flock of geese
on the trail of spring –
innate guide
Pat R
3/12/19
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday where the prompt words are Follow & Lead…but, we are to use synonyms. I used “Trail Of” & “Guide”. Today, I wrote a haiku.
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Thick Skull
Mother Bea sits in her wooden rocking chair on the rickety varandah. She is placed there every morning. She does not walk. She must be over 80 years old. Even her kids were old. When you are little, everybody is old! I watch her as she watches the daily interactions of the children in the yard. She would make one word prouncements on the goings-on.
Cry baby. Smart. Determined. Thick skull. I often wondered how she arrived at these critiques from such a distance. And more often, just who she was talking about!
at times it’s futile
figuring out which spirit
whisper the loudest
in their attempts to guide me –
probably pointless, thick skull!
For Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday
Where the prompt is synonyms for :
Ghost & Hollow
I used : Spirit & Futile
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Riches of Color
a majestic stance
though tossed by some wicked winds –
a wilting tulip
in this short stint above ground
life with riches of color
Pat R
5/17/18
For Colleens Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge
The prompt words are Dignity & Success
Use of synonyms only
Dignity : Majesty
Success: Riches
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dVerse Poets Poetics where the prompt is Noodling. My word choice is :Life
Blossom Drizzle
Photo taken at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
a spring fantasy
cherry blossom canopy –
in hands of nature
a lane with cherry blossom
drizzle – a good place
Pat R
5/09/18
Using synonyms for “Belong & Dream”
Belong: be in the hands
Dream: fantasy
For Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
Tanka -Intriguing Times
strange ferocity,
delighting in turbulence –
shadowy figures
slips in and out of the cold
life in most intriguing times
Pat R
3/21/18
For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge where the prompt words are: Joy & Fury ( synonyms of)
I used Delight & Turbulence
