Tag Archives: light

City of Colors

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~City  (posted by Sumana) “In the eyes of a poet what would a busy city look like? A dream or a nightmare?” A city stays in your heart, grabs a seat in your brain, rains … Continue reading →

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mountain(s)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by

Written For:  Carpe Diem #1439 – Mountain(s) The goal is to create haiku, tanka or another form of Japanese poetry inspired on this kigo. Create your poem by using the prompt. That doesn’t mean you have to use the word, but … Continue reading →

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Forgivingness of Summer

Posted on May 22, 2018 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #57 – “Don’t Rain On My Parade!  (posted by Kim) “Join us in writing rain-drenched poems in the hope that together we can magic up a big enough umbrella to keep the rain … Continue reading →

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Examples of Fire

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrill #52 “Let’s Fire It Up”  (posted by WhimsyGizmo) Fired. Fiery. Firing. Afire. Let me stand next to your fire. Fire and ice. We didn’t start the fire. Write about a fire-breathing dragon, or … Continue reading →

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hush

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

Written for:Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #15 – “Soliloquy no Renga” A chain poem but written by one person.  Taken from Jane Reichhold. silence the dust of stars shining radiance                        … Continue reading →

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Lemon Drop

Posted on January 9, 2018 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Fuyu No Tsuki–Winter Moon–dVerse Haibun Monday  (posted by Victoria) “For our Haibun prompt today, I have chosen the Japanese Kigo, Fuyu No Tsuki—winter moon. There is a distinct quality to the effect of the moon when … Continue reading →

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“one true light”

Posted on December 3, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #1313 – (from Omar Khayyam) – One True Light And this I know: whether the one True Light, Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One Glimpse of It within the Tavern caught Better than … Continue reading →

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starlight flight

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1295 Bowl of Night This month is titled “Rubaiyat, Another Way” and it is all about “The Rubaiyat” by Omar Khayyam, a Persian (nowdays Iranian) poet and scholar. However this month it’s mostly about his “The Rubaiyat”, … Continue reading →

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Traveling Moonbeam

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #321 Words:  pretense, bulk, dearth, shock, possible, individual, jump, challenge, light, route, drug, teeming This poem is an individual moonbeam traveling lightly, jumping and bouncing on a new route where dearth of enlightenment exists. … Continue reading →

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Music in My Life

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

Written for:  Poems of Garden Gnomes – Form Friday:  Rondeau A rondeau (plural rondeaux) is a form of French poetry with 15 lines written on two rhymes. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern. It … Continue reading →

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