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
So for Day 17 I have the prompt, parallel. I started out attempting a ghazal, but ended up with something interesting but not quite a ghazal (I screwed up the rules a bit as I was writing). But I liked it, so here it is. Image by Quang Nguyen vinh from Pixabay Parallel The axis of the world... Continue Reading →
For Day 16 I have the prompt, silent infinity, and the form of a Catena Rondo. Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay Silent Infinity Shadows stretch beyond the kenwinding beside the long roadVoices silent and heartbeats slowedShadows stretch beyond the ken Winding beside the long roadyou can hear the footsteps falling,and the hint of wee babes bawling,winding beside... Continue Reading →
And we go to the darker side with Day Eight. Image by Peter Fischer from Pixabay Ferry Ride One coin for a passage laid against the tongue in the silence of mourning The rhythm of the dirge, an echo of the River Styx One coin for a passage A glint... Continue Reading →
The Ghost Tree Shall I tell you a story? Such an inconsequential story, in the grand scheme of universal things, but still quite important to some. To those that died. This story has many beginnings, the very first happened a century or two past (or perhaps three, it’s hard to keep track sometimes), the latest... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 