#Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge

loud thunderunseasonal fearsurprised sun https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/01/11/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-256-colleens-specific-form-haiku/

Renewal

I wake up every morning with a thought. What if there are no calendars, rituals not imposed on me? Would I still make an effort to recap, review, reset?  I take sunrise and sunset for granted. Why do I need to worry about the number of times my planet revolves around the Sun? It’s an …

Gratitude

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TxE70l9bcd4WT8CuEhbIl?si=12950ab776e440fb I say thanks to so many people so many times - politeness, protocol, gratitude, or to close a conversation. It is a kind of reflex action. I may choose to convey special thanks in a special manner for a special gesture. It may be a heartfelt message, a token gift or doing something for …

Gossamer wings

perennial bloomsattract gossamer beautymesmerising art https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/11/16/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-252-photoprompt/

Dusk

a tinge of sadnessovertakes the evening skyball of fire weakensin the crepuscular lightno one escapes dusk, night falls https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/10/12/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-247-synonymsonly/

Back to School

It is a school reunion meeting. Wandering in the revamped school premises, I wonder what would be different if I had to do it all over again.  We depended so much on what was written in books, and whatever teachers said. There was nothing wrong in those times. It had a certain quaintness of innocence, …

Benchmarks

Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com I like living in closed spaces with curtains drawn. The solstice may pass unnoticed in a lockdown situation. Heavy rains and dark clouds, anyway  play a partial block to daylight. I wonder if day and night look forward to equality for six months, or is it something they take …

Free for sometime

P human pests locked innature breathes free, fearlesslyno more transgressions https://amanpan.com/2021/06/10/eugis-weekly-prompt-nature-june-10-2021/

Meadows

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com meadows of hope bloomprotecting frail mindsets fromdeep-rooted despair https://amanpan.com/2021/06/03/eugis-weekly-prompt-meadows-june-3-2021/

Flower Moon

Photo by James Wheeler on Pexels.com I flip through the pages again - the scene where the girl and boy are being sent to different places in Siberia. They almost know it - they’ll never return or meet each other again. Yet, the girl says ..”Watch the moon in the sky, and think of me. …