A tanka for Ronovan’s weekly challenge.
fire mist
water smoke burning dusk
full of cloud
this scorched sky will heal
in dew-dropping morning
Tag: tanka
Tanka for changing light
Catching up on prompts. This tanka is for Colleen’s weekly challenge.
soft pastel colours
wash the dry dust of summer
with broad water strokes
streaked and striped with silver rain
soft as new grass green-growing
Haiku challenge: Forest & Whisper
I was about to post this on Monday morning when we lost the Internet. Posting now in a brief window of connectivity…
A tanka for Ronovan’s weekly challenge.
tree silence
is the forest’s breath
birdsong its call
we listen and learn our
voices no more than whispers
Haiku challenge: Empty & Whole
A tanka for Ronovan’s weekly haiku prompt.
Painting by Rajasegar
sky empties of rain
dry rivers flow again
from dust to sea
red leaves weave with silver fish
the cycle complete
Tanka for the equinox
A tanka (I think) for Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge.
parched summer
south wind blowing
dry leaves drift
like anchorless stars
in a winter sea
Haiku challenge: Fierce & Fever
A tanka for Ronovan’s weekly challenge.
Painting Sunrise by V. Tomilovsky
beneath this fierce sun
the earth bakes grass crackles in
radiant fever
parches every throat—even
trees shrink aching for rain
Harvest tanka
in the sunflower field
a flock of pigeons
beneath a grey sky
bowed heads heavy with seed
await the harvester
