The poppy’s power
to beautify corruption
will not diminish.
As ten thousand petals fall
then we will remember them
Category Archives: Tanka
Memories of a Flanders field
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
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #119 Nature and Wilderness
Part of our Nature
is the pursuit of progress
and a life of ease.
Giving in to temptation,
your soul is a Wilderness.
Filed under As you read it, From the heart, Self compositions, Tanka
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
Portent of frost on an October evening
Fading to dull grey,
like old snow, a halo forms
in spiralling clouds.
Whiter yet the smiling disc
of the early evening moon.
Filed under nature inspired, 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
Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge Energy & Value
When you find you can
greet each new day with vigour,
realise your worth
then, though there are challenges,
they will not overwhelm you
Filed under Self compositions, Tanka, Uncategorized
Sue Vincent’s #Thursday photo prompt: #writephoto, parting of the ways
Somehow we both knew
that this was where we should part,
go separate ways,
going round the obstacles
in the stony stream of life
Filed under nature inspired, Self compositions, Tanka, Whimsical
#WEEKLY #TANKA #PROMPT #POETRY CHALLENGE – WEEK 115 – SEASONS & HARMONISED
was it just by chance
or maybe some grand design
we may never know
but when the earth gained it’s tilt
it harmonised the seasons
Filed under As you read it, Factual, nature inspired, Seasons, Self compositions, Tanka
Glimpse of nature
Through the sunlit glass,
two flower clocks floated by
hand in hand, rolling,
just content to be carried
on the gentle, Autumn breeze.
Filed under Factual, nature inspired, Self compositions, Tanka
When the pen takes control. 