Follow Me

Try shout out your voice, Tears only pauses sorrow,   Don’t weep for the world. Life grant a chance if you try, Follow me, make a loud bang. #NaPoWriMo2021 – Day 17 2021 Weekly Photo Challenge with theme Follow Me MLMM Same, Same But Different for the following words: speak cry stop allow pop Ragtag

Patiently, I Wait

patiently, i wait feeling Thy presence within this deep thirst nourished, the time will come when i rise, eyes opened, i follow Thee #NaPoWriMo2021 – Day 2 What Do You See Challenge no. 75 Ragtag Daily Prompt Friday – Patience

Swirling

her one relished joy swirling in unrestrained burst as she sprinkles grace broken hearts dropped on side road twilight seized the street and town Eugis’s Weekly Prompt – Swirling

Solitary (Tree Talk: Ep 3)

in solitary solemnly greeting shadows under the sun’s eyes in between those tall brown trees a confined heart tries to hide Celebrate Thursday Tree Love with us, a community of people who love and appreciate trees. Also, accompanying the picture is a poem in tanka form and responding to FOWC – Solitary

Searching

Before I present my poem, let me start by explaining what prompted this piece. For most part of my day today, my heart and mind have been accompanied by songs from a new album that just came out today. It’s by DPR IAN (also known as Christian Yu), part of the Dream Perfect Regime (DPR)

Hope and Fear

Think I’m losing it My longing, unbearable   Please don’t burn my dreams This life you offer, cold void How can I ever catch up The poem above uses a Tanka form. I’ve written Tanka poems before that follow 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure, but I never paid attention to the one unique characteristics of a Tanka

Old Playground

sky is darker now find only gripping silence your scent is nowhere this used to be our playground back when we owned the forest A response to Cee’s Black & White Challenge – Steps/Ladders in the form of ekphrastic poetry using a tanka form. The image shown in this photo belongs to the author of