A spirited girl called Louise
with a friend went home through the trees
but on some stone steps she tripped,
she fell ass over tip,
a good excuse for her grazed knees.
Category Archives: On the lines of romance
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #46 #Limerick ~A walk in the woods
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 145 #PhotoPrompt ~Future flotilla #Cinquain
Picture by Susan Cipriano on Pixabay.
In sleek
imagined lines,
see these future vessels,
fine crafted, seasoned, wooden walls
become.
Filed under Factual, History, On the lines of romance, Otherworldly, Self compositions
COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 144 #SYNONYMSONLY ~Web of deceit.
Stealthily he waits
while in her silken bower,
graceful limbs bewitch,
a spur to fateful passion
for when spent, he cannot flee.
Filed under As you read it, Factual, nature inspired, On the lines of romance, Self compositions, Tanka
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #270 Pure&Serene
Pure thoughts emanate
from his serene countenance,
smile of the Buddha.
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, September 4th 2019, Holy Isle or Holy Island
In humble awe, we
gaze upon the sacred stones,
where Saints found solace.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #269 Coping&Support #NAMI
Coping enhances
each decorated support
on the Bridge of Sighs.
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Haiku, On the lines of romance, Self compositions
Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt #121 ~Teapot
This was the first day of their public courtship.
Everything was prepared to perfection.
All the servants had been dismissed.
Perfumed fragrance filled the air.
Opening the shutters she bowed, inviting him to kneel.
Their first tea ceremony was about to begin.
Sex education in perspective. #limerick
A chicken farmer’s daughter from Leeds
when told about the birds and the bees,
realised her hens necks were wrung
and if you angered a bee you got stung,
and thought well, this sex thing’s not for me.
COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 142 #SYNONYMS #Cinquain “A vessel gains her reputation ,”
Fighting
the unruly waves
will reveal the measure
of the craft and her persona
is forged.
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 141 #PhotoPrompt
Now my voyage ends
here, abandoned to my fate
on this sandy shore,
my message as yet unread
by those who would gain the most.
Filed under On the lines of romance, Self compositions, Tanka
When the pen takes control. 