#micropoetry - Verses and Hues

18 Jun

Haiku: Hypocrisy

truth veiled under smoke laughter shrouds the pain of soul hypocrisy reigns The post follows the prompts given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge# 37. The challenge for this week is to use “smoke” and “veil” in a...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #hypocrisy, #life, #micropoetry, #pain, #poetrychallenge, #smoke, #veil

14 Jun

Haiku: Steal

stealing some sun light to oust darkness from our life gleams the modest moon The post follows the prompt “steal” given by Haiku Horizons for this week.

#darkness, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #life, #light, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #steal, #sun

11 Jun

Tanka: The Moon and my Heart

windstorm propelled my heart’s melancholy to sky the moon stands forlorn hoping stars lead jubilance in sky as well as my life This post follows the prompt words given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #36....

#5lines, #Colleen’s Weekly, #happy, #heart, #jubilance, #life, #love, #melancholy, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #sad, #sadness, #sky, #stars, #tanka

07 Jun

Haiku: Kiss

summer stifles life Parched earth frenziedly craves for sweet kisses of rain The post follows the prompt “kiss” provided for week 171 by Haiku Horizons.

#earth, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heat, #kiss, #life, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #summer

05 Jun

Didactic Cinquain: Love

In didactic cinquain, the first line is a one-word title, the subject of the poem; the second line is a pair of adjectives describing that title; the third line is a three-word phrase that gives more information about the...

#5lines, #affection, #bond, #cinquain, #didactic, #divine, #emotion, #feeling, #life, #love, #lust, #micropoetry, #passion

02 Jun

Tanka: Placid Ocean

summer afternoon waves quietly touching shore teasing leisurely savouring tranquility weary of belligerence

#5lines, #belligerence, #micropoetry, #nature, #ocean, #peace, #placid, #quiet, #sea, #shore, #silence, #summer, #tanka, #tranquility

19 May

Haibun: My dream to fly

My hands are trembling. My body quivers. But my eyes are focused at the birds soaring in the sky. I feel butterflies in my stomach as someone tightens the belts that have captivated my body. Dozens of thick ropes...

#5lines, #allure, #clouds, #Colleen’s Weekly, #dream, #experience, #float, #fly, #haibun, #horizon, #life, #micropoetry, #nature, #paragliding, #parasailing, #poetrychallenge, #power, #soar, #tanka, #wind

15 May

Tanka: Supremacy

sharp rays of the sun illuminate each planet hallucinating planets for billions of years what a clear supremacy The tanka incorporates prompt words “clear” (synonym of “clean”) and “sharp” of Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge # 33

#clear, #Colleen’s Weekly, #galaxy, #micropoetry, #nature, #planet, #Poetry Challenge 33, #poetrychallenge, #science, #sharp, #sun, #supremacy, #tanka

11 May

Haiku: Heat

The haiku for today follows the prompt given for week 167 of Haiku Horizons! The prompt for this week is “heat”. soft chivalrous clouds audaciously camouflage giant ball of heat

#camouflage, #clouds, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heat, #inspiration, #life, #light, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #sun

08 May

Senryu: Life

deserting alive lamenting whilst death fondles what folly of life

#death, #folly, #haiku, #humour, #irony, #life, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #senryu

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