PAD Day #23 prompt: Place
insects astir
all the dark places
I’ve been
PAD Day #23 prompt: Place
insects astir
all the dark places
I’ve been
PAD Day #22 prompt: Half full, half empty
.
half full, half empty…
the ebb and flow
of my moods
PAD #21: back to basics
.
back to basics
the hint of stubble
on his chin
PAD #20 prompt: Family
.
warm receiver
after the long distance call –
heat shimmer
rain lashes
buds on the apple tree…
Easter Week
.
(Another aspect of rain!)
PAD DAY #18 prompt: Weather poem
.
consolation in each raindrop the sea
.
Delighted to have my one-liner appear on tinywords today!
star trek
I let my balloon
go
PAD Day #17 prompt: Popular culture poem
PAD Day #15 prompt: Love/not Love
.
long night
tussling over
the duvet
PAD #14 prompt: If I were
.
if I were you
I’d leave all this behind…
blossom rain
.
and
.
If I were a bird
I’d be a dove drinking
from your lips
the nectar
of words
my head
on the pillow
birds enter clouds
.
PAD #13: animal poem
city lights
all fireflies
in the jar
.
PAD Day #12 prompt: City
PAD #11: Prompt: statement poem
no titles
.
no titles…
spring rain washes off
the “Mrs”
railgun
seven times the speed
of fear
.
The article that inspired this poem can be found here
.
she crouches under
magnolia stellata
and viburnum carlcephalum
hiding the scent
of her fear
.
and
.
spring rain…
a baby doll under
Solomon’s seal
.
how often
the avalanche of years
makes itself felt…
yet your gentle touch always
awakens my heart
.
and
.
on thin ice
the way we keep
our peace
PAD #6 Prompt: Night
.
spring moon
a marble angel without
wings
.
between the dates
of her birth and death
a dash…
I wonder who knows
the full story
Prompt #5: Discovery
.
dawn chorus
the sound of car engines
starting
.
ingredients
into the bread maker
then pressing start –
a recipe for life’s
little pleasures
.
This is how Day #5 is playing
Prompt: since (childhood)
.
since childhood
the taste of cherries
and you
……………………..
Prompt: since (yesterday)
.
since yesterday
a melody makes the rounds
in my head…
the trail of smoke floats
then dissipates
.
You can read all the entries here
wild roses…
all the languages crossing
the Aegean
.
she turns into books
stories granny planted
in her ear…
caique journeys crisscross
the lines on her pages
.
PAD prompt: voyage
This April I am taking part in the Writer’s Digest Poem-A-Day Challenge. Writing one poem each day of the month in addition to my other commitments is going to be tough, but hey, who likes the easy life!
April 1st prompt: beginnings/endings.
Here are my two offerings:
.
plum blossoms
the beginning of all
affairs
.
how many days
she waits by the window
to the empty street…
waiting for dusk
this unlived life
.
There are many poetic offerings on the site, and I look forward to reading them and following up on poets. Click here for the link to Day 1.
So, Robert Lee Brewer, bring them on!
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getting into scrapes cat in love
.
Philippine Haiku Daily Prompt: scrape
……
curtain call
a rose lands
on her hair
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: curtain call
each time
i change my mind
chrysalis
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: chrysalis
.
just when the light gets going dusk
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: crepuscular
frost on the roof
searching for
my marbles
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: curioser and curioser
mother’s day —
aroma of frying
cardamom seeds
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: cardamom
cloister garden
a chaste tree full
of bees
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: corridor
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_agnus-castus
happy hour
a cluster of violets
on the bench
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: cluster