Heaven’s wrath

                                                                                              Attribution: BukanDas

Image: Before the Thunderstorm (here)

Tilus a Micro Poetry comprises
a syllable count of 6-3-1

Dark and gray skies above

Hidden cause

See!

High waves lashing the shore

Heaven’s wrath

Cleanse!

Tires  stuck  in the mud

Life’s trouble

Sick!

Big roar of the lion

Patience wears

Thin!

Note: Writing to a new Poetic form of Kelvin SM called Tilus

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #11 - Little Ones

Let's Dance! - MF

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

Banish all inhibitions
Throw away all shyness
Let's show them a thing or two
We have our own specialty
No one else can beat us!
let's dance!

(140 characters)

Note: To write a Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters based on
the given picture above and to include the word of the week  -  banish

For Succinctly Yours week #166 at Grandma's Goulash

Minutes to closing time!

                                                         Attribution: Colin Brown

Image: Aftermath of a bank robbery showing

the exploded red dye on some abandoned 

stacks of 20's (here)

Minutes to closing time
Tellers busy counting cash
Is still a long line.
Banking hall is safe place

Others clearing their tables
Storing up for the night
Suddenly a commotion - trouble!
Freeze! ... 'you move we shoot!'

They got their loot
They rushed to the exit
No one got hurt
All over within minutes!

(53 words)

Note: This is supposedly about a safe place but still it is not!

Prompt: To write in 53 words or less about a safe place

For Margaret's hosting of Mama Zen's Challenge #1 at Real Toads

A flutter of wings

                                    

                                                                 Author: curimedia

Image: Pigeons

Sunday Whirl with 14 words:
pigeons, mate, flutter, stuck, laugh, smile, face
need, meeting, north, treat, squeak, report, survey

Columbidae specie they seek
Pigeons known to mate for life
In spring and summer they peak
Breeding all year is rife

With a flutter of wings
Or stuck snugly in nests
Hidden at tops of buildings
A laugh and a smile in jest

Making faces perhaps singing
Constantly heard in the rafters
Can be imagined in their cooing
Deep in their throats of guttural purrs

To serve the ever crying need
Of fledging young squabs fighting
Clamoring for a feed
Within the dark cold ceiling

Trafalgar Square vendors
Meeting requests of tourists
With bountiful packets on offer
A  treat to delightful squeaks

Perched on heads and shoulders
Awaiting for the bird seeds
Many hungry beaks as contenders
Jostling all over for their bids

But beware and mindful of reports
Of surveys that had been done
Especially with cold winds from the north
Spread of bird flu and H1N1

Transcending across borders
Of epidemic proportions
Spread fast by air travelers
With a cure still not apparent

For Brenda’s at Sunday Whirl Wordle #162

Foreign Fields of Poppies

                                                                                      Attribution:  Dave Hitchborne

Image: Beautiful to look at  (here)

in a foreign field

the wind still invokes their names

the blood red poppies     -   JRB's

pretty to look at but such

devastation on young lives  -  Hank's

in a foreign field

the wind still invokes their names

the blood red poppies   -   JRB's

pittance for peasants but drug

barons get to keep the spoils  -   Hank's

For Chev's CARPE DIEM where one is to add to

JRB;s haiku of 5-7-5 with an additional 7-7 lines to

complete a Tan Renga

Nero and Rome Burning

                                                     Illustration: M de Lipman

Image: Nero Playing his Lyre while Rome burns (here)

3WW with words:

massive ruins strains

Which version was the correct story

Nero motivated by an insane whim

Sent out men to set fire to the city

Massive breakout brought Rome to ruins

Nero watched amid strains from his lyre

Safe from his palace atop the Palatine Hills

He could watch the consequence  of his  ire

Nonchalantly playing with such thrills

The other version had Nero in Antium

The fire was an accident and quickly spread

He organized rescue work and rehabilitation

A hero and not gloating over the mishap

For Thomg's hosting at 3WW

K-Pop Sensation

                                                                             Attribution: Aaron Y - photoren
Image Rain aka Jung Ji-Hoon  (here)

Came on strong agile
lithe alluring pop icon
Sensation called Rain

Accomplished dancer
Singer songwriter  model
actor-producer

Encroached Hollywood
Reputedly top fifty
handsome guys last year

Note: Rain made his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Bros'
'Speed Racer' and went on to play the lead in 'Ninja Assassins' - Wiki

For Mary's hosting at Poetry Jam - prompt Rain

The Generation Gap - MF

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's

We are not sulking
We just feel we need
to be away from grandma
for today.For no apparent
reason she was acting
strange and grouchy
at home

(140 characters)

Linda's hosting for a Micro Fiction not exceeding 140 characters
at Succinctly Yours week #165 Grandma's Goulash with word
of the week  -  grouchy

It is not what you want!

                                                        Artist: In a New York Restaurant - Edward Hopper 1922  
Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag #220 (here)

It is not what you want
It is what you can get!

Ok, let's set the scenario

Greenbacks oozing out of his ears
He has assets overseas
His bank accouns never seems to dry up
You are a joint account holder
You have access to his accounts
Not all but one of the lucrative ones
And he had not withdrawn the signing privileges yet
He provides in addition a regular monthly allowance
He pays for your purchases

Let's see, what else?

A Porsche in the garage for your own use
A mansion to stay in
A holiday retreat by the sea
A posh apartment in New York
all in your name!

Presents galore on birthdays,Valentine's
Or even surprises on flimsiest of excuses
Holidays overseas according to your fancies

So! what else do you want?

Ok, don't tell me
Not now!

Ok, for all that I can manage to get for you
I don't want to beat around the bush
You are through with him
Right?

But when am I getting my %
My advance payment
Being your trusted attorney!

For Tess' Magpie Tales

The Hindenberg Disaster

                                                                                       Attribution: Gus Pasquarella

Image:  The Hindenberg engulfed in flames (here)

Sunday Whirl Wordle #161
Below, 8 out of the 10 words given:
alabaster altitude chaos disaster
force graphic people plastic 

Uneventful Trans-Atlantic crossing
Safely from Germany onto American soil
But about to descend slowly prior to landing
Lakehurst was subject to bad weather turmoil

Massive alabaster-like and airborne
At an altitude in throes of stormy weather
Force of winds in varied directions
Made landing a delicate manoeuver

Shifting of some hydrogen gas and water
Were made into specific compartments
Amid chaos but part of stabilizing measures
Effected to maintain a proper balance

But all it took a spark to court disaster
Plastic-like a graphic tragedy unleashed
Showering ignited debris of light structure
Thirty-five of people on that day perished

For Brenda's hosting at Sunday Whirl

An Italian fare special!

Image: 'Stairs' courtesy of MM  (here)

A shadorma comprises six non-rhyming lines

and a syllable pattern of  3-5-3-3-7-5.

Trudging up

Tired feet slowly

Flight of stairs

Looking for

their favorite Al Fresco

Time for a cuppa!

Bright sunshine

Yearnings for pasta

Secluded

But homely

An Italian fare special

Thinking of Mama

For Bastet’s hosting  at Mindlovemisery’s

Menagerie  #8 with the above  photo prompt

Putting Trust on the Line

                                                                                                  Author: khyri
Image: Chihuahuan Raven in Flight (here)                              (CCA-SA2.0 Generic)

let the ravens come
let them smile as they pick the flesh
from the battlefield  -  Managua's

they thrive riding on conflicts
with no qualms picking the spoils  -  Hank's


let the ravens come
let them smile as they pick the flesh
from the battlefield  -  Managua's

those who enjoy dirt and scum
are the real opportunists  - Hank's


Note: To add 2 lines to Managua's haiku
resulting in a Tan Renga of  5-7-5-7-7

For Chev's CARPE DIEM  Tan Renga Challenge #35
- let the ravens come

Feelings get offended - A Tilus

                                                                                       Attribution: Lisa Brewster
Image: Anger (here)

Tilus: A Micro Poetry

A form created by Kelvin comprising

a syllable count of  6-3-1

1. Feelings get offended

    Crying out

    shouts!

2. Running in circles and

    appeared lost

    dope

3.  Jilted and abandoned

     Gritted teeth

     lost

4,  Great to be successful

     Happiness

     yay! 

Gay's hosting at d'Verse: MTB  -  Tilus

Diamonds in the Sky

                                                                       Author: NASA/JPL- Caltech UCLA

Image: Glittering diamonds (here)

3WW -  absurd groan weak

How absurd to think

diamonds in the sky is just

imagination

Groan of homeless seen

but not heard the deprived had

often lost its voice

Weak heart is virtuous

Triggers off a warning no

more on the war-path

For Thomg's hosting at 3WW

Most elegant ten-letter word

                                                                                         Attribution: BrokenSphere

Image: An Unlikely Pyramid (here)

Most elegant ten-letter word there is

Apparent but sometimes sadly missed

May be disregarded or totally ignored

Or abused by those inconsiderate lot

But those who appreciate it

Will be one to most benefit

F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P

A word commonly seen

Most admired by those who put value to it

Binds the bond of sincerity

Between two people or of many

Even naturally known sworn enemies

A Mouse Cat and a Dog

Are found to co-exist

And physically resting together

To form a pyramid

An unlikely feat

But it did!

Gabriella's hosting at Poetry Jam  -  Friendship

Dignified in stature

                                                                                    Attribution: Yathin Krishnappa

Image: One's personality cannot be like this (here)

To stake a claim nonchalantly

Without recourse seemingly

Live a life the way one feels

To keep oneself on even keel

Rights unquestionably guaranteed

Keeps one’s welfare in good steed

Try to avoid the clutches of vultures

Waiting to impose their sordid cultures

Know when to shut one’s gap

And take pains from getting a rap

When called upon state opinions

Not be harassed by bullying minions

Dignified in stature always blessed

Maintain high esteem at its best

Accorded due respect of a being

Not forsaken but to clean living

Note:  Question: 'who are you and whom do you love'
           Answer:   I'm me, loving me!

For Marina's hosting at d"Verse where one
is to ask 'who are you and whom do you love'

Swept off my feet

                                                                                         Attribution: Martin Stranka
Image: Courtesy of Mag # 219  (here)

Was Swept off my feet

By a handsome Prince Charming

It did not come neat

On my back lying

And that was how it ended

But still off my feet

Care to make a dare

Meant to be good or bad luck?

Not standing on air!

For Tess' Magpie Tales

Wooing the lady of his dreams!

                                                                                         Attribution: Garry Knight

Image: They walked past (here)

Wooing the lady of his dreams

Certainly not a piece of cake

Started on his own for a while

But it dropped like a ton of bricks

Then he begged his sister for help

Help she did for she laughed it off

Pranks on her he now regretted

His best friend's help the next choice

Pointed out the girl of his fancy

His friend rightly then asked for time

The task he said was not that easy

The day of reckoning awaited then

He saw in the distance his friend

With the girl hand in hand at last

He could not hide his excitement

But upon reaching they walked past

For Kerry's hosting at Open Link Monday at Real Toads

girth is bursting

                                                                                             Author: Fitness FreakLA

                                                                                                                                         (CC-BY-SA - 3.0)
Image: Outdoor exercise is better

Been told many times

by his doctor no less that

he had to shed off

His girth is bursting

at the seams and dieting

is insufficient

He must sacrifice

Time is precious so is health

He must exercise

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #465  -  sacrifice

objects of his dreams

Image: Courtesy of Sunday Whirl Wordle #160

Sunday Whirl
With words:
axe clumsy dreams glass land listen
name rub settle shattering sky vanish

an axe to grind
but clumsy in his dealings
had hoped to find
objects of his dreams

with glasses  in his hands
and an uncanny talent
a job he could land
if they could just listen

he could name names
with whom he rubbed  shoulders
to settle in and rise to fame
to the consternation of others

Worked with shattering speed
To gain a foothold
The sky is the limit
To garner aspirations for his soul

Had worked with such relish
Lest all should unwittingly vanish

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl

The Rodovia dos Imigrantes

                                                                                      Image by Loggan 11

Image: The Highway (here)

The Rodovia dos Imigrantes (Immigrant’s Highway) inaugurated
in 1974 is an engineering feat. The highway connects the city of
São Paulo to the Atlantic coast It was built above the lush tropical
forests. For just a short stretch of 58.5 km it has 44 viaducts,
7 ‘high strutting’ bridges and 11, some extremely long tunnels

A shadorma comprises six non-rhyming lines
and a syllable pattern of  3-5-3-3-7-5.

3              Brazilian

5              Immigrant's highway

3              Snakes along

3              lush forests

7              Connects Sao Paulo to sea

5              Engineering feat

Note: A shadorma but with a different
photo from the one provided

For Bastet's shadorma photo prompt at
Mindlovemisery Menagerie

burnt a hole in his pockets

                                                                                                    Author:  Herbert T

Image: What are we waiting for...let's party! (here)

3WW -  burn hue moral

The Boy who burnt a hole in his pockets

Sat wondering on what exactly happened

With faraway looks eyes watery in its sockets

Assuming the ocean’s waves comprehend

Likened to his cat’s tongue lapping incessantly

Hues of leisure and pleasure with friends

Who faithfully helped themselves to his money

Leaving him all by himself to lament

The Boy who burnt his fingers

Trying out new things that such friends bought

Despite advice against from his elders

Conscience contending his mind to wrought

The Boy who burnt his bridges

From old relationships not worth a dime

Moral now being careful in accepting feelers

From those kinds who pose as friends

For THomg's hosting at 3WW

The IWSG to the Fore!

Image: Courtesy of Alex's (here)

What insecurity plagues you today? How can we help? A  burning question from Alex!

First off, it’s most noble of Alex and team to venture out to help the insecure many in blogosphere.  Hank for one is most happy to participate. Came in late into IWSG but looking into what is on offer it is most opportune and educational. Not schooled in the rudiments of Poetry and creative writing for  Hank IWSG is a whiff of freshness. Hank would like to delve into some aspects of Poetry writing which had been playing in his mind.

1. Colloquial Terminology
Hank is wondering on acceptable word craft.  Usage of words ought to have some semblance of respectability and propriety. It should reflect some formal use and sounds proper to the ear. Some words might be construed as appropriate to use and others should be avoided.  Hank had used the phrase ‘ night of boozing’  which could be written alternatively as ‘night of drinking’ or ‘night of heavy drinking’ if emphasis was needed.  Or sometimes even the simple ‘ok’ as an expression .

Is it therefore acceptable under normal circumstances to use ‘boozing’, ‘ok’ and a few others?  Somehow  a colloquial expression  appears out of sync

2. Writing In  Lighter Vein
Pat Hatt who writes It's Rhyme Time gets away with it. Writing in a fun way and whimsical in nature one looks forward to Pat’s awesome humor.  Not many can do it with such finesse and Hank looks forward to Pat’s blog everyday!  It is not Pat if ‘rhyming ass’ is not mentioned at the bottom of his posting. It’s Pat’s trade mark! But in some writings (not Pat’s) the ‘f’ word is used
Wonder if it is appropriate and acceptable

3. Meter and Emphasis in Sonnet Writing
Recently Tony invited us at d’Verse to write on sonnets and he provided 3 variations of sonnet forms. After reading through some of the postings one realizes the meter count and the ‘ta Dum’ flow counts a lot in making it smooth reading. It’s somewhat technical  and confusing to the unaccustomed. Is there a YouTube video on this?

Submitted for Alex's IWSG

Unsteady movements

                                                                          Attribution: US National Archives

Image: The Resident Cat having its fill (here)

Unsteady movements

Awareness slowly lost in

time and directions

Slurred sounds mouth dribbling

as saliva and speech mixed
A torture to speak

Night of boozing, stoned 

struggling to go home, wisdom

too late in coming

Celestine is hosting at CARPE DIEM with prompt - stone

Longing for her beau

                                                                                            Attribution: Alicia Harvey

Image: Glassy Blue Eyes (here)

Mirrored through glassy

eyes blinking incessantly

Longing for her beau

Ordinary day

There was no indication

What prompted the tiff?

He is now long gone

She, lost and wondering, can

she turn the clock back?

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Ghost Writer Week 2

Bane of Players

                                                                    Author: Unknown, 1908

Image:: A Soccer Player

The 10 out of 12 given words:

 Seal Erratic Reserve Sprain Chimerical

Anguish  Lonely Tower  Chill Abate

It had been noticed lately

Erratic play dogged him

It sealed his fate

Warmed the bench

Chimerical in his contention

of being a talented player

but the anguish of a reserve

got on to him

A sprain of his ankle

Was the excuse given

Fodder for his fans

Though he thought it was minor

He cut a lonely figure now

He saw himself towering over the rest

But it was not to be

A chill ran down his spine unabated

He could only lament

For mindlovemisery's Wordle #6 and Kerry's hosting
Real Toads's Open Link Monday

Arise blackbird!

                                                                               Artist: Salvador Dali 1960

Image: Chair with Wings

Sunday Whirl Wordle #159
with words:
arise blackbird wings eyes dead broken 
free life light see night moment  

Arise blackbird!
Your wings spanning across
Eyes dead-set staring ahead
Broken only by the glints of light
So apparent in the morning sun
You are free of life’s shackles
But movements denied

Arise blackbird!
Detach yourself from the chair
Ensnared through no fault of your own
See for yourself
A night of reckoning
Precedes the freedom
of the morning after

Arise blackbird!
The moment of truth
To enhance your being
Untie your inhibitions
Decide on your destiny
Double your efforts
Man of the hour!

For Tess' Magpie Tales #218 and
Brenda's Sunday Whirl #159

Lights of the Nights

                                                                                          Attribution: Nevit Dilman
Image A Lone Firefly (here)

All lighted up but
it looks so ordinary
when so viewed alone

Light below the tail
Illuminating heavens
above, heavenly

Flickers in dark of
nights a spectacle often
yearned but rarely seen

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Special #90 -  glow worms

Vacation so profound! - a Sonnet

                                                                                 Attribution: Tarotastic
Image: Fishing for Fun (here)  

A Petrarchan or Italian sonnet comprises two stanzas

an octave and a sestet (eight lines and six lines respectively)

The octave has  a  rhyme scheme of abba abba, while the

sestet is rhymed  cdecde, cdcdcd or cdccdc

A syllable count of 10 for each line is maintained here
though not required

A             Vacation so profound in the South Seas

B             Moon half-hidden over the horizon

B             To forget life’s woes of no consequence

A             And ever so peaceful  for all to see

A             A fishing invite accepted with glee

B             Making out and forgetting life’s problems

B             Will trade with any for such occasions

A             Can one be faulted and this is no plea!

C             It had turned dark a rest sorely needed

D             Slight breeze brushing by in the cool evening

C             Ripples on water’s surface break the quiet

D             Mermaids unseen happily chattering

C             Confidently safe not part of diet

D             Anglers above content with just musings

Tony hosting at d'Verse MTB invites to write a sonnet of either the
Petrarchan, Shakespearean or the lesser known Spenserian.

mysteries hidden from view!

                                                                                                  Artist: Cheryl Kellar
Image:  Time to Bloom  (here)

Grace introduced the most colorful paintings of Cheryl Kellar
who graciously allowed us choice of her paintings as an inspiration
for a poem

Painting chosen: Entitled 'Time to Bloom' but I see a most colorful
entrance of a cave by the side of a cliff

From far below we could see the bare outline
Not that distinct nor necessity for a quarantine
But close enough to discern the insides so damp
Dramatic hard climb scaling rocks in the offing

Skipped across a ridge and jagged shoulders
True enough there was what looked like a cavern
Guarded menacingly by two huge pink boulders
With bated breath we approached the entrance

Having passed the rows of lush green bushes
Outside walls above of subdued pastel hues
Darkness inside acrid pitch black enhanced the urge
To unravel what mysteries hidden from view

For Grace's hosting at d"Verse and
Thomg's at  3WW with words acrid,  dramatic, quarantine