Books and Poetry
In a clear lake under a mottled sky
A green frog prepares to eat
A snail rests on its back
A small dragonfly pauses in mid-flight
Perhaps sensing the danger
A mottled frog watches
A double kimo for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Mottled
Little alien
feasts upon my petunia
singing katydid
For Colleen’s final 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, I have chosen the kigo word katydid. Enjoy your break Colleen! I’m looking forward to the new Tanka Tuesday challenges.
It is rare that I cry
but you make my tears
fall hard
from clouds that form
behind my eyes
they pour over cliffs
run down streams
tumble over rocks
pool into lakes
flow over dams
rush down rivers
tumble into the sea
rise with the waves
fall to the shore
rest in the place
where I fell for you
W3 Prompt #124: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Lynn, prompts us to: “Compose a ‘list poem’, which includes the word ‘fall’ or some form of it…”.
I shall leave behind all that I’ve known
abandon seeds that I have sown
with trunk in hand I’ll start anew
as tucked within adventures brew.
But which suitcase shall I take
upon a bike for goodness sake?
Inside my luggage a tale unfolds
though I know not what the future holds
perhaps a peek will shed some light
I find each piece is sealed up tight
the lightest one on my bike thrown
and off I ride into the unknown.
Sadje’s What do you see # 253
Flying insects
Each circle another
But one of these things
Is not like the others
Becky’s Seven for September Squares
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
According to the American Bird Conservancy, there are 48 species of sparrow in North America. Three species common to my area are featured here.
For I.J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LXXX
Sheltered from the sun
within the large tree hollow
mushrooms congregate
Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Sheltered by Eugi
Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 50
Those boys – they seem so serene
Simply enjoying the view
But they are just taking a rest
Twixt what’s done and what’s to do
Pondering the distant pasture
Plotting how best to torment the cows
W3 Prompt #123: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Sally, prompts us to write an “ekphrastic poem inspired by Winslow Homer’s (1836-1910) painting of ‘Boys in a Pasture’.”
At the shoreline
two boats rest
From sandy beach to rocky shore –
a bridge connects
Where the river and the sea combine
Driftwood lazes at the shoreline
Lens Artists Challenge #314: Shorelines, hosted by Anne.
The star that you are
rising from the murky depths
offering nectar
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
JJJ Interactive Books