A Gathering

At our first autumn gathering around the firepit the air is crisp. It is clear change is afoot in more ways than one.

The conversation is at once silly and heartfelt, as it can sometimes be among friends. Everyone just needs a break from all the turmoil.

My gaze move between the flicker of the flames, and the moon.

in the night sky

on this autumn night

the moon wears a mask

of drifting clouds

it comes, and it goes.

Pat R

9/25/2020

For Colleen’s a weekly Tanka Tuesday where the prompt this week is the theme “Night Sky” a Gogyohka Haibun, sorta. To read or to participate go here.

Stories

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Like most homes with kids, bedtime meant stories. In our house, it was tall tales and ghost stories told by my dad.

Learning how to cast shadow puppets against the wall, and tales of shooting and twinkling stars were my favorites. Especially if we had just seen it from the varandah before bedtime. Then, there were the magical tales of the moon. Always the moon.

Ellie and Portia always wanted to know why did the cow jump over the moon? Also, what was the man in the moon doing while this was happening? To this my dad always had an answer, a different one everytime, and more fantastical than the last. Ellie and Portia would get really quiet. Those two – “…In their dreams they sleep with the moon… “

Pat R

9/15/20

For Prosery Monday over at dVerse Poets Pub hosted by Merril where the rule is to use this line in your prose, no alterations, in no more that 144 words.

“In their dreams
they sleep with the moon.”–From Mary Oliver, “Death at Wind River”

To read and participate go here

Winter Sky

man’s gaze turn skyward,
blood orange moon, magical –
starry winter sky

Pat R
1/28/19

For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompts is Man & Magic

Blinking Stars

loves me – loves me not
star gazing this autumn night
counting blinking stars

Pat R

9/10/18

For Haiku Horizons where the  prompt is : Blink

Link

moon’s tug at the earth
stirs up passion at sea, an
unbreakable link

Pat R

8/14/18

For Haiku Horizons

Pheromone Fog

secret rendezvous
explores ‘the birds and the bees’
nectar drunk fumble
quenches desire
the pheromone fog humbles

Pat R

8/07/18

Congregate – rendezvous

Passion – Desire

For #Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms of Congregate & Passion
To participate and for other entries go here.

Puzzle

In the puzzle and spectacle that is the universe; a sliver of a moon embrace the full moon

The wind ride waves, for naughty or nice

The sun awakens waterfall held in the grip of winter –

And spring / she always lives life out loud!
Pat R

8/02/18
A quadrille, a 44 word poem
For dVerse Poets Pub where the prompt is : Puzzle

 

BUT

I’m adding my punctuations-and -enjambment and linking it here, since I just finished. To read more about the prompt, go : here

Fall of Night

the fall of night
bestows upon me well earned
moments of quiet

garden awash in moonlight
fireflies waltz through tall grass

Pat R

6/26/18

For Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday: synonyms for ‘give & receive’…Bestow & Earn

 

Celestial Tango

celestial tango

momentary interlude

turns day into night

 

Pat R

Power & Allure

1
power of love
I’ve succumb to its charms
allure of the flame

2
magical powers
the allure of the moon
fairytale romance

Pat R

5/16/17

For

Colleens Weekly Poetry Challenge

&

Daily Haiku Challenge