through the morning haze
comes the rhythm of the waves –
gulls prance on smooth sand
Pat R
12/05/19
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt words are Haze & Sand. Pass by and do some reading:)
Also adding this to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. This week it’s poets choice.
Colleen's 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 156, #Poet'sChoice
It is the day before Thanksgiving and it seems everyone is out picking up last minute items. People are everywhere and the traffic is crazy as impatient horns blare.
I reach into my pocket and her list, hand written in pencil, is crumpled around my keys. I fish it out, smoothing it as I squint to read :-
Red peppers
Green peppers
Ginger
Onions
Scallions
Garlick
Greatnut ice cream
Bizzy
Bizzy, she makes tea from this. “Good for the knees”, she says while rubbing it. I still have trouble figuring out which of her home remedies are mostly old wives tales. That matters not, though. It’s what she gets from it. I suspect they have more to do with her refusing to just give up. Or, to leave her fate in the hand of another.
Arthritis is taking its toll. That right knee is markedly larger than the left. So it can’t be comfortable. And she has given up on doctors. “They’re not doing anything for me, they’re just rifling through my insurance”, she complains. And soldiers on.
At age 87, she is still a warrior!
sparrows in a ruckus
above the roar of traffic –
how’s this possible?
I pause – from atop street light
an unlikely burst of nature
Pat R
11/29/19
A Tanka haibun having to do with giving thanks for things great and small. For Tanka Tuesday over at Colleen’s, also over at Frank Tassone’s Poetry Challenge where the prompt is Thanksgiving.
strewn with browns
tangled, intense mess –
then comes spring
Pat R
11/25/19
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge
under the bluest sky
and warm caribbean sun
coconut palms sway –
such grace and ease of design,
no worries of wintry days
Pat R
11/13/19
For Tanka Tuesday over at Colleen’s where the prompt words are synonyms of Grace & Stlye. I used Ease & Design. So stop over at Colleen’s where fun things are happening and do some reading here.
nurtured by nature
charred earth yields tender new growth –
to new beginnings
Pat R
11/11/2019
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge where the challenge words are Nature & Nurture. For more responses go here.
waves crash against rocks
cloud of salty vapors rise
to surf howling winds
Pat R
11/04/19
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt words are Vapor & Howl
For more responses go here
