The result of a year-long challenge to write a poem a day for a year. Raw and accessible poems of many moods. Presented as they were written and so reflecting my mood, my life and my time constraints at the time. Available as Kindle or hardback from Amazon
Category: Tanka
A Spring Of Dreams
The result of a year-long challenge to write a poem a day for a year. Raw and accessible poems of many moods. Presented as they were written and so reflecting my mood, my life and my time constraints at the time. Available as Kindle or hardback from Amazon
Entrapment
By Scott Bailey © 2018 The things that we hoard Entrance us and enslave us A lifetime of toil To sit on an empty throne Why not take the easy road In response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge NO. 92, “Bewitch & Treasure,” #SynonymsOnly A tanka this week #Tanka
Enchanted Forest
By Scott Bailey © 2018 Forest Verdant, alive Roots reaching out and down Branches stretching up to the sky Spellbound In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 91, “Magic & Green,” #SYNONYMSONLY An attempt at a Cinquain #Cinquain
Sun Cycles
By Scott Bailey © 2018 Dawn spills on the land Sharing its free, warm bounty Nurturing the seeds Feeding the grazers in turn Then stolen by the hunters In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 90, “Give & Receive,” #SYNONYMSONLY An attempt at a Tanka #Tanka
Storm Birth
By Scott Bailey © 2018 Where the great desert Meets the rolling of the waves And sand and sea seethe The wind is stirred to battle Between heavens and earth In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 89, “DRY & WET,” #SYNONYMSONLY An attempt at a Tanka #Tanka
