Not the biggest predator in this sea One by one you’ll be consumed Before she gets to me The best saved for last Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #320 Featured image generated with Microsoft AI.
Category Archives: Poem
Soaring
To soar in flight Pure delight Enormous kite Takes into the blue Ovi Poetry 99: FLIGHT Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 19
A Tanka: Wood Duck
Waterfowl afloat Aware not of its beauty Nature’s cosmetics Artistry at its finest Marvelously breathtaking I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation CXV Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – May 6, 2025
Strength In Vulnerability
Girls Forging On Be strong Sisterhood Prevails Not To be Deterred by Societal Distortion Support Each Other Harmony StrengthensWe Shall stand Firm W3 Prompt #158: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Suzanne, prompts us to write a Waltz Wave on the theme of strength and vulnerability. dVerse Poetics, hosted by Melissa. Melissa challenges us to write an ekphrastic poem on one of a selection of Georgia O’KeeffeContinue reading “Strength In Vulnerability”
Sunset Voyage
Vibrant marigold Inspires fantastical dreams The blazing sun sets Colleen’s TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 11
Periwinkle Skies
Gentle breezes blow Across deep blue waters Under periwinkle skies Promises whispered in the ear As a new day dawns Calmed by shades of blue-violet Softly nudged by the wind Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #414 – Periwinkle
Absent Without Leave
Long awaited spring Certainly took its time Before granting us its presence Nicely warming our bones Frozen by winter A welcome visitor Charming in its mild manners Only to promptly exit Without saying goodbye Leaving us to wither In summer-like heat Will spring return? Offer its apologies Admit to leaving too soon Certainly this desired guest will notContinue reading “Absent Without Leave”
Life’s Playground
Explorative play Peaks the imagination The playground of life Life is a playground Up the tall ladders we climb Only to slide down Swinging to new heights A push by playground buddy Adventures to come The merry-go-round Slows its incessant spinning Solo traveler TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge, No. 10, hosted by Robbie. “I would like you toContinue reading “Life’s Playground”
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
In macro detail Undisclosed secrets revealed Through camera lens Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – April 22, 2025
Revolving Doors
Time passes from hours to decades Routines alter to fit the timesAnother generation takes over and then anotherNothing exists without changeSlow to evolve are us humansForging our way through revolving doors Out to a new era and in to the same mistakesRevolutionizing the external worldMatters little to internal transformation Acts deemed as progress Turn to stepping stones for destructionInsightfulContinue reading “Revolving Doors”