Tag Archives: ocean

best friends

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

Written for: Carpe Diem #1692 Summer Love … extreme haibun “This month we will see a lot of examples of love in Japanese poetry, but for starters I have chosen to challenge you with the creation of a so called … Continue reading →

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Taste of Summer

Posted on June 20, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides #485 “Write a summer poem.” My skin sweats salt in summertime. Ocean cools leaving salt scent there. A season to sip chilled white wine. My skin sweats salt in summertime. I feel sensuous and sublime. With … Continue reading →

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Miracle of Water

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form:  Ghazal (posted by Gay Reiser Cannon) Traditional Ghazal rules of form are very clear. The opening couplet is called a matla, which sets up the rhyme scheme (qaifa) and refrain (radif) by … Continue reading →

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colors of winter

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1658 – Tan Renga Challenge May 2019 (5) “Windy Gusts” Akutagawa Ryunosuke A Japanese writer active in Taisho period Japan. He is regarded as the “Father of the Japanese short story”, and is noted for his … Continue reading →

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sanctuary

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1657 Tan Renga Challenge May 2019 (4) Ocean Sanctuary The goal of TRC is to complete or continue a given haiku (3-lined verse) by adding a 2-lined stanza through association on the scenes / images in … Continue reading →

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ocean renewal

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem REVIVING TANKA SPLENDOR (01-2019) DAFFODILS Here is the Tanka by Jane Reichhold: your sleeping breath night rain revives the earth waves of sea air in bright yellow daffodils nod to the dark wind © Jane Reichhold … Continue reading →

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“a broad bright moon”

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Written for:  the Twiglets #117 – “a broad bright moon” width of bright moon circles earth in incandescence transfixed by brightness of moon she barely blinks moon hovers over ocean casting an orb of light on tips of meringue peaks … Continue reading →

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lace

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1603 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (8) sunday morning sunday morning all the waves in white kneeling on the beach                         © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) fine … Continue reading →

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Alberta

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1558 – Alberta (Canada) . . . imagination without limits clouds change moving along the bright sky I fell in love © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: like ocean spume rising from crevice of … Continue reading →

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Omens of Grayness

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 8 For today’s prompt, write a poem that hints at something. In my mind, I’m thinking of a poem that foreshadows a possible future poem in your potential chapbook. … Continue reading →

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