Haiku, Limerick, Poetry and Tanka
Standing
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I was beneath the treetops when the rain came, Sheltered by the whisper of the beeches And great oaks, Leaves unfurling, Copper and green In the springtime. I was by the water when the light flared, Silvering the surface as it rippled. Rhythmic waves, Eternal ebb and…
milk it
Originally posted on Annette Rochelle Aben:
Are there standards for Chocolate chips in a cookie Should be visible ©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben
Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge Joy & Fury
Originally posted on Annette Rochelle Aben:
It’s passion’s madness Birthing deep satisfaction Creation’s purpose Filling the world with color Permission for the soul’s voice ©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/03/20/colleens-2018-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-76-joy-fury/
Following the fickle lady
Originally posted on Tallis Steelyard:
I suppose poets are as guilty as anybody else. Yes we pander to our patrons, flaunting our verse like one of the Daughters of Joy flaunting her cleavage. In spite of our claims to be above such things, claiming we strive only to perfect our art; we crave recognition, respect…
Snow in summer
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I stood like a mountain Astride the plain Watching with slow eyes As life passed beneath me. Feeling the seasons on my skin, Each year a mere frisson, And the years passed Until snow silenced me. I waited immobile For the errant warmth Not knowing or hoping…
Wayward
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It was a dark place, akin to madness Wrought by a grief held in stasis; Buried alive by choices Made in assumed ignorance And wilful blindness. Rooted in the memory of a past long dead, That rattled its chains in waking nightmares And brittle laughter. Afraid to…
The lamb – from Kevin Patrick
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Dedicated to those who were at the Birth of The Silents Eye. With Much Love. The Lamb I am a Lamb, at least, That is what I am told those strange creatures –humans- know us by. But today was a special day, I could tell! The first…
Poetry Organizations from Across the United States Join Together to Offer Programs on the theme Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from The Academy of American Poets site: New York, NY (February 26, 2018)—This March the more than twenty organizations in ten cities nationwide that compose the Poetry Coalition will launch Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, the coalition’s second…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 