Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts

Friday, November 9, 2018

Three Haiku Poems - Wildfires



 Linked to: Poets United

Three Haiku Poems - Wildfires

so much energy
flames approach with a strong force
resisting nothing

fire burning brightly
quick flash as the flames leapt high
speeding fast as sound

trees add oxygen
making the flames leap higher
without fuel it’s out

Haiku – is a unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. 
It is created by a vision, it paints a mental image in the reader’s mind.

Senryu - consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all.is usually written in the present tense and only references to some aspect of human nature or emotions. They possess no references to the natural world and thus stand out from nature/seasonal haiku

Friday, October 26, 2018

Beauty is Everywhere



Beauty is Everywhere
Quote for Beauty
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. Author – Unknown

Real beauty is found everywhere.
Flowers are blooming every day
No one sheds a tear the day a flower disappears
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Insects visit the flowers
Leave with their taste buds filled with nectar
Just to return another day
When the next bud blooms again.
Humans cut the flower to add to a vase
No one sheds a tear
When the beauty of the bloom disappears
Here today, gone tomorrow.
If a human with real beauty
Didn’t bloom at all
Would you shed a tear
For sure you would.
Real beauty is found everywhere
Let’s make a point to showing how we care
When that poor flower no longer blooms
Give it a blessing for making your day blossom with beauty.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Your Life is Full of Memories - Share



Your Life is Full of Memories - Share
Quote for Memories
Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future. - Mattie Stepanek

Fairy Mushroom Memories
Memories are for a lifetime
Time to share some childhood dreams
Pretty red mushrooms
Grew in our garden
Fairies were always in my dreams
Those pretty red mushrooms
that grew in our garden
Were always sheltering fairies in my dreams
I swear my dreams were always about fairies
Even in my darkest days of childhood illnesses
My memories of fairies floating around the room
Living under those red mushrooms
Now in my later years
Those fairies still don’t leave my dreams
Just let those little imps take me to heaven
My spirit will then be forever free
My dreams will continue to be forever
About red mushrooms and fairies, that make me happy
Just sharing my childhood dreams that are sappy
Keepsakes that are inspiring me in my later years.

Friday, October 19, 2018

Quote for Passion - Tanka Poem - Wild Passion


Quote for Passion - Tanka Poem - Wild Passion

Photo Credit

Quote for  Passion - “Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping… waiting… and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir… open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us… guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love… the clarity of hatred… the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we’d know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we’d be truly dead.”― Joss Whedon
The first few words of this quote “Passion, it lies in all of us.”  but not only with humans, its also in the animal kingdom. That is why I added the photo above, the mother lion action tells it all.
I can’t really say much more as the quote covers “Passion” extremely well.

Wild Passion Tanka
Passion everywhere
some are dangerous beware
twisted compassion
Take control of your body
otherwise you could be dead
Copyright © 2018 Elsie Hagley

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Celebrations & Alcohol Tanka


Photo Credit                      Celebrations & Alcohol Tanka
Feel like writing a tanka poem if so, here’s a prompt “celebrations & alcohol”
English tanka poetry consists of five units, usually with the following pattern of  –  5-7-5-7-7 which is syllables.
You don’t need a website leave your tanka poem in the comments below, I will respond and share on Twitter.
My tanka poem  - using the words “celebrations & alcohol”
alcohol and life
celebrations everywhere
leading to problems
can we enjoy a evening
with no stimulates in us

Love you to join in on this subject, even if you only want to leave a comment, with no poem.
Happy Days Writing.