listening to tones
difficulty discerning
failing hearing test
ringing ears a detriment
higher pitches go unheard
This tanka is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #249,
with the words pitch and tone.
Image source: worldartsme.com
inside out
my past shapes
the path I follow
leading everywhere
nowhere
walking in circles
I face myself
directionless
This art is offered by Ronovanwrites at Guess That Art IV, for observation and inspiration.
Image source: Whitney Mueum of American Art – Iberic, © Carmen Herrera (acrylic on canvas board)
Darkness Released
Jackson Pollock, untitled (1941)
Inner turmoil long restrained,
draining all strength,
seeks an outlet.
Understanding, born
of disaffection,
finds direction.
Vision, a product of light,
rises from darkness,
no longer contained.
Darkness,
even in the light,
is still darkness.
With Guess That Art III, Ronovan asks us to write a poem inspired by a painting, artist and title unnamed. Coincidentally, the night before the prompt, I finished reading the autobiography of Thomas Hart Benton, in which a late chapter (added in a later revision) discussed this artist, Jackson Pollock. It prompted me to look for examples of his work. I was surprised by this piece, untitled (1941), and a few others as they are not the sort of work I associated with him.
Image source: wikiart.org
Facing Darkness
One atrocity will replace another.
Each must be recorded,
not ignored,
to give us the strength
to face the next, most sure to come.
With Guess That Art II, Ronovan asks us to write a poem inspired by Guernica, which was painted by Pablo Picasso in response to Nazi Germany’s 1937 bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Image source: pablopicasso.org (click image for larger view in new tab)
thoughts like twisted vine
even sage subject to doubt
seeking direction
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #236,
with the words sage and vine.
Image source: pixabay.com (edited here)
consider the past
look to the future with hope
and peace will follow
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #228
with the prompt words future and hope.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Crane and Rising Sun, by Utagawa Hiroshige
truth before falsehood
a matter of principle
honorable stand
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #227
with the prompt words truth and honor.
Image source: The British Museum
Honorable Men and Deeds: Komatsu Shigemori
by Migita Toshihide
