#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

20 Jan

Poem: Gems of Friendship

Adrift in the scuffles and clasps of life I wondered if the end of tunnel had any light My mind failed the chase with no hope of embrace But I trusted it was just a bend as I...

#confidence, #friends, #friendship, #gems, #help, #life, #life’s lessons, #love, #old, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #relations, #relationship, #support, #trust

19 Jan

Haiku: Seasons

seasons change with time instilling acquiescence aim of existence Linked to Haiku Horizons for the weekly prompt “aim” for week# 203

#3lines, #aim, #existence, #habits, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #seasons, #time

15 Jan

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

09 Jan

Haiku: Pain

pain bundled in heart evokes profound emotions a poem is born Linked to Haiku Horizons for prompt “bundle” for Week# 202

#3lines, #emotions, #feelings, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #love, #micropoetry, #pain, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #profound, #thoughts, #words, blog

06 Jan

Haiku: Fresh

Sun brings hope each day pain ephemeral as night time to start afresh Linked to Haiku Horizons for its prompt “fresh” for Week# 201.

#3lines, #ephemeral, #fresh, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #motivation, #nature, #night, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sun, #time, #transient

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

03 Jan

Quadrille: Let’s Take a Leap

New resolves nurtured on novel hopes With a focus on future defying all dopes Another chance to chase annihilated dreams To sparkle with stars An opportunity to gleam A leap of faith is all it takes A leap...

#belief, #chance, #confidence, #dreams, #dVerse, #faith, #freeverse, #future, #hope, #inspiration, #leap, #life, #motivation, #opportunity, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #quadrille, #trust, blog

30 Dec

Haiku: Peace

catastrophic storm lives traumatized forever heart still hopes for peace The post follows the prompt “peace” given by Haiku Horizons for Week 200!

#3lines, #catastrophe, #damage, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #life’s lessons, #micropoetry, #peace, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #storm, #thoughts, #trauma, #words

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

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