Dragons

I’m a lone warrior but there’s no enemy on the battlefield   critical voices put-me-downs Hmmm..s and frowns I heard from childhood are the dragons I fight every day, every  hour   life on the defensive while attackers fled ages ago leaving scars on my psyche https://dversepoets.com/2019/06/03/quadrille-81-here-there-be-poem-dragons/

Summers

Schools close for a month or two in summer, due to the intense tropical heat here. I wonder how heat was not a deterrent from going out needlessly, at that age. Summer meant visiting grandparents, ice lollies, mangoes, melons and silly games. My grandparents used to have charpoys (picture given below) in the house. We … Continue reading Summers

Life Skills

pasting a smileperforming to entertain -then taking a fall   grace got embedded with all gaming parts moving in me – on skateboards   balance came easy vicissitudes of life couldn’t throw me out https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-may-28th-2019-skateboarding/

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #89

Hi, friends Last week’s prompt brought in some much-needed whackiness and  humor, as well as the usual intensity in the Exploration Challenge. So far, we’ve never had restrictions on length or format of the piece. I’m adding a rider, just for this week. PROMPT Reena's Exploration Challenge -Haiku Prompt You could write a story or … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #89

Blues

I wear all the blues raging oceans fail to calm fires lit by fags whatever’s burning inside becomes a grey gist of me https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/photo-challenge-265/

Consecration

I am building a memorial for my dog – just installing a marble temple on her grave. It is to consecrate the relationship we shared with her – of unconditional love for one another. It might not hold any meaning for anyone after I die, because the value lies in my mind. There are people … Continue reading Consecration

Miracle

dreams turn true miracles count I survived bad forecasts does it make life less of a hard miracle https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/reenas-exploration-challenge-88/

Care

a plea in doe eyes don’t stop fawning over me I just lost Mother I need warmth of home and hearth your kind dog mothers me https://frankjtassone.com/2019/05/26/haikai-challenge-87-5-26-19-fawn-kanoko-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/