Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
rising together
yesterday not forgotten
but looking ahead
for the hope of tomorrow
is to become transcendent
Thanks to Colleen and her Tanka Tuesday Theme Prompt. Visit her site for details and great writing.
My tanka was inspired by current events as well as the provided theme: A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
“…Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time…”
as the world transforms
two minds and two hearts connect
synchronicity
Thanks to Colleen. This week’s challenge required a poem using synonyms only for the word prompts of transition and harmony so I substituted in transforms and synchronicity. Head over to her page for details and some great writing.
the mirror reveals
an incantation gone wrong
nature becomes me
Thanks to Colleen for hosting Tanka Tuesday and choosing the theme of “the day after” as offered by Elizabeth, from Tea and Paper.
And to Sadie’s What Do You See challenge for providing the perfect pic for my knotty brain!
day dreaming delay
mind caught in an endless loop
where thoughts are stolen
by fluctuating follies
echoing atrocities
This (thinly veiled comment on my mind’s status today) contribution to Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday challenge (synonyms only-dreaming and thought subbed in for fancy and idea) was helped along by Putting My Feet in the Dirt’s wonderful phrase prompt: fluctuating follies.
Visit them both!
dark gives way to light
a nova bursts then dies
life’s circle unveiled
as the stars of the night sky
reveal themselves de novo
Thanks to Colleen and Sally for this week’s Tanka Tuesday theme: the night sky. Check it out!
Tina Stewart Brakebill 