Tanka Tuesday Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt
Category: Tanka
reflections
Daydreaming
Carpe Diem Celebrates Its 8th Anniversary, October 2020: #1836 Daydreaming
fall preparations
mulching, pruning, and planting
I dream of spring
with each bulb I plant
a sea of color cascades
across brittle stems
seedpods rattle in the wind
my thought drifting to summer
Tanka Tuesday # 195
COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 195 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
afternoon stillness
sunlight dancing with shadow
earth mingles with pine
forest treasures at my feet
crimson toadstool and seedpods
Tanka Tuesday
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Synonyms only -hint, bold
picking fennel leaves
swallowtail caterpillar rears
bright orange antlers wave
my intruding hand left
with the faint scent of danger
Paradox II
Carpe Diem Exploring The Beauty Of Haiku #1827 Paradox
sakura festival
lover without passion
walks in a daze
shriveled blossoms
spurned by the bulbul
Tango
Carpe Diem #1807 Two Hearts Become One
love’s subtle dance
relinquishing and gaining
synchronizing our lives
balancing each others steps
two halves becoming a whole
Haunted House
Carpe Diem #1554 Haunted Houses (modern kigo)
rusty gate
neglected garden withers
late autumn
dilapidated house
wind moans through the crack
floor boards creak
moonlight playing with shadows
of lonely eidolon
abandoned garden
even angel tears
will not resurrect
Matsushima
Matsushima
swell of the tide
washing the feet
of forested rocks
Matsushima Bay
nighttime illumination
captures my heart
autumn colors mingle
with sound of Entsuin bell
Without Blossoms
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (17) Without Blossom
neglected garden
briars grow rampantly
choking out light
Life without love is like a tree
without blossoms or fruit.
© Khalil Gibran (Re-done into two lines by Chèvrefeuille)
The Black Bowl
Carpe Diem #1354 The Black Bowl (Japanese fairytale)
tears glisten
on pale white chin
hungry girl
hidden beauty
shadowed by black bowl
unseen bride
groom rewarded
with riches untold
