Did you ever think
we would find such happiness
sitting side by side
watching dandelion seeds
float away on children’s breath?
A tanka for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo).
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Nuisance Plant
Each year I kill it,
that scraggly rose bush out front.
Each year it persists,
deep roots my shovel can’t reach.
Each year it gifts me blossoms.
It’s National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo)!
Day 1 prompt from NaPoWriMo.net : write a tanka (5 line poem with syllable counts 5/7/5/7/7).
Poetic Injustice
Justice is blind, though
inherently judgmental.
My verdict awaits.
COVID culls with dispassion
guilty and guileless alike.
dVerse MTB: Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)
spring reckoning
Planted last winter,
I watched for your blush of life.
You remained dormant,
or dead – Now I’m left to choose:
wait and hope, or dig you out.
dVerse Meet the Bar challenge: 5-line Japanese Poetic Forms. My first attempt at a tanka.
What Rhymes with Stanza? 