a thought unspoken
like mist inside a bubble
smothering her mind
the jagged edges hidden
until she finds her true voice
Thanks for the inspiration.
Esther’s Writing Prompt for today was VOICE.
true voice
Category: Haiku & Other Poetry
SenHai-Saturday (the moon and my mind)
the moon turns its face
and the sea mourns salty tears
as summer burns hot
harmonic breaking
turmoil as a design flaw
my chaotic mind
Shifaaz shamoon – Unsplash.com
Thanks to Susi for the great prompt to create one senryu and one haiku to accompany the image (above). As a remember, a traditional haiku describes nature or a season, while a senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.
A Queen?
Quintessential You
Quixotic like Quicksilver
A Quizzical Queen
Thanks Linda!
If you want to jon up, here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing (typos can be fixed), and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. I will post the prompt here on my blog every Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a particular subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The,’” or will simply be a single word to get you started.
TODAY IT’S WORDS THAT START WITH “Q”
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Flashback to Hope
This was originally posted on 7/25/2019 as A Change is Gonna Come (Hopefully).
Sadly, my feelings of being “uninspired or depressed or lethargic” also are like a bad flashback. Anyway … here’s to hope
The world spins around
Bringing a spark of new hope
As fuel for the flames
I’ve been WP MIA for a couple of weeks. Between the heat and the constant rain and the general state of our world, I’ve been uninspired or depressed or lethargic. “Whatever” has been my go-to feeling of late. Ugh. But I’m trying to lift myself out of it. So thanks to Sue’s beautiful photo challenge for giving me a hopeful image to go along with the spark of hope coming out of Puerto Rico.
I’ll leave you with my title inspiration-Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Peace.
one more song
plaid skirts and crew socks
punch dripping from plastic cups
shiny new bow ties
eyes meet as the band played on
pleading for just one more song
Before my time but the words took me to someone else’s nostalgia 🙂
Tina Stewart Brakebill 