when our days are spent
the rivers still flow to sea
and the earth endures
Not sure if my words are hopeful or fatalistic but the photo is beautiful! Thanks Sue. Click here for more great writing and the rules of the game.
Category: Haiku & Other Poetry
When the Moon Beckons
When the moon beckons
Let yourself rise in the light
Uninhibited
Uninhibited
Let yourself rise in the light
When the moon beckons
When the moon beckons
Let yourself rise in the light
Emancipated
Not sure if this is any kind of actual poetic form or just three separate haiku strung together but I like it (them) and it (they) captures my feelings about the lovely photo that Susi provided at I Write Her.
bleeding heart
taste my bleeding heart
its sweetness drowned in fury
battered by the fight
In the words of the fabulous Dixie Chicks I’m Not Ready to Make Nice so (try as I might) not even the word prompts of sweet/heart could quell my rage. But thanks for trying Ronovan Writes.
on adverbs and outrage
truly, madly, deeply … a song
truly, madly, deeply … a movie (with Alan Rickman!)
truly, madly, deeply … a partial list of adverbs to be avoided if you want to be a “real” writer (according to conventional “wisdom”)
truly, madly, deeply … a partial list of adverbs that inadequately qualify and/or modify how truly, madly, and deeply angry I am this week
truly, madly, deeply … #youknowme
truly, madly, deeply … a haiku
a song sung fiercely
truly madly deeply felt
demands to be heard
truly, madly, deeply … WE WON’T GO BACK
Many things inspired these random ramblings and specific outrages including Linda’s SoCS challenge to start my post with an adverb.
Not sure this is what she had in mind … but stream of conscience it is.
Image from breakingthroughtheglass.com/2018/02/02/feminism-types/
Still She Persists
the steps rise steeper
as her tomorrows decline
yet still she persists
I saw Helene’s What Do You See Challenge directly after reading the news of yet another infuriating decision to exert control over women. I am struggling to retain hope for a future where (as a woman) I am considered to be a person not merely a vessel to be used then tossed aside. So this is as hopeful as I can get this morning.
And to all those who insist on sticking their business in my uterus, I say …
Tina Stewart Brakebill 