tour de force
triumph
in grace thrusting
so to feel the sun’s kisses
the sprout bursts through concrete
éclat
~kat
A Cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, using synonyms only of the words, Dignity – grace and Success – triumph, tour de force, éclat.
muted dawn and this
heaving, heavy,
wet-grey stillness
would that the rain would
come, blackening the sky
cooling us with its tears
~kat
42 Day 15 for Jane Dougherty’s Daily Poetry Challenge.
but for a few
faded old pictures,
I would never have
remembered those times
we were brilliant, dazzling souls
devouring life with feverish joy…
who are these smiling ghosts
staring at me, who wasted
their youth chasing after time…
~kat
by another name
Eros, blood and tears
of Venus, Aphrodite
prickly hybrid
legendary bloom
a rose is a rose is
~kat
we hide in bubbles
existence, isolated
chiming in with those
who fancy our delusions
safety is an illusion
~kat~
For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, prompt words: Belong: Exist, Chime & Dream: Bubble, Fancy, Delusion, Illusion.
like mercury colliding... 