#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

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

26 May

Poem: Mask

Her smile held the key to one’s heart her eyes led a secret path her beauty enigmatic her speech seductive she could deceive anyone with her perfect mask

#beauty, #deceit, #deceive, #eyes, #love, #lust, #mask, #poetrychallenge, #smile, #woman

19 May

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

09 May

Acrostic Quadrille: Echoes

The prompt given by dVerse is to write a quadrille using the word “echo/ echoes/ echoing”. I wanted more fun so decided to combine two forms of poetry to write an acrostic quadrille. An acrostic poem is a type...

#acrostic, #betrayal, #dVerse, #echo, #echoes, #feelings, #heart, #life, #love, #oblivious, #poetrychallenge, #quadrille, #resonate, #resound, #words

08 May

Poem: Moments of Gratitude

Just before the day cedes to the darkness Just before the moon impounds the crown Just before the stars embellish the sky Just before the synthetic light ensues the natural light Just before the birds fly back home Just...

#birds, #blessings, #celestials, #darkness, #dusk, #God, #gratitude, #inspiration, #light, #love, #moments, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #revere, #sky, #stars, #sun, #thanks, #twilight

08 May

Senryu: Life

deserting alive lamenting whilst death fondles what folly of life

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

05 May

Lead and Save

The post follows the prompts shared by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge#32. The challenge is to use the words “lead” and “save” or their synonyms in a haiku/ tanka/ haibun. I have written a haiku with “lead” and “save” and a tanka...

#5lines, #God, #haiku, #lead, #liberate, #micropoetry, #nature, #peace, #poetrychallenge, #save, #tanka

04 May

Double Haiku: Link

Past proliferates its reflection on present link always remains Present silhouettes leads its footprints to future link will still remain This post follows the Haiku Horizons prompt for this week “Link”

#haiku, #link, #micropoetry, #past, #poetrychallenge, #present, #reflection

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