image link Perspective — a prism where your eye is the light your brain waits for rainbow. Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says: A favorite theme which reflects in my writing is perspective. I’m totally fascinated with the potential of this – how it creates different realities for…
Category: poetry
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai — Fields of Flowers
image link textured color rainbow or monochrome — happy, tired bees drone * sea of white lilies sweet waves rise in warm afternoon — calls bees to swim * summer flowers, colorful and social, cluster across fields * Pollack’s ideas whispered to him from flowers – color-splashed canvas. * Ants and grasshoppers dine under colored…
dVerse — dizain — A question of trust
“Trust N Love” by Mallika Batra Edited for next to last line word length: A question of trust Trust is like knowing each day brings weather. Mistrust, never knowing what it will be. Trust soothes like light brushes with a feather. Mistrust, combo poison ivy and fleas. Thanking stars or cursed, I’m brought to my…
dVerse –Hot time in ye ole pub tonight! — hot, warm, cold
Hot Core response steady burn, senses salute when I imagine us rolling around. * * * * Warm Neither too hot nor too cool maintains life in the fish tank. Power’s out — stress starts now. * * * * Cold Nose hairs freeze; fingertips and toes go numb. Winter’s doing an admirable job. …
dVerse — quadrille #84 — quatrain — Freckle Deep
freckle deep so swirled the spell blood hues imbued canvas infused a treasure tell languid cloak fold upon fold texture behold master stroke hourglasses tell soulblasted veneer etched forgery – tear, one by one, fell senses asleep heart overwrought account overdrawn on love a freckle deep Mish is the host of dVerse today. Mish…
Carpe Diem #1711 flowers (modern kigo) – Troiku
image link depth of a flower butterfly straw sucks too much droopy-bottomed flight flying away with the bee a yellow fuzzy jacket shed at hive some mystery — why do orange blossoms taste the sweetest? Chevrefeuille is the host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Chevrefeuille says: Today I have chosen a modern…
Resolute
image link So I swear on the notes of Pan’s flute Cross my heart I remain resolute Broken heart, checkmated With my love unrequited Lost my taste for sweet juice of love’s fruit. Fandango’s FOWC is resolute and the Word of the Day Challenge is unrequited. Today’s offering is a limerick.
