#tanka - Verses and Hues

19 Dec

Senryu: Silence

heart wails treachery though words belie emotions silence speaks the truth Linked to Haiku Horizons for prompt “silence” for week#199.

#3lines, #betrayal, #broken, #emotions, #feelings, #freeverse, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #love, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #senryu, #silence, #struggle, #tanka, #treachery, #treason, #truth, #words

16 Dec

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

25 Nov

Tanka: Challenge

Life is a challenge It is a sprint against time To achieve your dreams You may falter but have faith Each morning dawns rays of hope The post follows the prompt words “morning” and “challenge” given by...

#5lines, #challenge, #confidence, #dawn, #dreams, #faith, #hope, #inspiration, #inspire, #life, #micropoetry, #morning, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #success, #tanka, #thoughts, #trust, #words

13 Nov

Tanka: Dreams

dreams keep us afloat when turbulent waves of time ally wrath of fate questioning our true mettle to crack mystery of life The post follows the prompt words “mystery” and “dreams” given by Elsie for her Weekly...

#5lines, #dreams, #fate, #inspiration, #inspire, #life, #life’s lessons, #micropoetry, #motivation, #mystery, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #questions, #tanka, #thoughts, #time, #waves

12 Oct

Tanka: Dreams

dreams of yesterday glistening beauty today instilling belief I'm quilling more dreams today envisioning future bliss The post follows the prompt words “dreams” and “beauty” given by Elsie of Ramblings of a Writer for Tanka Challenge Week...

#5lines, #beauty, #belief, #dreams, #future, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #motivation, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #reality, #tanka, #today, #vision, #weeklytankachallenge

30 Aug

Tanka: The Stone man

inquisitive eyes questioning my subsistence the stone man commanded to resuscitate my life to turn a new leaf of hope The post is linked to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge # 48. The challenge is to...

#5lines, #Colleen’s Weekly, #inspiration, #introspection, #leaf, #life, #micropoetry, #motivation, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #restart, #revive, #statue, #stone, #tanka, #turn

03 Aug

Tanka: Quest

the quest for beauty leads us to surmount high peaks explore hills and seas to discern nature’s whimsy to unearth it’s repertoire This post follows the prompt given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge# 44. The...

#5lines, #beauty, #Colleen’s Weekly, #discovery, #earth, #find, #haiku, #hunt, #micropoetry, #mountains, #nature, #oceans, #poetrychallenge, #quest, #sea, #skills, #struggle, #tanka

01 Aug

Tanka: New Moon Night

moon abandons sky petrified clouds lead the quest run helter-skelter probing stars, sparking mayhem pouring tears of grief on earth

#5lines, #beauty, #clouds, #earth, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #sky, #sparkling, #stars, #tanka

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