Tag: first love

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

W3-Hay(na)ku Poetry

Tina Stewart Brakebill

First Love

momentarily 

holding space

we breathe together

 

Brotherly Love

memories

fighting words

partners in crime

 

Learning to Love Myself

rejection

internalized antipathy 

acceptance at last

 

Not Love

starstruck

stood up

it’s not you

 

Endless Love

together

holding space

a timeless moment

Photo by Loe Moshkovska on Pexels.com

 

Inspired by Michelle’s poem, this week’s W3 challenge (in short): Write 5 separate Hay(na)ku poems, each about a different aspect of love, including (but not limited to) the following:

  • Romantic love
  • Familial love
  • Self-love
  • Unrequited love
  • Enduring/timeless love

Each poem should stand alone but together create a layered meditation on love.

Form: Hay(na)ku poetry series

Invented by: Filipino poet Eileen Tabios (2003). Structure (per poem):

  • Line 1 → 1 word
  • Line 2 → 2 words
  • Line 3 → 3 words

No rules for rhyme, rhythm, or subject beyond the word count.

Check out Michelle’s poem and more detailed instructions below.

W3 Prompt #179: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

the agonies of change

Tina Stewart Brakebill

days became decades

forged in fire but still easy

our love endures all

Reena’s 400th Prompt asks us to play a game. Visit the site of An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations

Click on any one of the 12 pictures. Read the divination and write whatever comes to mind.

I landed on the card above. We’ve been together for 42 years, so this one really resonated. Visit Reena’s page to read more.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #400

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

I see a budding bloom

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I see a budding bloom

wafting in the breeze

Its petals beckon to the bees

like the newly wedded groom

I see a budding bloom

 

Gazing towards the trees

a blossom hopes to please

Like the new bride’s swoon

I see a budding bloom

 

Night comes in like a tease

And the flower feels unease

But under the light of the rising moon

I see a budding bloom  

Image is courtesy of Reenas Xploration Challenge via Japanese Artist Raku Inoue.

I was inspire by this image and dverse poets ballata poetry form challenge. I’m not sure if I like my finished product, but it was a fun challenge! Thanks!

Poetry Form: Ballata
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #340

 

 

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, History, tutto e niente

seduction

Tina Stewart Brakebill

longing for a mash

flirtation becomes romance

seduction as art

Bouguereau+2

Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, La Confidence, c. 1880, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum, 68 x 47 1/8 in. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. Original gift of Mr. George Seney to the Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, GA. GMOA 00.67. Courtesy of American Federation of Arts.

As a women’s historian and an avid reader, I’ve always loved the 19th century use of this word. So thanks to Linda’s SoCS Challenge for the chance to use my FAVORITE slang definition of “mash.”

  • noun
    • a flirtation or infatuation.
    • a flirt; sweetheart; lover.
  • verb (used with object)
    • to flirt with; court the affections of.