Tanka for grey clouds

For Ronovan’s haiku challenge: Sheep & Weep.

 

flock of clouds

sheep-jostles

cold sky bleats

mournful wool grey cries

of winter-bound birds

Oak leaf tanka

I don’t know if this is a proper tanka and it’s slightly off-subject, but here is its anyway for Frank Tassone’s challenge.

 

oak leaves cling

not in vanity

in memory

of summer past

green and russet glories

Haiku challenge: Brook & Moss

For Ronovan’s weekly haiku challenge. I’m done with winter. Hasn’t started yet, but still…

beneath cool trees

bright brook trips and runs

through green moss

ice-melt and dearth forgotten

spring seeps in velvet softness

Tanka: Wolf moon

For Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge

 

no wolf

to howl this moon

this land is ours

raked cleared sown no wild things

wander free these tame hills

Haiku challenge: Smoke & Water

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

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