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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

fading memories

Tina Stewart Brakebill

as our memories fade away 

misty behind a shadowed veil           

the jagged edges dulled with fray     

as our memories fade away                             

 

ego and shame stop holding sway                                                                 

the once vibrant shades turn to pale                                   

as our memories fade away                 

misty behind a shadowed veil                       

Image credit; Mohsen Karimi @ Unsplash

Inspired by WDYS’s photo prompt and my own fading memories 😉 

What do you see # 316- 24 November, 2025

I played around with a couple of different styles, but I felt it worked best with the Triolet, which is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). I chose the 8-syllable version today.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

I Still Miss You

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I see your face in the morning shadows

your lost voice echoing in the abyss

the memory sharp like a bramble rose

I see your face in the morning shadows

 

autumn’s gold curves in its final death throes

as fate and the future meet in a kiss  

I see your face in the morning shadows

your lost voice echoing in the abyss

Image credit; Adam Bixby @ Unsplash

Both the image and the prompt word (MISS) inspired the same feeling in me: a sense of loss. So, sorry for the melancholy, but I did enjoy the process! Thanks to the following: 

What do you see # 313- 3rd November’ 25
Today’s Prompt: Miss

Having fun with the Triolet this week. According to

https://bysarahwhiley.wordpress.com/

A Triolet is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). [I did 10-syllables today.]  

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

alarm bells & devious beauty

Tina Stewart Brakebill

alarm bells ring out

the moon looms in the heavens

my nightmare made real 

 

devious beauty

the golden lava cascades

foretelling the end

Oops-I’m back with some doom and gloom. Thanks to Linda and Susi for the inspiration. 

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Oct. 25, 2025
SenHai Saturday #23
Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

the glow of the street lamp illuminates

Tina Stewart Brakebill

the glow of the streetlamp illuminates

a newfound road to journeys yet to be 

the dusky shadow of our well-worn fates 

 

the glow of the streetlamp illuminates

a wavering darkness that separates  

a shimmering of possibility

 

the glow of the streetlamp illuminates

a newfound road to journeys yet to be

 

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

 

Our w3 challenge today was to write a triolet about something “ordinary.” I used our RDP word prompt (streetlamp) as my ordinary thing. Not sure how well I succeeded, as I don’t write a lot of rhyming verse, but it was fun to try and create the English version of this style!

A Triolet is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version).

Ragtag Daily Prompt Thursday: Street Lamp
W3 Prompt #182: Wea’ve Written Weekly