color gone
as night awakens
dim dusk light
crescent moon rises
pale color returns
This gogyohka is my response to Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 247, #SynonymsOnly at Word Craft: Prose and Poetry,
using dusk and color for the offered words, twilight and hue.
I suppose you could say it’s a “short-line”tanka, as the syllables are consistent.
Photo: 27 April 2020 (click for larger view in new tab)
a fevered mind
in need of distraction
welcome diversion
questionable consolation
false peace of mind
Shared with #Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge: #Poet’sChoice.
in looming darkness
thoughts once abandoned
plague this worried soul
nothing is as it seems
haunted by my past
This gogyohka is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry
Challenge No. 244 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt,
with the art provided by Merril D. Smith.
Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia – Visitor to Germantown by Benton Spruance
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the stars burn
unequaled ecstasy
the reward of true love
left ignored and untended
leads only to heartache
the pain of a burning star
This gogyohka is my response to Twiglet #240 – the stars burn.
Image
Astronomy Picture of the Day
© Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari, Digitized Sky Survey (POSS II)
Vela Supernova Remnant Mosaic
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kinship
one room
three poets
convergence
a matter of perspective
all compass points relative to center
that sweet rose
friendship
gogyohka
three poets in one room
convergence
a matter of perspective
all compass points relative to center
sweet rose of friendship
shadorma
three poets
compass points gathered
convergence
perspective
all relative to center
sweet rose of friendship
cherita
three poets
convergence
a matter of perspective
compass points
relative to center
sweet rose, friendship
lune
three poets
that sweet rose, friendship
convergence
Our trip to Cleveland/Buffalo took us through Indianapolis, where we spent a pleasant evening with Stephanie L. Harper and Robert Okaji.
Yeah, short-form poetry is my thing. I decided to try writing the first free-verse poem in other forms. The definitions of these forms can be found on my Poetic Forms page.
Image source: peakpx.com
falling rain
spatters my windshield
misty roads
moon greets me
during my travels
follows me
shimmers on the highway
wait to greet my tires
relief of cool air in the car
at the far end of our trip
family waits to greet us
These haiku and gogyohka are my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #195-197 (Trifecta), which offers three kigo:
#195 – midsummer rain
#196 – summer moon
#197 – smoldering hot
While Frank’s prompts are related to the the last three weeks of June, these haiku are influenced by my travel in mid/late July.
happy as grass
top down, wind in my hair
slight breeze bends the tall grass
along a country road
brings a smile to my face
the grass laughs with me
This gogyohka is my response to Twiglet #231 – happy as grass.
Note: I absolutely dislike – hate – having the wind blow through my hair.
Image source: iStock
with the years that have passed
greater than those left to come
moments once frozen in time
blend one into another
as memories become a blur
This gogyohka is my response to Colleen Chesebro’s #Tanka Tuesday
Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 226 #Ekphrastic #Photoprompt,
with the photo provided by Trent McDonald.
Gogyohka (pronounced go-gee-yoh-kuh)
~ a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in the 1950s
~ 5-line poetry ~ like tanka, but with freedom from restraints
~ no fixed syllable requirement
~ no conventions regarding content
~ brief lines in keeping with the tradition of Japanese short verse
For Mother’s Day and Colleen Chesebro’s #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 224, #Poet’sChoice.
her gentle spirit
a mother’s essence
etched into my heart
missing her
peaceful soul
Gogyohka (pronounced go-gee-yoh-kuh)
~ a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in the 1950s
~ 5-line poetry ~ like tanka, but with freedom from restraints
~ no fixed syllable requirement
~ no conventions regarding content
~ brief lines in keeping with the tradition of Japanese short verse
This gogyohka started as two senryū, but I wanted to express it in one verse.
her essence
etched into my heart
loving soul
a gentle spirit
memories that never leave
peaceful soul lingers
scattered clouds drift by
a beautiful day to be out
a tufted titmouse agrees
sunning turtles splash as I pass
my paddle slices the water
This gogyohka (off-prompt for Day 6 of napowrimo.net) is my response to Colleen Chesebro’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 220, #Poet’sChoice.
Gogyohka (pronounced go-gee-yoh-kuh)
~ a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in the 1950s
~ 5-line poetry ~ like tanka, but with freedom from restraints
~ no fixed syllable requirement
~ no conventions regarding content
~ brief lines in keeping with the tradition of Japanese short verse
~ Day 6 ~
Image: The Moreau River in April, Missouri
