Tag Archives: Weather

Fresh Cement

Posted on July 4, 2020 by

Written for:  Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #26:  Pavement  (posted by Sanaa) “Our challenge today is to write while inspired by pavement.” “Under the pavement the dirt is dreaming of grass.” — Wendell Berry In fresh cement of new … Continue reading →

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Spring Season

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Season Your Poetry” (posted by Toni) “What I am going to do is to ask you for a brief (and I mean brief) poem about a kigo in spring. the form is … Continue reading →

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How Are You Awakened?

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Morning Poem  (posted by Sumana) “Capture the time in your lines when the day is new and you are out of your slumber. Isn’t it always a good morning whether it’s bright, gray, cloudy or … Continue reading →

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Covering Fall

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Autumn PAD – Day 14 – FALL CLOTHES “We’ve reached the end of our exercise. We’ve explored sights and smells and flavors of fall. The colors will soon fade. And we’ll be presented with definitive … Continue reading →

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Imagining Who You Are

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Written for:  Quickly Warm up with a list. I am _______. I am not _______. I am _______. I am not _______. Be both real and wild. Be serious and silly. Go so far from the way YOU see YOURSELF … Continue reading →

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Welcome Weather Change

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

Written for:  the SundayWhirl, Wordle #364 Words:  speckled, longing, sky, rain, quiet, brilliant, dusty, yield, thin, rippled, blend, lilting Brilliant sun thinned over dust-swept plain. Rippling clouds darkened sky, yielding speckled drops of quiet rain, a lilting blend of silver … Continue reading →

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Stay Tuned

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #347 Words:  inject, channel, confess, tale, sect, torrid, align, treat, dress, check, sand, traverse Check in with your emergency channel where a panel of weather experts will address the torrid sand storms traversing across … Continue reading →

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Partly Cloudy With Hope

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Take The Weather With You (posted by Paul John Dear) “There’s all kinds of weather ahead. Maybe snow, rain, hail, sleet…maybe a bright bright sun-shiny day…but whatever the weather we poets can … Continue reading →

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heads up

Posted on March 9, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1381 Thunder and Lightning frogs jump in – the sound of rain far away thunder and lightning © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: ears quiver, head up thunderclaps and bursts of light dog whines, runs … Continue reading →

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Snarling Night

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #341 Words:  haul, sharp, hearth, bar, mind, trunk, saw, apart, snarling, arms, small, scar Sharp, snarling winds wailed across the heathered heath, pulling the lovers apart. He stretched his arms out, heart beating wildly. … Continue reading →

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