Books and Poetry
Early mornings quite chipper
‘Round the tree tops they flitter
Puddle bathing they chitter
Pleasing warmth where they winter
This is a Filipino Tanaga form prompted by Val’s (aka Murisopsis) Looking at Poems Around the World: “4 lines with 7 syllables per line and written as a monorhyme.”
I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVII
What lies beyond the gate?
Sealed to outsiders
The wall too high to peer over
Frustrating the curious spectator
Gate doors for Dan’s Thursday Doors at nofacilities.com.
Enchanting spring day
I rise in the tranquil dawn
Cool mist surrounds me
Sunrays warming skin
Cotton clouds dot deep blue sky
Deft birds enter clouds
Peaceful spring evening
Surrenders to chirping frogs
Hazy moon tunes in
Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 27, 3/26/24, Part II
Blooms from my backyard peach trees stand-in for cherry blossoms. Each spring I admire them with reverence. Each summer I curse them for their failure to produce edible fruit. The bees and squirrels don’t complain.
Absent cherry blooms
Peach blossoms pleasingly serve
Lovely spring display
The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit.
The featured image is a true peach tree. It does produce edible fruit, but I refuse to use chemicals necessary to prevent fungus and pests in the high summer humidity.
dVerse Haibun Monday 3/25/24: first [cherry] blossoms (hatsu hana), hosted by Frank J. Tassone.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Lens-Artists #292 – People Here, There & Everywhere, hosted by Tina at Travels and Trifles
Yellow alder bloom
Only six short hours of life
Brings a day of smiles
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Smiles by Gerry C & Sue W
(an American Sentence)
She dreams of flying through silver moonbeams to wake up among the stars.
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #260
Forbidden love will not prevail
Rivals determined to assail
Sure to be a tragic tale
Death is on the horizon
Looming peril does not deter
Ardent pursuit of the lover
Clandestine meetings do occur
Heartbeats rise to the occasion
Climax at last - caught in the act
Succeeded by brutal attack
Music intensifies impact
All fall silent on death
Heartfelt lamenting song
Prayerful cries of unjust wrong
Tear filled eyes - enraptured throng
Magically joined hereafter
Prompted by W3 Prompt #99: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Lesley Scoble
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Ovi Poetry Challenge 40: TRAGEDY
Featured image: Bing AI image altered by author
Perched high in spring dawn
Not known for pretty birdsong
Though beauty you are
Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 26, 3/19/24, Part I
I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LVI
He hides in darkness
Folded in on himself
His sharp tongue at the ready
Should any dare intrude
She dances through sunbeams
Gracefully leaping over shadows
Her light is contagious
For all those who dare to see
She peeks into the darkness
He unfolds
Sadje’s What do you see # 230
dVerse Quadrille #197: “Look Sharp, Now! (Let’s write a poem.)” Hosted by De Jackson aka WhimsyGizmo.
JJJ Interactive Books