there’s a subtle shift
a cool stream mingling amidst
sultry zephyr blasts
midsummer days challenged by
autumn crisp staking its claim
~kat
A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge – Synonyms Only for the prompt words: Change (shift) and Defy (challenge, stake)
dressed is she in thorns
a crown of crimson petals
encircles her head
~kat
the tide
sweeps the strand
reclaiming beached remnants
of cockles and shell shards; the sea
yearning
~kat~
A Cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Synonyms Only, Prompt Words: Love (yearning) & Time (tide).
rendezvous en rouge
the agony and the sweet
thorns amidst the blooms
~kat
This week, a haiku for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge
using synonyms only of the words: congregation (rendezvous) and passion (agony)
the sun, moon and stars’
sure movements, dawn to gloaming,
cast time in shadows
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: time & movement.
like mercury colliding... 