tall trees majestically loomed up high to meet the blue skies and watched happily the earth below lush and pristine. The base of dark brown trunks was ensheathed in a colourful carpet of…

The circle of life- (a Haibun)

The rolling verdant expanses offer an infinite panorama of life. The valley is lush with dancing blossoms. They are imbued with warm colours of Mother Nature. Tall pines soar high majestically paying an obeisance to the blue skies. The denizens of the blue canopy above traverse down to lend their colours to the world below.…

An ode to spring-3(a cinquain)

A song, Euphonious, Lilting,stirring,blending, Spreading tranquility unfeigned, A bliss.