Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
Youth’s Mementos
Floating through a grass filled sky
Like the white winged dove
Today’s prompts (grass / dove/ memento) immediately launched my mind back to my wayward youth. So thanks for the memories Ronovan Writes and Linda’s Just Jot January Challenge and Daisy Smile Face
And thanks to Stevie for being Stevie!
to be chaste no more
underneath the blushing moon
as dark brings him nigh
Thanks for the inspiration Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge
the flame flickers
seducing the dark corners
temptation with fire
Thanks to Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie for the candle inspiration.
to fly is a gift
an eruption to behold
till gravity speaks
in its imperious voice
and stills the music of flight
That (this) darn cannon was still on my mind this morning. So my tanka offering is a mash up between yesterday’s story (and word prompts) and today’s. Cheating? Maybe. But I woke up with it half formed in mind and it needed to be finished! Check out yesterday’s Flash Fiction for the companion story. It explains the cannon 😉 https://tinastewartbrakebill.com/2018/12/07/buon-viaggio/
So thanks again to yesterday’s prompts at WOTD (eruption) and One Daily Prompt (gift)
And today’s prompts from One Daily Prompt (imperious) and Linda’s SoCS (musical)
he lives for today
to exist in the moment
a mirror image
of who he once was, could be
an instant captured, pending
It’s tanka time! Thanks to the following for the challenging but fun prompts! Check out their sites for details.
and
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge (exist/today)
and
Putting My Feet in the Dirt (a mirror image of who he once was)
Tina Stewart Brakebill 