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Slim Chance Haiku

though chances are slim
to none, you will regret it
if you never try

~kat

For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge Prompt words: slim & chance.


Spring Interrupted


Spring Interrupted

tender
tenacity
verdant shoots sprout in spring
perseverance in winter’s wake
frosted
~kat

An American Cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only for the prompt words: patience (tenacity, perseverance) and green (tender, verdant).


Persistence

it is heartening
to see the spirited young
rally for justice
but we are jaded, hoping
reality doesn’t win

they are dazzling
reminding us of ourselves
before life happened

~kat

For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms of the words renew: hearten, rally and fresh: young, spirited, dazzling.


Tart Sweet

absinthian nips

even saccharine infused

may puckers one’s lips

~kat

For Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge using synonyms of the words, Tart (absinthian) and Sweet (saccharine).


Which Came First?

some say ‘twas the egg
not the chicken that came first
but they’d be laying

~kat

For Haiku Horizons Challenge, Prompt Word: Egg.

(Photo from Wikimedia Commons)