Tag: Japanese poetic forms; Mindfills
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fragrant ~ haiku
fragrant breezeclamoring for colourwears lilac Mindfills © 2023 for Cee’s FOTD #kigo ~ fragrant breeze (kunpuu, all summer). Haiku ~ is both singular and plural.A Japanese form designed to be small and concise by limiting the number of lines and the number of syllables in a line. Japanese haiku are three-line poems with the first and the…
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commotion ~ a haiku
commotion of starswalks red carpet of night skies~ thundering applause Mindfills © 2023 for Moonwashed Musings ~ commotion
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courage ~ a haiku
white dandelionsgathering courage from windsgo beyondering For NaPoRiMo Day 21 ~ write a poem with a word you have invented. My word is Beyondering. Choose the topic of the poem from the list given for day 21. Mindfills © 2023
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mercury ~ a haiku
mercury riseshazy moon misses star’s debut~ he’s on spring break For I believe April 17th is Haiku Day ; #kigo ~hazy moon (oborozuki, all spring) Mindfills © 2023
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smouldering ~ a troiku
smouldering tempestsclouds line up fire hydrantsrain-drenched in mischiefsmouldering tempestsred fury firmly reined inif only for nowclouds line up fire hydrantsdressed in electric orangefanning other flamesrain-drenched in mischiefthunder strikes lightning in funmaking heavens cry For Murisopsis ~ Nonce forms scavenger hunt – Troiku; NaPoRiMo~ Day 16 Mindfills © 2023 Troiku by Chevrefeuille – this poem consists of an initial…
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truth ~ a senryu
truth of existence ~ impossible to ignorewhat eyes cannot see For NaPoRiMo~ Day 13 ; David’s W3 ~ Jane Aguiar, the week’s winner asks us to write a Senryu and include the word impossible Mindfills © 2023 SenryuThe Senryu is:• a poem in 3 lines or less.• syllabic, 17 syllables or less.• commonly written in…
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freckled ~ a haiku
freckled white lilybasking in summer’s last looks~ bittersweet goodbye For Colleen Cheesebro’s Tanka Tuesday ~ picture prompt – Terri Webster Schrandt Mindfills © 2023
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new dawn ~ a haiku
new dawn cracks open oozes golden sunlighton baby twitters For Reena’s Exploration Challenge ; NaPoRiMo day 8; # kigo ~ twittering (saezuri, all spring). Of birds Mindfills © 2023
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scarlet ~ a haiku
scarlet memoriesin labyrinths of blossom hazepebbles remind feet For Cee’s FOTD; # kigo ~ blossom haze (hanagumori, late spring); NaPoRiMo ~ day 7 Mindfills © 2023
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wildflower ~ a haiku
waking up to Springwildflower on hiatusputs on new lipstick Mindfills © 2023 For Moonwashed Musings ~ hiatus Haiku ~ A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. A haiku often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence…
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