Tag: #Colleen’sChallenge
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Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday… #Poetry
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#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 215, #POET’SCHOICE Don’tYou knowTomorrowsGhosts looking backThey forgot to sayOf yesterday’s best playHad fallen short of screamingLooking now to send chills down spinesBeware of ghosts that see tomorrowsFear that lives under beds, behind curtains… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Challenge
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#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 214, #THEMEPROMPT This month’s theme is: Dreams DoesDreamingcome from adifferent bedDo we dream their dreams?Is it sad and lonely?Do we enter the unknownA universe of do it twiceWhere any old dream they think will dofor a night spent in someone else’s bed… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge
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WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 213 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT TheRagingWater runsBending colourRainbow flowing brightMagic paid the piperFor first colour, dancing lightBlack and white would give us a frightI thank the Gods for colour magicA world without would be nowt but shadow… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 212 #SYNONYMSONLY WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This week, Word Crafters, Colleen has selected the words to get us going. These words are opposites with many synonym possibilities: Loose & Tight FreeFloatingFast talkingCareless whispersStiff lipped miseryMy life undone by spite.Given back by helping hands.I sit relaxed in sloppy joes.My thoughts find…
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
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#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 211, #Abhanga, or #PoetsChoice WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Anita Dawes Crazy Etheree Stone monsters’ gargoyles smiles.Night that never ends.Slow morning lightWrinkled sheetsCold handsTouchPaleThinkingBrain crackingStorm clouds callingRainfall flood warningSmall dark gargoyle smilingWar in heaven ragingStone monsters waitingArmour platedarmy waits.BitingSoulsBlackMagicmakes its stand.There to take all.Heavens light has moreWar raging until dawn… © Anita…
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#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 210 #SYNONYMSONLY
PAST & PRESENT SlowSummerDays are gone.Now we have snow.Hungry birds to feed.small footprints left behind.Visiting cats passing throughI have turned into Sherlock HolmesLeaving my prints behind as I goAs I search for the abominable snowman… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge…
#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 209, #POET’SCHOICE Itwas late.the night dark.Starlit moonbeamsDance between the leavesThey held each other tight.Whispering their words of loveThe changing light tore them apart.They ran for home, hot breath following.Their night of forbidden love marked their backs… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Challenge ~ #Poetry
#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 209, Last challenge of 2020 For the LAST poetry challenge of 2020, Colleen wants us to write a poem about hope, using our favorite poetry form (it doesn’t have to be syllabic). Please make these poems inspirational to others. IbelieveIn daydreamsThe beauty thereShifting colours blendDesire born from wishingFaith stronger than…
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203. #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT It’s the third week of the month! Time for an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). I’ve selected an image for this week’s challenge. I’ve always loved watercolors. There is something special that speaks to me from the muted and surreal…
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
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#Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 206 #SynonymsOnly WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This week, Kerfe Roig selected the words: “mingle and drift“ PLEASE support the other poets by visiting blogs and leaving comments. Peer reviews help poets perfect their writing craft. Remember… sharing is caring. ISlideSlip awayOn virgin snowFloating in the airUnited with childhoodFree to remember days…