Tag Archives: Sounds

Draw Me a Roar

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #94 – “Roaring in the New” (posted by whimsygizmo). “Today, as we head into the new roaring 20s, I want you to urge your words to roar. Loan them to a lion, or … Continue reading →

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Listen To The Rain Grow

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #412 Words:  rain, grow, listen, seven, humility, change, plate, still, stories, string, where, sits I have heard stories that if you sit perfectly still, count to seven, and listen, you can hear rain growing, changing … Continue reading →

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Among The Pines

Posted on June 12, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery #1  (posted by Bjorn) “As I told you during the last Pubtalk we are now ready to go on with a new updated writing prompt. We want to challenge you a little bit … Continue reading →

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Pesky Little Suckers

Posted on May 15, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – The Tuesday Platform:  Going Buggy (posted by Rommy) “We’ve had several chilly May days in Bucks County, but that hasn’t stopped the flowers from blooming. We hit peak cherry blossom season a … Continue reading →

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The Wooden Structure

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #50 On a simple stroll through the woods, Clara was walking home alone, hoping to commune with nature along the way. Was she lost?  Positive she had never seen this locked wooden structure before, Clara tried to peer … Continue reading →

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Blossom Blues

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #372 Words:  matches, vision, blossomed, listen, bruised, numb, voices, unhinged, savor, edges, aches, nail A vision of voices arise from bruised blossoms of peonies, edges aching brown. She listens, absent -mindedly nibbling a nail. … Continue reading →

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voice like merry bells

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #86 – “voice like merry bells words left his mouth tinkling like merry bells joy resounds when she speaks like merry bells singing mellifluous voice bells of merry making rang from the tower’s voice sprinkling silver … Continue reading →

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in the meadow

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Crossroads #13 – Chilly Coolness “Welcome at a new episode of our CDHK feature “Crossroads”, the feature in which I challenge you to create a so called “fusion”-haiku from two haiku and to create a Troiku with … Continue reading →

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lion in rainbow

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1461 – Waterfall “Our classical kigo you will find in the last line of this haiku. Today’s classical kigo is waterfall (taki) and Basho has written several haiku with this kigo. In his Oku no Hosomichi … Continue reading →

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whistle blowing

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #65 – “a whistle blows” a whistle blows the air is in motion as train approaches She blew the whistle– yet she was fired. At sound of whistle exhausted factory workers sigh and break for lunch https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/

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