True love will ignore
the obstacles encountered
regrets may follow
Category Archives: As you read it
Weekend writing prompt 72 #Shell
love is forgotten
when the spider leaves her mate
empty shell remains
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Haiku, nature inspired
M haiku
Hurricane footage
sympathy follows wonder,
seasonal cycle.
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Haiku, nature inspired, Seasons, Self compositions
#WEEKLY TANKA PROMPT #POETRY CHALLENGE – WEEK 113 – POVERTY & GIFTED-Sacrifice
poverty stricken
but hoping to do their best
for their gifted child,
they sacrifice everything
for a prosperous future.
Filed under As you read it, From the heart, Self compositions, Tanka
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 101, “Plan & Finish,”
Start with an outline
then expand your ideas
end with a flourish
the layman’s guide to writing
just another fantasy
#TMAT120 #writing #prompt for September 2018
For twenty years Snoopy was my constant companion, whether out walking or sitting on the couch. When my relationship broke down we had to move out. My new accommodation did not allow pets so I took my dog to stay with a good friend but lived many hours drive away. Snoopy seemed happy. She sent photos of her lying on her new bed in front of the fire and looking happy. I wasn’t able to get back to see her for four weeks and the two of us went for a slow walk before I again left. The next morning my friend called to say Snoopy had died in the night. Perhaps she could not bear me leaving her again.
Filed under As you read it, Factual, From the heart, Inspired emotion, Self compositions
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #217 Poison&Past
The poison bottle
held memories of her past
trying not to smile
Filed under As you read it, Haiku, Self compositions
Sue Vincent’s #Thursday photo prompt: Watcher #writephoto
We look upon a mournful scene,
is it mist or just the sheen
of sadness in the eyes downcast.
With folded arms and child at breast
she realises that no more
on lapping wave her paramour,
will reappear on rising tide
but now departs for the last time,
her clifftop vigil will soon end as
arms outstretched she will descend.
No-one will mourn, nothing to keep
her from making this fateful leap.
Filed under As you read it, From the heart, Inspired by fable, Self compositions
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 111 – Climate & Energy
Sensing the climate
of the office being cool,
we all donned our frowns
the sexual energy
was gone, never to return
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Self compositions, Tanka
Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 99, “Change & Defy,” #SynonymsOnly
Great men ever try
to thwart their peer’s inertia
and alter the world
long experience has shown
nature will often help them
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Self compositions, Tanka, Uncategorized
When the pen takes control. 