heart aflame, I cry my burning lips spilling pain as I am engulfed Image by Gloria Williams from Pixabay Thanks to Patricia's Place and her In Other Words challenge for the wonderful inspiration.
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The Game
trick or treat, she said a silly game to pass time but the trick felt real It's Tanka Tuesday Synonyms only day! And today's words (which we can't use) are PLAY and HOBBY. I tried to adhere to the idea in both words (trick or treat, game, pass time) and in theme (her hobby was… Continue reading The Game
First Love
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
The Sound & Motion of Your Heart
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).
Broken
laughter becomes tears as a fragile truce breaks reckoning the end Thanks to the following great sites for the inspiration. FOWC with Fandango — Reckoning Swimmer's -- laugh Word of the Day -- Fragile
Obsession
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.
