In the waiting room
you took my cold hand in yours
warming and soothing
and I remember the words
that dealt the blow to my heart
the emptiness that remains
will remain an open wound
Category Archives: Tanka
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 114 – Emotions & Healing
Aroused emotions
yield to the healing powers
of quartz and crystal
with just one touch of the stone
regain peace and harmony
Filed under Old knowledge, Otherworldly, Self compositions, Tanka
#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
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 112 – Hope & Observing, An optimist’s view
Through the fields of hope
we walk, eyes and ears open
but often blinkered,
observing yet ignoring
the obstacles in life’s path
Filed under nature inspired, Self compositions, Tanka
#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
Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 98, “Sad & Write,” #SynonymsOnly
Although grief-stricken
he was able to compose
for consolation
a brief but meaningful ode
to treasure her memory
Filed under From the heart, Self compositions, Tanka
Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt: Summer #writephoto
The white-fringed faces
turn expectantly toward
the bright Summer sun
eager to gain attention
from the bees and butterflies
Filed under nature inspired, Seasons, Self compositions, Tanka
On the waves of time
Frozen in the land,
waves of earth in headlong flight.
Now a resting place
for old forgotten heroes,
safe in the hands of Gaia.
The stark hand carved walls,
a labour for so many,
now washing over them,
providing the peace they sought
in the green relentless tide.
Filed under Alternative history, Double tanka, Self compositions
When the pen takes control. 