
Like words on the page
before the fire consumes them
I read you deeply

Thanks to Susi at I Write Her for the great photo inspiration / challenge!
Additional Photo (book/heart) courtesy of Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com
Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.

Like words on the page
before the fire consumes them
I read you deeply

Thanks to Susi at I Write Her for the great photo inspiration / challenge!
Additional Photo (book/heart) courtesy of Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com
when day turns to night
the echo of your heartbeat
stays my fleeing soul

Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the inspiration.
I used synonyms today: echo and heartbeat (for sound) and heartbeat and fleeing (for motion).
Not willing to stop
I carve my name on your heart
Beginning anew

Written for Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge. These week’s synonyms only words are origin (beginning / anew) and write (carve.) Read the rules and find links to other great submissions here.
my heart is willing
as it drums a feisty beat
but woe fills my mind

This little ditty was written for Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 124 #SynonymsOnly
This week’s words are game (willing and feisty) and trouble (woe). Find the rules here.
again we say yes
vowing our love till the end
and promise I do

This is dedicated to my partner of 33 years and counting. He is my rock and he has my heart.
And thanks for the word inspiration to Ronovan Writes.