flood waters rising
white portico under siege
leader blowing smoke
This tanka is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #276,
where the prompt words are smoke and water.
Image
Depiction of the North Portico, 1835
Source: The White House Historical Association
Credit: Kellogg, D.W. & Coo., via Library of Congress
a growing distance
in absence of affection
no longer lovers
This senryū is my response to
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge
No. 148 #SynonymsOnly, which offers empty and space as prompt words.
I have used “absence” and “distance” as synonyms.
a discerning eye
that hidden within revealed
beauty blossoming
This senryū is a revision of a haiku by Yosa Buson for Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #104 Photo-shopping Haiku – “Camellia” (Yosa Buson).
Unfolding at the
hand of the glass polisher:
a camellia!
Buson
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Waxwing and Camellia, by Utagawa Hiroshige
thoughts running rampant
beyond all sense of reason
empty, save the noise
This senryū is a late response to
Reena’s Exploration #104 Challenge – Long and Short of It, using three words
– all, empty, and noise – from the provided quote by Jiddu Krishnamurthy.
in the deepest night
looking to stars for a sign
finding spark of hope
This senryū is my response to
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge
No. 140 #SynonymsOnly, which offers light and dark as prompt words.
I have used “spark” and “deepest night” as synonyms.
Image source: Astronomy Picture of the Day
crossing to recross
there is no coincidence
twisted paths of fate
This senryū is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #266,
where the prompt words are twisted and cross.
Image source: freepik.com
on far horizon
acceptance without judgment
dream come true one day
This senryū is my response to
Carpe Diem #1698 Hot Summer Night … Imagination,
where the prompt is to write Japanese poetry
inspired by the provided photo.
Image source: nomadicboys.com
