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Destiny’s rails. A cinquain and prose collaboration.
Originally posted on Tales Told Different: Aishwarya and I composed this together. It was a much needed relief to do this with her, especially given the anxiety that was tainting this week for me. The challenge of writing this together has livened my mood and I’m now bolstered to kick this anxiety. It’s a wonder,…
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Back or Forward? #tanka
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 Kitty’s…
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COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 191 #PHOTOPROMPT
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…
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#Tanka Tuesday: Childhood
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,…
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Station
Originally posted on Tea & Paper: Image credit: no attribution chosen by Kitty from kittysverses time imposes the cure or despair waiting to be healed or broken departures and arrivals the distance hurts the soul going and coming at each far end a lone heart reckons time a photo prompt for today’s tanka tuesday. i’ve…
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#Senryu Opinionated
Originally posted on Goutam's Writings: Opinions vary. Arguments cited in defence. Perpetual journey. ? The picture reminded me of an old saying-Beliefs bring convergence, Arguments tend to prolong. The railway lines-two of them walking alone, through a remote location reminded me of the saying and hence gave rise to this Senryu. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta…
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Path To Dreams
Originally posted on Padre's Ramblings: Image credit: no attribution Oh, Disused pathway Of a forgotten era Once the road to dreams Now you by weeds overgrown Will my highways face the same? ? Padre Colleen’s syllabic challenge is a photo prompt this week. I have used the Tanka syllable form, though I am not sure…