21 Aug 2016 25 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Glimpsed, Poetry, Sue Vincent
Sue’s brilliant photo prompt for her #writephoto challenge.
Ethereal
She is there
My Guardian AngelLooking in on me
In my hour of need
Though I may sit
Alone inside
One glance
Is all it takes
To feel secureKnowing
My Guardian Angel
She is there
EtherealRitu 2016
06 Aug 2016 31 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Poetry, Symmetry
The lovely TJ has a great prompt for his haiku challenge this week!
We were in the garden, having a barbeque as I read this prompt, and I searched for inspiration outside… Here was what I came up with.
My hanging basket
Red spouting on either side
Nature’s symmetryRitu 2016
And one more, a little bit of fun!
Red, White, Red, White, Red
Be sure to drink with caution
Must keep it balancedRitu 2016
23 Jun 2016 61 Comments
in Challenges, My Writing, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Doors, Poetry, Sue Vincent, tanka
I do love Sue’s photo prompts! She has given a beautiful door to work with this week. And I give to you, a poem made up of 3 tankas – a Trianka!
The Unknown…
What is it that lies
Beyond the ancient entrance
Cloaked in mystery?
A portal to a new world
Or simply another house?Do you dare to look?
To turn that rusty door knob?
To push it open?
To force ageing joints to creak?
To quench your thirst for the truth?But be careful though
You know not, what you may find
Like Pandora’s box
Could be a pleasant surprise
Or you may unleash a beast….Ritu 2016
Funny, but as I wrote this, all that kept on going through my mind was the EU Referendum today! We were all faced with this dilemma… do we vote to stay, and stay on this side of the ‘door’, safe with what we know? Or do we take the risk, and push open that door, to see what lies beyond the confines of Europe?
See what your Referendum has done to my mind, Government?! It’s taken over my creative process!
19 May 2016 44 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Poetry, Sue Vincent, tanka, The Glade
Sue has given us a beautiful moss covered glade as a prompt for this week’s challenge.
Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… by Wednesday 25th May and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that the pingback works and if not, copy and paste your link into the comments section of this post.
A tanka from me today.
A russet carpet
Upon which lay stepping stones
Of deep emerald green
“Come to me,” the sun invites
“tread the path that no one has…”Ritu 2016
21 Mar 2016 52 Comments
in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Poetry, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge, Shower & Play
Oh, I had fun today! Lovely Ron gave our challenge prompt here.
The prompt words Shower and Play… What great words! Of course, there were so many ways we could go!
So I think I went all ways possible!
Haiku in 3/5/3 and 5/7/5 format, a tanka, and a Freku, just for Ron!
Duck – 3/5/3
Why shower?
Playing in the bath
Is more fun!
Ritu 2016
Sweat – 5/7/5
Feeling so sweaty
After a taxing workout
Need a shower methinks!
Ritu 2016
Innocence – Tanka
Watching children play
Laughing, gigging and happy
Is the greatest sight
Shower them with your love, not
Material Posessions
Ritu 2016
Heated Rainfall – Freku
Drops fall
Getting heavier
Heads turne upwards
Welcoming the rain
Washing away
The emptiness
Eyes lock
Raindrops caress
The face
Fingers trace
Their path
Chilled drps
Touching
Heated flesh
Body,
Outwardly cleansed
Thoughts,
Filthy…
***
Eyes meet, bodies touch
While cavorting in the rain
Temperatures rise
Ritu 2016
Phew! That was fun!
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