Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings:   Cry, it is the light leaving. You sleep to the rails’ rhythm singing lonesome blues. You hear, you’ll never return.     But maybe you will, someday, healed of what was– after trails, sea, stars share their magic, heart- haunted you’ll live on.  …

Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: Tracks heading away Endless opportunities At their distant end But lush green surrounds lend hope To my current position By Robbie Cheadle Written for Colleen Chesebro’s poetry challenge. You can join in here: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/08/18/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-191-photoprompt/

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Image credit: Snapwire from Pexels And though thejourney may be longwith the endnot in viewbetween sunrise and sunsetLife becomes clearer “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” ― Erol Ozan Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #191 Photo prompt Sharing on dVerse Poets Pub for OLN where I am hosting today. Pub…

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Image shared courtesy of Aishwarya at Kitty’s Verses for Colleen’s Poetry Challenge Strait The path Narrow lines Guiding onwards Shrouded and shadowed Both beauty and respite Call a seeker’s feet to stray Till drawn by darker temptations The light ignored for baser nature The track seems lost…

Nice! Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 191 #PHOTOPROMPT Image credit: Snapwire from Pexels Close where I live, we have abandoned tracksA popular walk, where horses grazeOrange water flows past tall treesWalk over wooden bridgesTo the sound of waterFlows beneath your feetThe air sweet withwild garlicthe mindstill… ©anitadawes 2020…

Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): ? Image credit: no attribution Cold steel to green wood Traveling to a far land Is it time or place? Does the green exist behind Or undiscovered country? *** This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge.  This week was a photo challenge.  Aishwarya, aka, Kitty from…

Originally posted on willowdot21: WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It’s the third week of the month! Time for a #PhotoPrompt Aishwarya, aka, Kitty from Kitty’s Verses, was Colleen’s selection from last month’s challenge. So Kitty has provided the photo for this month’s challenge. Colleen says “Remember, don’t just describe what is in the photo. Engage your senses and…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: It’s a long time since I did any syllable counting, but this image brought back such memories, I gave it a go. A butterfly cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s photo prompt. ? A child, butterfly, I followed the abandoned track, slowly reconquered by green nature like a child’s wary creeping,…