Their gaze uplifted
eyes, ears and hearts opened,
smiling in their joy.
His message of peace and love,
a lesson for all nations.
Category Archives: Inspired emotion
The Easter address. #Tanka
Filed under Christian, Factual, faith, Inspired emotion, Self compositions, Tanka
Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Tanka Challenge. Ending-Abyss
Nursed unto the death,
final act of devotion,
eyes gently closing,
only memories remain
in that void once filled with love.
100 Word Wednesday: Week 114
Sam looked at the trees lining the highway. Varieties that he and his fellow prisoners had uprooted many years before. He knew tears would flow with every mile they covered, with each new memory. Memories of a life passed and lives lost amidst tears, both wasted and wasteful. Tears mixed with sweat-diluted blood. In the blazing, tropical, midday sun, moisture was precious, the guards watching every move, seldom and reluctantly offering water to drink. They had laid the track yard by yard but now he was perversely pleased to see their death railway transformed into the main highway through Burma
MLMM’s Heeding #Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, March 20th 2019 a new voice
When the cancer struck,
only way to save his speech,
a plastic voicebox.
COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 119 “MYSTERY & ATTRACT,” #SYNONYMSONLY/ femme fatale, a #tanka
Alone in her room
she dons mascara and rouge
hoping to allure.
What secrets may be hidden
underneath the painted smile.
Filed under As you read it, Inspired emotion, Self compositions, Tanka
Memories of a Flanders field
The poppy’s power
to beautify corruption
will not diminish.
As ten thousand petals fall
then we will remember them
Filed under From the heart, History, Inspired emotion, Loyal subject, Tanka
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 108, “Afraid & Grave,” #SynonymsOnly
The dust of ages
covers the petrified bones
in the sepulchre.
Memories of ancestors,
unknown but not forgotten.
written for https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/10/30/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-108-afraid-grave-synonymsonly/
Filed under As you read it, From the heart, History, Inspired emotion, Self compositions, Tanka
100 Word Wednesday: Week 94 #100WW
It was the first day of our guided tour. Myself and the other thirty passengers exited the luxury coach as we arrived at the forbidding wire mesh gates. I assumed that like me, all were on a personal pilgrimage.
i looked around at my fellow travellers, there was no look of expectant excitement on any of the faces. On the journey the atmosphere was subdued as everyone was visiting to bring closure to stories of their family’s fate.
Photography was allowed so I sent my drone up, instantly tears formed as it picked out the child’s toy on the roof.
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 106, “Ghost and Hollow,” #SynonymsOnly
The future beckons,
behind me lies the spectre
of my empty life.
While you remain at my side
dark days are just memories.
Filed under From the heart, Inspired emotion, Self compositions, Tanka
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 116 – Endangered & Animals
Plastic filled oceans,
deadly toxins in the air,
by the hand of man
the whole of life endangered,
who then are the animals
Filed under As you read it, From the heart, Inspired emotion, nature inspired, Self compositions, Tanka
When the pen takes control. 