tyranny
it’s a masquerade
their vile deluge of pretense,
their temerity
is but a drizzling ruse
a tempest, shrouded in guile
raining down on us,
deliquescent victims, we
are dying of thirst
~kat
A Tanka/Senryu for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, prompt words (using synonyms only): ‘Cover’ (pretense, masquerade, shroud) and ‘Precipitation’ (drizzle, deluge, deliquescence, temerity, tempest).
kindred
sometimes it’s a look
a spark of recognition
no longer strangers
kindred of my spirit tribe
who understands…just because
not my flesh and blood
but every bit a special soul
gracing my reality
~kat
A Tanka/Senryu for Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms for the prompt words: Thanks – grace, recognition and Family – blood, kindred, tribe.
Autumn Glow
wafts of cinnamon,
the tang of oranges and cloves,
bonfires ablaze,
oak and hickory, crackling
snug are we, faces aglow
redolent season
breezes smoky, spice-infused
crimson, ochre hues
~kat
For Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Poetry Challenge, a tanka/haiku based on synonyms of the prompt words: Smell – redolent (adj)/tang and Cozy – snug.
pressed impressions of
folioles and rose petals
between leather-bound
leaves of pulpy cellulose,
harvested fronds from the fall
fading memories
once fragrant, verdant, now parched
crumbling to dust
~kat
A Tanka/Senryu combination poem for Colleen’s Poetry Tuesday Challenge, this week’s prompt words and their synonyms are: Autumn: fall; harvest, and Leaves: fronds; folioles.
in the gloaming gloom
candlewicks charred from past trysts
yearn to be consumed
with no dread of ashy death
the flame’s fervid kiss is life
~kat
A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Poetry Challenge. This week with a twist…to use synonyms of the promptwords: Fright/Dread and Night/Gloaming.
like mercury colliding... 