muddy
ecstasy
spring rain
lingering
winter, frosted gloam
peepers mum
fair dandelion
golden face turned toward the sun
to frost at dawn fades
footprints
rain remnants
to mop
such stillness
peepers choked by frost
in hiding
only to be nipped
by latent cold snaps at dawn
first flowers still rise
~kat
For Tanka Tuesday Challenge to explore the haiku and the senryu, a handful of each in various metered forms: 2/3/2, 3/5/3, 5/7/5 . I love writing little poems!
a good ending
peeper chirps muted
by mist hov’ring o’er the stream
twilight’s serenade
crimson streams of daylight fading
moon ascending the eastern sky
we bid another day goodbye
my weary bones need no persuading;
sleepy, I am quickly fading
’twas another amazing day
filled with blessings, hard work and play
with bits of kindness, love, romance
someone to share it with, to dance
in warm embrace, to slowly sway
now I lay me down
in the stillness of the gloam
to your breath purring
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge – prompt words Chirp (Purr) & Twilight (Gloam) an opening and ending haiku, combined with the Weekly Décima Challenge, prompt word Dance – D line Rhyme.
The Traditional Décima Poem
Décima poetry is a 10 line stanza with 8 syllables per line. The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc. Using the 10 lines there are generally two ways to organize: The 10 lines, or breaking the 10 lines into two stanzas using abba/accddc.
The abba/accddc requires either a period or semicolon after the fourth line break.
our heroes
if you survived this long, long year
emerged this decade, deeply touched
by global heartache, death and such,
if you faced every day past fear
to rise above, a kinder soul
who cared for others, paid the toll,
then you’ve a right to have a bash
to celebrate, to breathe at last,
to take your place as our heroes
full cold moon on ice
shifting dark of night to light
hope for the future
~kat
A combo Décima/Haiku for Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge and Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge.
The Décima Prompt word BASH – D Line Rhyme:
Haiku Challenge Prompt words with Synonyms: Bound – on ice; Sway – shift
off the edge
the earth is not flat
opinion can’t make it so
life, death, and taxes
the sun rises and the sun sets
the moon’s face cycles new to full
we’re all bound by gravity’s pull
the truth is absolute and yet
it’s easy to forget and let
emotions cloud our fickle minds
you know it happens all the time
we pick and choose what to believe
it makes us easy to deceive
like silly sheep we follow blind
~kat
This week’s combo challenge inspired by Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge, Prompt Words LIFE & VIEW (OPINION) and Décima Poetry Challenge, Prompt Word BLIND - C-Line Rhyme. A Décima is a ten line poem, eight syllables each line in the rhyme scheme: abbaaccddc. This week’s prompt word must be used at the end of one of the C lines with the other C lines rhyming.
dare to hope
we shouldn’t be at all surprised
when vile wolves disguised as sheep
prowl the darkness while we sleep
crooning dissonant lullabies
that fill our foolish ears with lies
we shouldn’t be surprised at all
when silly sheep refuse to call
these wolves the monsters that they are,
to send them packing…au revoir!
it won’t be long until they fall
dread of the future
is fading away in waves
dare to hope again
~kat
For Ronovan Writes, a combined response to the Décima Poetry Challenge, Prompt Word: SLEEP – B-Line Rhyme and the Haiku Poetry Challenge, Prompt Words: EBB (fading away) & FLOW (waves).
like mercury colliding... 