It's the Saturday Lucky Dip over at Mindlovemisery's Menagerie. Today we are asked to create a Tanka, a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7) blood orange moon hangs over the bayou; Spanish moss sways its [...]
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The Pause
It's a hot time in the dVerse Poets Pub tonight! Slow, sweat-nasty burn nothing sexy about it — Menopause, asshole. Back away slowly. Don't make any sudden moves nobody gets hurt.
Hearts of Summer
Today at Mindlovemisery's Menagerie, we have Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille. This week's prompt is Summer Love. Hearts of summer fall quickly; forgetting seasons are temporary.
Voodoo Woman
Tangerine sun sinks behind live oaks dripping with musky Spanish moss wild gleam in agate eyes, Voodoo woman waits ‘til the time is right.
Hollow Substance
Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai cherished memories of better times and best friends all lost to me now. Reality or a mind's eye tweak — does it matter?
