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Revelry

Revelry

those seeking control
would keep us quaking in fear
better to dictate
their demands, but here’s a spin…
let’s rollick instead, for spite

~kat

A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms of the prompt words: Command: control, dictate, demand, & Dance: revel, rollick, spin.


Mid-Day Shift – A Haiku

magnificent day
early signs looked promising
then the clouds rolled in

~kat

For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, Prompt words: Regal (Magnificent) & Hopeful (Promising).


First Blooms – A Tanka

cultivated plots
are a gardener’s cachet
but Gaia’s first blooms
burst through concrete, cling to walls
vagabonds in dapper hues

~kat

A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only of the prompt words, Grow: bloom, burst, cultivate & Honor: cachet.


Spring Vespers – A Haiku

Persephone smiles
and the earth blooms, its vespers,
spring’s fragrant, first breath.

~kat

For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, Prompt words: worship (vespers) and goddess (Persephone).


Pay – A Haiku

do not pay
to play but rather
play for pay

~kat

For Haiku Horizons, Prompt Word, Pay.