Tanka: Earth

  obscurity looms as Earth spins on its axis retracting from Sun steering us from dawn to dusk to radiate light elsewhere     Linked to Weekly Tanka Challenge#79 hosted by Elsie of Ramblingsofawriter where the challenge is to use the words “light” and “dark”. I have used “light” and “obscurity.”    

Quadrille: Hope

De Jackson of WhimsyGizmo who is a Las Vegan, hosted Quadrille on Monday at dVerse, when we write a poem of exactly 44 words, including a given word. (I know I’m a little late for submission!) In light of the recent killings in Las Vegas, De rightly believes that in addition to prayers and healing, his … Read more