Here's today's poem. Image by Noel Bauza from Pixabay Winter's Fjord Within the icy flowShe haunts my dreamsHer beloved faceSinking beneath the watersWhy did she leave me? Consumed inside the nightAshen pyre on the riverScorching embers taking flightI see her face within the waterHer soul sailing out to sea
Today I have my attempt at a Triquain poem, with Nuanced. Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay Nuanced Subtle wordsdeftly flavoured in saltand astringent along the edgesYour barbed opposition to keep the world at bay,designed for elegant detachmentDegrees of shade and slightdistinction
We go a bit deep with the poetry today, writing to the prompt enlightened chastity. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Enlightened Chastity Uplifting reverence of purityAspirations of a saintly relicVirgin child manipulationExploitation in disguise UntouchableAbstinenceIdealRestraint Impositions of a patriarchyOn a subjugated genderMaidenhood objectifiedInto sanctified delusion
Here's my poem for day 5. Image by Alexey Marcov from Pixabay Adoring Insults A brandy cocktailand the cutting laughterAdoring insultsas your friends look on Out on the townA subtle roving eyeAdoring insultsas she watches you Too much wineand fewer invitationsAdoring insultsas hearts turn bitter Familiarity out of styleResentful recriminationsAdoring insultsas bonds shatter like glass
Happy Easter to those who celebrate and welcome to Day 4 of National Poetry Month. Here's today's poem, written in the triolet form. Image by danny moore from Pixabay Orange Painted An orange-painted sky,a gleaming morning sunriseScintillation on highAn orange-painted skysketching beauty for the eyeover atmospheric disguiseAn orange-painted sky,a gleaming morning sunrise
Be Afraid of the Dark 