Tag Archives: light

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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Aquamarine

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – “This One’s For You”   (posted by Lillian) Write a poem that includes your birthstone. In seas of aquamarine I swim and spin dazzling, sparkling, glittering in sunlight in moonlight. I am a marine … Continue reading →

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Where Are The Candles?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1253 – Thousand Candles A Quote by Buddha: […] “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases from being shared.” […] … Continue reading →

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Time Travel

Posted on July 2, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem’s Time Travel, Ancient Japanese Poetry To Inspire You #3 Hyakunin-isshu, A Hundred Verses From Old Japan   on the mountain slopes fragile cherry blossom petals fall it seems to snow © Chèvrefeuille (Our host)   Here … Continue reading →

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