Colleens Weekly Tanka Poetry Prompt

Seasons of the mind

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Reena Saxena

What's wrong with me now? -imagining autumn leaves in peak of summer…. Is it a mindset? Is it an inclination? What is it inside me that struggles to find expression? What is it that creates discomfort? I’ve struggled all my life. I want it to end now. those unseen places all that is anathema comes … Continue reading Seasons of the mind

Yet, I need to ….

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Reena Saxena

Love - I can buy, but still.... I need to win hearts Lanterne .... for https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/06/16/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-182-photoprompt/

Bird’s choice

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Reena Saxena

The forest is on fire. Animals watch with amusement, as a tiny bird brings water in her beak and puts it on the fire. “You silly bird”, says the smart monkey, “you cannot extinguish the fire with a few drops.” “I know,” she responds, “but when history is written, I want to be counted amongst … Continue reading Bird’s choice

Concealed

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Reena Saxena

frozen fearin eye of the stormraw instinctsrising now....Is it danger,or a buried desire to flee? https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/05/19/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-178-photoprompt/

Unwritten

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Reena Saxena

gulfs widenI see sharp words flyegos stretchin search ofrelevance, and maryet unwritten story plots https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/its-six-sentence-story-thursday-link-up-106/ https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/05/05/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-176-poetschoice/

Labyrinths

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Reena Saxena

Found Poetry all these transformations metaphorical and paradoxical insist on being read something crucial shifts an empty space waiting to be inhabited by the self. Meditative labyrinths lead to the same centre until you feel the urge to enter stepping into ‘liminal space’ In the labyrinth you don’t lose yourself. you find yourself. … Continue reading Labyrinths

I cannot

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Reena Saxena

Here is a tanka prose in response to https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/04/21/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-174-photoprompt/ alabaster skin as smooth as I remember slips from my fingers she walks away – don’t know where but gone, never to return….. Mom said the beauty of character lay in steadfastness. Dad was progressive, believed in going with the wind, being flexible and jumping on … Continue reading I cannot

Meaning

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Reena Saxena

you charge ahead with force not knowing what drives you darkness within, in search of light Meaning escapes, but continues to haunt deep valleys and high roads till you look, dive inside https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/03/31/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-171-specificform/