Written for RDP, where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words ‘new beginnings’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
Category: Haiku
RDP Monday: fluent
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘fluent’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
RDP Friday: mountain
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word ‘mountain’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
RDP Tuesday: horizon
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word ‘horizon’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
RDP Sunday: reverie
Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us to get creative with the word ‘reverie’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
RDP Saturday: turbulence
Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get creative
with the word ‘turbulence’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Thursday: discern
Written for RDP where leapingtoes asks us to
get creative with the word “discern”; also for
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #063 and Crispina’s
photo #2. Here’s where the prompts took me.
RDP Tuesday: optimism
Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word ‘optimism’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Friday: zephyr
Today at RDP, Martha Kennesy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘zephyr’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Friday: boreal
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘boreal’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Monday: flinty
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘flinty’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
RDP Friday: transcendent
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘transcendent’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
In Autumn
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #86
incorporating the word “shade”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.
Branches: A Haiku
Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt, incorporating
“appeal intertwined” and “nature’s
grasp of beauty”. This is my haiku.
Pisces Dreams: A Haiku
Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #11
where our host Colleen challenges us to write a
syllabic poem of our choice featuring our Zodiac
color according to the chart shown below. I am
Pisces and the color chart says my color is pink.
What is your zodiac color?
First Morning
Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt, incorporating
‘gentle dew’ and ‘nature’s beauty’.
This is my response, a haiku.
Pale Bloom
Written for Susi’s SenHai Saturday #1.
The photo below is our inspiration;
we are to respond with one senryu
and one haiku. This is my take.
Let In Calm: Dectina Refrain and Haiku
Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt (“hope for”)
and Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge (“impatience).
Here is my Dectina Refrain followed by a Haiku.
Fret,
Worry,
Useless fears
Swirl in our brains
Dance of impatience
When all we should hope for
Is a peaceful mind and heart
Every day is its own journey
Our destination is preordained
Fret, worry, useless fears swirl in our brains
The journey is short
No time for useless worry
Be still, let in calm
NAR©2024
Dectina Refrain:
This refrain is written as follows:
1st line – 1 syllable, 2nd line – 2 syllables
3rd line – 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines
as one stand-alone line.
This is the extraordinary “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel
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Come Softly: Dectina Refrain & Haiku
Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #231 –
“Come Softly To Me”. Here is my piece,
a Dectina Refrain followed by a haiku.
Do
You hear
Me tapping
On your window
Come softly darling
Sit right here beside me
Kiss my trembling fingertips
Take me in your arms and hold me
Tell me you will never let me go
Do you hear me tapping on your window
A petal soft kiss
Fluttering cherry blossoms
Love’s gentle breezes
NAR©2024
The Dectina Refrain is written as follows:
1st line is 1 syllable,
2nd line is 2 syllables,
3rd line is 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines
and written as one stand-alone line.
This is “Come Softly To Me” by the Fleetwoods
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.
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