Reflection -Abhanga

I see her in your eyes

fight, determination

quiet affirmations –

true reflection

Pat

4/15/2021

The elements of the Abhanga are:

• stanzaic, written in any number of 4 line stanzas.
• syllabic, 6-6-6-4 syllables each
• rhymed L2 and L3 rhyme. Often internal rhyme is employed. End rhyme scheme x a a x , x being unrhymed.

For Eugi’s Weekly Prompt where the prompt for this week is “Reflection”. To see other entries or to participate, go here

Smoke

deep into the night
cigarette smoke swirl and curl
she sits without moving
studying the movement
of the smoke in the dimly lit room
scripting the events of the night
maybe dawn will shed some light


Pat R

10/10/17

Reflection

day turns to evening
nature’s palate set ablaze –
time in reflection

Pat R

4/02/20

NaPoWriMo

 

Country Lane

Walks along this country lane leads to the reservoir

Meandering left, then right
pass fields of purple ground cover –
Spring’s having her way

Around the last curve a vast expanse, water kiss blue skies

A breathtaking spike in nature’s beauty –
I pause for reflection

Pat R

3/11/19

For dVerse Poets Pub where the prompt is “Spike” for a Quadrille a 44 word poem a creation of the dVerse Poets Group.

 

Ending Road

Image (not mine) is prompt: Ending Road

at road’s end
path takes a new form –
reflection

Pat R

9/05/17

For Carpe Diem Haiku

 

Love

on this life journey
we have navigated all
we laughed and we cried –
autumn of our lives now filled
with warm loving reflections

Pat R

4/04/17

#Haiku, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose

For Tanka Tuesday

&

NaPoWriMo Day 4

Candles

a walk back
through our past
by candle light

Pat R

9/25/16

Carpe Diem

 

Weekly Photo Challenge:BreakingWaves

 

after

the wave –

reflection

Pat R

9/23/16

Weekly Photo Challenge: Quest

Twilight II

twilight –
memories made
come home to visit

Pat R

9/22/16

For Carpe Diem Haiku

 

A bell at sunset

Carpe Diem #732 “A bell at sunset”

In (spring 1689) Basho
“Spending a lonely spring evening in a country cottage” wrote

bell at sunset
also was not heard
a spring evening
© Basho (trans. Jane Reichhold)

And at another time he also wrote
“kane tsukanu/ stow a nani o ka/ haru no kure
[bell not-ring/ village as for what do / spring’s evening]”

no bell ringing
what do the villagers do
on a spring evening
© Basho (trans. Jane Reichhold)

HOST wrote a ‘ like’ haiku:

no poplar seeds
are falling like snow
under the rainfall

the cuckoo’s call
unheard on the plains
on a spring morning

© G.s.k. ’15

My attempt:

no bell at sunset
time for quiet reflection
thoughts of tomorrow

PR

5/17/15

For further reading on prompt and other responses follow link below

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/05/carpe-diem-732-bell-at-sunset.html?m=1