Remains

(Tanka)

A sprinkle of snow

a white veil covers the moss

caresses spring buds

Winking out Jack Frost’s wedding

Winter’s last conversation

Ellecee

Inspired by

imaginary garden with real toads - in the remains

and

Skywriting - conversation

Hate

The knives are sharp

and sometimes cut deep

making angry wounds that

heal as ruts in the road

of lives sometimes pieced

together with scotch tape

and hope springs eternal

again and again

as each day dawns

and possibilities abound

for changes to be made

inroads into learning

that although spirit is infinite

the planet

and its relationships

are not

"ellecee"

For Prompt Nights - Hate's a parasite that rots the Soul

After

At last

The storm is spent

The thunder and lightning 

subsided

I walk out

into a fine summer rain

that feels warm on my face

like tears shed 

during storms of

another kind

"Ellecee"

Inspired by

Prompt Nights

For Solace

For solace

I stand before

this sculpture

and I see myself

mute

My eyes, nose and ears

blown away

ripped away

by you

and your demonic needs

unmet

Made to feel nothing

but inadequate

I survive

I will survive

I will speak

someday

for now I am

a muted mouth

your

remains

"ellecee"

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
Today Karin has provided us with
some of her own very interesting photos to act
as a prompt for our poems. 

Day 16