cloud of crows
blacken winter sky –
his last day
2
huge cloud of ravens
has blacken late winter sky –
ashes to ashes
1/27/18
For Frank Tassone Weekly Haikai Challenge
&
Weekly Photo Challenge: Variations on a Theme
cloud of crows
blacken winter sky –
his last day
2
huge cloud of ravens
has blacken late winter sky –
ashes to ashes
1/27/18
For Frank Tassone Weekly Haikai Challenge
&
Weekly Photo Challenge: Variations on a Theme
And so it was
This stern unrelenting soul
That did things his way
Blowing in the wind
Free at last
Ashes to ashes
Pat R
11/15/17
For Thotpurge Micropoetry Month
&
For Carpe Diem Haiku where the challenge is to write a poem (usually not a cherita) inspired by verse below. For further reading on that prompt go here.
Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn
My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn:
And Lip to Lip it murmured – “While you live
Drink ! – for once dead you never shall return.
© Omar Khayyam (Tr. FitzGerald)
deep into autumn
color of the fallen leaves fade
gone are illusions
inevitable journey
a path we all have to take
Pat R
11/07/17
Micropoetry Month Day 7
Over at Thotpurge. with Rajani. Today we write a tanka. Pop over for a read, and join in..here
amidst bouquets
family friends and strangers
his last goodbye
ashes to ashes
Pat R
8/12/16