Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s weekend tanka challenge…
A spring warbler casts
A dropping on the rice cakes —
The veranda edge. © Basho
you little party pooper
ruined our afternoon tea! © lynn__
bush warbler
warbler’s laugh
25 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: party, spring, tea, veranda, warbler
shy century
05 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in senryu, tanka Tags: birthday, cake, century, grandma, heaven, party
hoped to celebrate
grandma’s one hundredth birthday
but she passed away…
left us behind with no cake
she’s partying in heaven!
Elsie’s 100th tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer. My dear Grandma Gertie nearly reached 100 years…can you imagine living for a century?
gingerbread boy wins!
19 Dec 2017 6 Comments
in tanka Tags: architects, competition, gingerbread, holiday, party
holiday party
teens build gingerbread houses
edible artwork
sample leftover sweets from
architects’ competition
Tea Party with Friends
23 Aug 2016 1 Comment
in rhyming verse Tags: Bethel, hat, ladies, party, tea, tent
Out on the lawn under a tree
with tables set quite daintily
a floral scent inside the tent
where Bethel ladies take their tea.
Cookie for you, a scone for me
small sandwiches cut diagonally
drink hot or cold, pour flavors bold
when Bethel ladies take their tea.
Our host is Ms. Mary Jo Lee
a proper southern belle is she
invites us chat, imagine that’s
why Bethel ladies take their tea.
Wear fancy hat to grand partay
recite a poem or play croquet
switch chairs on run, stir in good fun
how Bethel ladies take their tay!
photo credit: Karen Wynia
a poem in my pocket 
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