Haiku: Hypocrisy

  truth veiled under smoke laughter shrouds the pain of soul hypocrisy reigns   The post follows the prompts given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge# 37. The challenge for this week is to use “smoke” and “veil” in a haiku, tanka or haibun.    ...

Haiku: Steal

    stealing some sun light to oust darkness from our life gleams the modest moon     The post follows the prompt “steal” given by Haiku Horizons for this week.  
Tanka: The Moon and my Heart

Tanka: The Moon and my Heart

  windstorm propelled my heart’s melancholy to sky the moon stands forlorn hoping stars lead jubilance in sky as well as my life       This post follows the prompt words given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #36. The prompt words are “happy”...

Haiku: Kiss

  summer stifles life Parched earth frenziedly craves for sweet kisses of rain   The post follows the prompt “kiss” provided for week 171 by Haiku Horizons.    

Didactic Cinquain: Love

In didactic cinquain, the first line is a one-word title, the subject of the poem; the second line is a pair of adjectives describing that title; the third line is a three-word phrase that gives more information about the subject; the fourth line consists of four...