Nightmare cut open
from sacrum to sternum, sawing
ever so gently,
bone snow afterbirth resting
on pillows, where dreams should be.
#horrorprompt #bonesnow #tanka #tankaboutit #nightmare #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday #skypoem #skypoetry
We're free-form sketches
of belonging, of protest
resistance, and hope.
No one asked us to rise up,
we did it because we had to.
#banterbabes #tanka #tankaboutit #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday #resist #protest #nokings
I breathe in lilacs
and miss the taste of your skin,
memory of you
soft and pliable like sin,
like your blush rosebud in bloom.
#faesense #lilacslonging #inbloom #poemsabout #tanka #tankaboutit #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
Pulling splinters out
from the plywood barricade
in the living room,
my inner child asks me
what's this safety you speak of?
#vssdaily #splinter #tanka #tankaboutit ##micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
Watching my sons grow
babes to toddlers to children,
fearing when they'll learn
of hate, bigotry, and war,
I won't hold my breath for long.
#wildwalkprompt #grow #tanka #tankaboutit #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #5amwritersclub #6amwritersclub #poemaday #skypoem #skypoetry
CW: self harm, alcohol abuse
self mutilation
sparkles, as bubbles catch light
in glass, ice melting
faster than I can pursue
feeling anything at all.
#vssdaily #sparkle #poemsabout #melt #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry #tanka #tankaboutit
Rain battered answers,
the question I keep asking
of the universe.
The sage reply, it is you
because you can, and you must.
#tanka #tankaboutit #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday #6amwritersclub
My petals quiver,
I blossom for you alone
in our love, fields bloom
with full bodied blush roses.
Skin like sunrises, divine.
#tanka #briseofjoy #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry #tankaboutit
While my children watched
Saturday morning cartoons
A school was leveled.
Parents mourn young memories
My heart simply detonates.
#tankathursday #memory #vssmagic #detonate #tanka #tankaboutit #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry
Spring snows remember
dreams of flowers under frost,
budding bountiful
hope, the seed that defeats ice
when long winters reach their end.
#tankathursday #memory #wildwalkprompt #budding #faesense #springcoloursreturn #vss365 #bountiful #tanka #tankaboutit #poem #poetry #micropoetry #micropoem
This is what passes
for freedom now, death of youth
before they question
why this war, this genocide
this bomb drop, this day... why me?
#tanka #tankaboutit #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday #skypoem #skypoetry #protest #resist #poetrycommunity
Cold cuts you bloody
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.
#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
I once knew whispers
of once again and never,
the experiments
of calm facades, personas
fear drenched, and now, I am free.
#tanka #tankaboutit #pennedreveries #experiment #calm #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
Weather changes, and
pale bones knock on Winter's door.
Body aches for more
funk with sunshine and Spring, as
the groundhog chases its tail.
#tanka #tankaboutit #vss365 #pale #bones #ache #vssmagic #knock #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
Ay! Well I accept your gracious compliments, but as you are my rival now I... bite my thumb in your general direction!
...Actually I take that back as that is extremely rude, as you are rival but also friend, so instead I will... write more tankas at you!!!
Buhahah!!! Take that and #tankaboutit
I'm an abundance
of incomplete thoughts swirling,
snow drifting moments
with feet frozen to the ground.
I'm screaming, without a sound.
#promptcombo #moments #tankathursday #frozen #wildwalkprompt #abundance #tanka #tankaboutit #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry
