Tag Archives: Spring

A Walk Across The Brooklyn Bridge

Posted on July 21, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 20 “A Walk (blank) – “Complete title and write poem.” Sunny Spring breezes are pleasing company as we begin our walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan, snapping photos all the way. … Continue reading →

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Provisions of Mother Nature

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 24 Write a nature poem. I bubble into eddying bays, wandered lonely as a cloud of easy wind and downy flake, spreading sugar over lakes. April comes in like an … Continue reading →

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Sevenling . . . three robins

Posted on March 26, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides Countdown to Challenge:  T-minus 7  – Write a short poem.  For:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Sevenling “The first three lines should contain an element of three. It could be three connected or contrasting statements, … Continue reading →

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Spring haiku

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetics Aside Prompt 520 – Write a Spring poem. doubting daffodil raises one petaled ear to feel if spring is here https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides

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Mars

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Mars  (posted by Frank J. Tassone) “Write a haibun that references Mars” As a child, I was intrigued by Mars purely for the color–a red planet. If there were people living … Continue reading →

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cherry blossom renga

Posted on March 3, 2020 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (hineri) #15  Cherry Tree in Full Bloom “This week I will give you the second stanza, the two-lined one, of the Tan Renga. You have to create the first stanza, the three-lined (hokku), … Continue reading →

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Sighs of Spring

Posted on February 13, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet:  Tanka “The Tanka is a Japanese poem of five lines. The first and third lines are composed of five syllables, and the others contain seven. In Japanese, tanka is often written in one … Continue reading →

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Should A Spring Day Arise

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Octometer “Octameter is a poem made up of 16 lines divided into two stanzas of 8 lines each. Each line has a syllable count of 5. The set rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d … Continue reading →

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Tease of Autumn

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Carpe Diem “Write your poem celebrating the day or celebrate the arrival of Autumn.” Spring jumped in for a second round, elbowing autumn out of the way. Today I see crinkled paper … Continue reading →

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Swept Away

Posted on June 22, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #89 – Extreme Haibun . . . Rain An extreme haibun is, as you maybe remember, a haibun is prose and poetry together, a kind of symbiosis so to say. I will give you … Continue reading →

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