space between us grew
love no longer our nature
a life of pretense
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt
Challenge #409, where the prompt words are
nature and space.
Image source: gettyimages.com
Senryū
treasured moments ~ senryū
life well lived
loved by all you touched
memories
final hours
darkness closes in
by your side
bittersweet
treasured last moments
emptiness
moving on
behind, beside you
without you
This senryū sequence is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge #258, #ThemePrompt, Memories: Sweet & Sour.
the strongest of wills ~ senryū
the strongest of wills
bends when considering love
matters of the heart
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #392,
where the prompt words are bend(ing/s) and heart.
family ~ senryū
family
lasting connections
traveling
This senryū is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge #233, #Poet’sChoice.
Traveling this past weekend and then for two weeks starting Saturday
means less time checking into WordPress until the end of the month.
one who loves ~ senryū
one who loves
offers simple gift
tender thoughts
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #364,
where the prompt words are tender and who.
lonely heart travels ~ senryū
lonely heart travels
overcoming great distance
newfound contentment
This senryū is my response to
Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday Weekly
#Poetry Challenge No. 231 #Ekphrastic #ThemePrompt.
troubled child ~ senryū
troubled child
leaves home in turmoil
mother weeps
Sorry so dark, but this senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #361,
where the prompt words are home and weep.
newborn child ~ senryū
newborn child
love overflowing
from cupped hands
This senryū is my response to
Misky’s Twiglet #229 – cupped hands.
I’m also sharing this with Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday Weekly
#Poetry Challenge No. 228 #Poet’sChoice.
My granddaughter was three days old the first time I held her.
The next time I hold her will be in July, when she will be eight months old.
6 months
streetcar to nowhere ~ senryū
social distancing
under travel restrictions
streetcar to nowhere
Off prompt for Day 21 at napowrimo.net, this senryū is my response to Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday Weekly#Poetry Challenge No. 222 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt.
~ Day 21 ~
Image source: mollyroselee at Pixabay
moon no longer full ~ senryū
moon no longer full
there is less light in the world
when a friend passes
This senryū is my response to Colleen Cheseboro’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge #219: #specificform, which asks that we write a haiku or tanka on any subject. While mortality has been an occasional subject in my poetry over the years, it seemed to become more of a recurring theme once I reached Medicare age, three years ago. What can I say? People around me are getting older. I’m getting older.
Images
Wikimedia Commons – Heron at New Moon, by Ohara Koson
Waning gibbous moon, Jefferson City Missouri, 01 April 2021
This will serve as my poem for Day 1 of National/Global Poetry Writing Month,
in case I don’t meet the challenge at napowrimo.net.
~ Day 1 ~
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