summer storm
sunset after the storm
casts a warm, amber glow
a magnificent show
the sky at dusk
~kat
Abhanga
Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.
fine
the words roll off your tongue
a bit too easily
sorry, i don’t believe
that you’re “okay”
or “fine”, that, “it’s all good”
we both know that it’s not
you seem to have forgot
i’m here for you…
not going anywhere
so tell me once again
i’m listening, my friend
this time…the truth
‘cause you’re not sparing me
i’m stronger that you think
i’ll hold you at the brink
and won’t let go
~kat
Abhanga
Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.
bare windows
my windows don’t have shades
in these dense foothill woods
though others think they should
i don’t agree
i wake up with the sun
burning away the mist
dew droplets sparkling, kissed
diamonds at dawn
i love the warmth and glow
of spring and summer lush
of autumn’s amber blush
of winter’s snow
each season draws me out
there, just beyond these walls
i am part of it all
and it, in me
~kat
Abhanga
Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.
midsummer dreaming
I drifted off to sleep
on one midsummer day
lulled by the gentle sway
of breeze kissed trees
I had no where to be
and precious time to spare
slumped in my favorite chair
to rest a spell
til hummingbirds whizzed by
my ears, now roused awake
I smiled, sighed…they can wait
those chores undone
a sip of cool iced tea
a poem in my head
to write ‘fore I forget
this time well spent
taking care what matters
emerging light as air
refreshed, with not a care
no where to be
~kat
Abhanga
Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.
storied
if it’s rewritten
history can’t repeat itself
lessons go unlearned
~kat
Senryu
Similar to haiku, senryu generally consist of 17 syllables (also called morae) divided over three lines in a 5-7-5 pattern, though these guidelines were less strictly followed as time passed. Senryu differs from haiku in that it is not required to reference the seasons or nature.
like mercury colliding... 