posting poetic prose
30 Jan 2025 14 Comments
in tanka Tags: chill, nose, sinuses, sneeze, sniff
Kim at dVerse prompts us to write poetry from an optician’s chart using a line of four words in order. The words I used in tanka form are: nose–one–cause–even
my nose is running
its race against sinuses
stiff sniff not enough
one sneeze will cause a series
using even more tissSHOOS!
17 Apr 2018 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: chill, crow, leaves, tree, wind
My attempt at “fusion” prompt (see CDHK) to fuse two haiku into one new one.
free image
the crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
© Soseki Natsume
raucous wind stirs crows
black “leaves” clinging to bare tree
murderous caws rise
© lynn__
13 Jun 2016 29 Comments
in quadrille Tags: chill, form, ode, quadrille, spill
yes, it
requires
some skill
to write a
real quadrille;
musical, like
a trill, a thrill
to take up
your best quill
let creative
juices spill;
count each
word,
you will
keep writing
until the
quota of
cuarenta y cuatro
you fill…
then chill.
Chilling at the poets’ pub today, writing quadrilles on the word “spill”.
21 Jan 2016 11 Comments
in tanka Tags: bones, chill, crows, frost, winter
photo by lynn__
lonely weathervane
midwestern prairie windchill
frosty windowpane
old bones ache in mid-winter
even crows disappear
a poem in my pocket 
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