#5lines - Verses and Hues

15 Mar

Balance of Nature

sun enlightens day glitterati of bright stars recoups verve at night led by charismatic moon nature balances life with grace an inspiration to seek This is Bussokusekika Poetry – a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7-7. It is a Japanese...

#5lines, #balance, #bussokusekika, #feelings, #grace, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #moon, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #stars, #sun, #tanka, #thoughts, #words

10 Feb

Tanka: Breeze

freshness of flowers aroma of morning rain adduces crispy breeze reminiscing our fervor I send love through flirty wind

#5lines, #breeze, #flowers, #freshness, #haiku, #love, #micropoetry, #morning, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #romance, #tanka, #wind, blog

15 Jan

Tanka: Earth

obscurity looms as Earth spins on its axis retracting from Sun steering us from dawn to dusk to radiate light elsewhere Linked to Weekly Tanka Challenge#79 hosted by Elsie of Ramblingsofawriter where the challenge is to...

#5lines, #confidence, #dark, #darkness, #earth, #faith, #hope, #inspiration, #light, #micropoetry, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sun, #tanka, #trust

05 Jan

Senryu: Metamorphosis

metamorphosis questions our tenacity fuels drive to win Linked to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge#65 where the challenge is to use synonyms of “ambition” and “change.” I have used “”drive” and “metamorphosis.”

#3lines, #5lines, #ambition, #challenge, #change, #Colleen’s Weekly, #determination, #drive, #haiku, #inspiration, #japanesepoetry, #metamorphosis, #micropoetry, #motivation, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #senryu, #tanka, #tenacity, blog

04 Jan

Tanka: Armor of Tales

Sultan’s tyranny defied by a labyrinth mesmerizing tale alluring monarch each night bravo! wise Scheherazade Submitted in response to Carpe Diem #1338 where theme is “The Arabian Nights.”

#5lines, #Arabian Nights, #Carpediem, #japanesepoetry, #micropoetry, #monarch, #night, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #stories, #tale, #tanka, #theme

29 Dec

Tanka: Dreamer’s World

mounting unicorn soaring higher than my dreams spilling magic beans for utopia on earth welcome to a dreamer’s world! The post follows the prompt words “dream” and “magic” given by Elsie for her Weekly Tanka Challenge #77....

#5lines, #dreams, #earth, #feelings, #flying, #haiku, #imagination, #life, #magic, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #soaring, #tanka, #thoughts, #unicorn, #utopia, #words, #world, blog

21 Dec

Tanka: Christmas

hearts gleaming with joy mind rejoicing vacations cakes, gifts and goodies Aha, Christmas time is here I hope Santa heard my prayers! Linked to Weekly Tanka Challenge #76 hosted by Elsie of Ramblingsofawriter where keeping in view...

#5lines, #celebration, #christmas, #gifts, #hearts, #joy, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #prayers, #Santa, #tanka, #vacations

16 Dec

Haiku: Winter

early winter breeze aroma of snow and chill heart chimes to cold rhythms The post follow the prompts given by Colleen for her Weekly Tanka Challenge# 62. She has challenged us to use synonyms of “bells” and...

#3lines, #5lines, #bells, #christmas, #cold, #Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #japanesepoetry, #micropoetry, #music, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rhythm, #season, #snow, #tanka, #winter

11 Dec

Tanka: Night Sky

stars gift sight to eyes night breeze gracefully dances tickles mind and ears to rhythm of ocean waves moon guards as knight of night sky The post follows the prompt words “Eyes” and “Ears” shared by Elsie...

#5lines, #breeze, #dance, #eyes, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #night, #ocean, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sky, #stars, #tanka

07 Dec

Tanka: Fear

Ensnared in our fears spurning opportunities we ridicule life let us revisit ourselves to unleash blatant power Linked to dVerse Tuesday Poetics where Lillian wants us to use the word “visit” in our poem. Also linked to...

#5lines, #Colleen’s Weekly, #dVerse, #fear, #introspect, #introspection, #life, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #thoughts, #trap, #trapped, #visit, #words

Archive for Tag: #5lines