Tag Archives: #Colleen’s tanka challenge

Listen…

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Who Listens In silence Who will answer Whispers on the wind Ripples on still water Encircling a fallen tear Offering wishes and daydreams Carried as butterflies on the breeze Questions like daisies scattered on the grass The long-forgotten voices … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, double etheree | 25 Comments

The 2019 Poet of the Week Compilation: free poetry pdf to download ~ Colleen Chesebro

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Colleen Chesebro: Yay for team work! The 2019 Poet of the Week & Honorable Mention Poetry Compilation from last year’s challenges is ready for distribution. Please join me in thanking H. R. R. Gorman for his help in … Continue reading →

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Blessed

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Before the town wakes Dawn offers benediction Silent reminder Expression of greater life Beyond the walls of duty * Tanka for Colleen’s poetry challenge

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, dawn, tanka | 15 Comments

Urban phoenix

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Civilisation The need for ownership breeds Contemptuous greed Accumulating desires Reassurance of status * Time will take its toll Breaking secure illusions Castles in the air Even the grandest vision To dust returns and crumbles * Raised and broken down … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, civilisation, greed, Man, tanka | 38 Comments

Constriction

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Hard Edges Cage imposed Limiting form Counting syllables Seeking conformity Obedient to dictates Narrowing the field of vision To engender uniformity The bias of judgement obeys its rules Railing against apparent constriction Forgetting existence is defined Necessary separation Failing to … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, challenge, double etheree, existence, separation | 20 Comments

Drought…

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Sullen summer skies Heavily prescient clouds Threatening thunder Lightening the oppression Showering parched earth with joy For Colleen’s poetry challenge

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, rain, storm, summer, tabka | 12 Comments

Journey

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I stand enraptured Earth and sea begin and end In thrall to beauty Cherishing the questing path Humbled by Nature’s jewels For Colleen’s Poetry Challenge

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, nature, quest, tanka | 12 Comments

Love in cold blood

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

A healing embrace The gift of a loving soul Wears many faces A burden borne for others Lightening the heart of both * What I had observed in my fish tank with my little dying fish, I was privileged to … Continue reading →