melodious brook
liven up winter air, moss
still hangs at its edge
Pat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt is Moss and Brook
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #287 Brook&Moss
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Colleens Tanka Tuesday poets choice
Colleen's 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 159, #Poet'sChoice
As winter gray rules the sky, a young family walks quickly down the sidewalk, Anxious to retreat from looming rain. First drops make contact – mom’s footsteps quicken. Facinated by the fat splat to his forehead the toddler breaks the pace.
arms outstretched
palms skyward,
a new distraction
catching raindrops –
the razzle dazzle
of it all!
Pat R
1/01/2020
the view up the creek
offers a beauty that dwells
in this bend of the creek
rhythm in the mountain air
unwavering – soul soothing
Pat R
12/13/19
For Tanka Tuesdays over at Colleen’s where the prompt words ard synonyms ot the words Give & Shake. I used “Offer & Waver”
Stop by and part take:) All are welcome:)
on placid reserve
a high stepping egret strolls –
a graceful wild thing
Pat R
12/09/19
For Ronovan Writes Haiku where the prompt words are Placid & Wild
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 hands 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.
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.
