Over silent hills
once green, now crystal shrouded
spires, stand silently,
through these frozen pyramids
a playful tempest shrieking
Category Archives: Tanka
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 120, “Cold & Storm,” #SynonymsOnly
Filed under nature inspired, Seasons, Self compositions, Tanka
Sue Vincent’s #Thursdayphotoprompt #Writephoto
Princess Murano
her face framed in furnace fire
slowly raised her eyes
memories of fragrant blooms
fragile, fading, as of glass
Filed under As you read it, Otherworldly, Self compositions, Tanka, Temperatures rising
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
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 118, #SynonymsOnly
Gaily colored flags
festoon the arena,
chargers, knights and squires.
Battles to be joined anew
as the tournaments commence
COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGES NO. 116 Belief & Joy #SYNONYMSONLY
Strong Penelope
who kept faith to the return
of her brave husband,
and her sense of elation
on their day of reckoning
Filed under Inspired by fable, Self compositions, Tanka
COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGES NO. 115, Fly & Sing #SYNONYMSONLY
From on high we hear
a shower, a melody,
of light, gilded rain,
seldom seen the skylark, who
soars aloft in tuneful voice
Filed under Factual, nature inspired, Self compositions, Tanka
Lament
The tropical sun
beams down on the arid earth,
palm trees stand in lines,
joyful songs of the forest
become the drumbeat of tears.
(photo from pixabay)
Filed under Factual, From the heart, Self compositions, Tanka, Uncategorized
COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 114, Try & Life #SYNONYMSONLY
On our first attempt
to justify existence
he was not convinced.
The creator of all things
chose to become destroyer.
Filed under As you read it, Christian, faith, Old knowledge, Self compositions, Tanka
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 112, “Cold & Safe,” #SynonymsOnly
Around the gallows
as the snowflakes whirl and twirl
in their icy dance
the highwayman in chains, turns
to face the now secure roads
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Self compositions, Tanka
COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 111, “CELEBRATE & NUMBER,” #SYNONYMSONLY
We come together,
rejoice in communion,
partake of the host.
Rituals and practices
bringing comfort to many.
Filed under Christian, faith, From the heart, Tanka
When the pen takes control. 