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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Tanka Tuesday-Each Day

Tina Stewart Brakebill

as gold turns to ash

the barren branches quiver

but the green may wane

as spring can bring a swift frost

and each day may be our last 

Photo by Stanislav Kondratiev on Pexels.com

Thanks to Yvette for a thoughtful prompt.

https://tankatuesday.com/2025/09/23/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-31-just-one-day-09-23-25/

Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

the return of the exiled wannabe king

Tina Stewart Brakebill

rough like bark and brush

babbling water turns putrid

as the snake returns

with false speech and slight of hand

his rap still charms the sparrows

(Image credit: Matt Wuerker | Copyright 2021 Andrews McMeel Syndication)

This Sunday, Benda gives us the following words in her Sunday Whirl:
hands brush water sparrows snake babbling slot rap piped bark exiled speech

Doesn’t really help to vent but I had to go where the words take me!

Wordle 724

 

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

reflections on a creative block

Tina Stewart Brakebill

alone with my thoughts 

blank ripples on the white space

the canvas whispers

sweet nothings to nobody 

my solitude unbroken

Claude Monet. The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier), 1876, Oil on canvas.

Today’s challenge from dVerse asks us to do either of the below:

  1. You may write an ekphrastic poem inspired by Claude Monet’s “The Studio Boat.” Your poem does not need to include anything about reflecting or reflections, but it can. AND/OR
  2. You may write a poem on reflection, whatever that means to you—self-reflection, reflection on time’s passing, a reflection in a pool of water, etc.

I’ve been struggling with a bit of writers/creative block so this is my reflection on that unsettling feeling.

Visit the dVerse page for more info on the prompt:

Poetics: Reflections, Reflecting