Stars

I paint starsto look like jellythrow them indeep waters-emanating lightsays we belong to the sky Image credit: Annette Rochelle Aben https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/07/20/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-235-ekphrastic-photoprompt/

Tanka Prose

This is a 'tanka prose' created by the 'Found Poetry' method from my own piece Monsters I continue to be the monster in their stories…. There might be a day when one of them is in trouble. If I sense that, and am capable of helping out, I offer a hand silently. To accept or … Continue reading Tanka Prose

Bravery

Photo by Darren Lawrence on Pexels.com CIDORMA = CINQUAIN + SHADORMA Am Ithe brave personyou make me out to beI had no option to turn back-I walkedtill my feet ached with a parched throatsurvival drove me therewhere you found me...Soldiers!I salutegenerosityyou saved measked questionsgave me credit fordiscovering oasis https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/06/29/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-232-specificform/

Biggest Discovery

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com No ... I'm not down and outif that's what you wish to seeI'll live on my terms, let the world be damned Yes, I still have my cloutthough I'm not smiling with gleeI'm in full control, I know where I stand don't look at me like thisI'm no object … Continue reading Biggest Discovery

Divinity

writecosmiclanguages-let the hand flowwith an unknown force-imagine new patterns-let the energy guide you-discover unseen, blank spaces-fill them up now to write a storyand get catapulted to divine worlds https://wordcraftpoetry.com/category/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenges/

Not all happy

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com how many times doyou appear in my stories- not a characterjust that emotion linked withunforgettable moments https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/06/01/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-228-poetschoice/

Journeys

Photo by Enric Cruz Lu00f3pez on Pexels.com traveldoes not exciteunless I find new homesfor the soul, at the end of longjourneys https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/05/25/weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-227-themeprompt/

Rocks

strong currentscarry me alongpebbles prickmy bare skinI choose to ignoresearch for a rock to stop me https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/05/18/tanka-tuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-226-ekphrastic-photoprompt/#comment-93118

Subconscious alleys

Photo by Keira Burton on Pexels.com I think I was born out of someone else's will -unarmed, unprepared I go back enriched, strengthened by lessons I may forget but lurking somewhere -alive in folds of the soul they control me, and once more, I write fresh stories -ink on electronic screens need to learn coding … Continue reading Subconscious alleys

Floral imprints

soft textures, colours-how do I discriminatewhen all touch the soul?I feel so gross against thembut we share mortality.... https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/04/27/tanka-tuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-223-themeprompt/