DODOITSU If I were a plant I'd be flowering - a peony with ruffled red petticoats, flirting with the sun. DODOITSU-4 lines,7,7,7,5 syllables #dailyhaikuprompt flower #micropoetry #poetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #flowers #flower #nature My peony photos: tracymar.smugmug.com/Flowers/Peon...

A Paradise of Peonies - tracymar

Tree peonies first bloom at Naumkeag, Stockbridge, MA May 2014

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MEDITATION HAIKU An expanse of blue cloudless sky, empty of thoughts — clarity of mind. #WIPSnips blue #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #meditation #inspiration #mindfulness

HAIKU two blue toothbrushes — one wet from use, the other, moist with memory. #WIPSnips blue #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets This haiku was one of the winners of the Harvard Bookstore haiku contest over 25 years ago!

HAIKU A snowy owl Spreads its wings, glides through the air. Above, an angel. #2wordprompt spread #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #owl #animals #nature #inspiration

NIGHT OWL TANKA Nocturnal, the owl has exceptional vision, hears the slightest sound. I, night owl, listen within, relying on inner sight. #vss365 sound #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #owl #animals #nature #meditation #inspiration #mindfulness

HIGH JUMP HAIKU If the gate is locked, do not despair. You can still leap over the fence! #haikufeels lock #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #inspiration

I SAY UNTO YOU TANKA So find your realness - whatever it may be, where ever it may be, whatever it would say, your path is authenticity. #2wordprompt would #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #tankapoem #5lines #poetrycommunity #inspiration #selfhelp #personalgrowth

GoldiLOCKS Reports Haiku Married twenty years, our porridge no longer hot, not yet cold. Just right. #haikufeels lock #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #relationships

TANKA My family’s house perched high on a hill, birds fly into walls of glass. I too may soar, sometimes crash: the pane of reality. #inkmine crash #micropoetry #tanka #tankapoem #5lines #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #haiku

e.e. cummings online poetry course lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/hpde/ Two Tuesdays, starts Oct 20, 6:45pm EDT Learn about Cummings, read & discuss his poems. #eecummings #poetry #poetrycommunity #edusky #blueskypoets #skypoets #literature #poets #literaturesky #authors #literary #onlineeducation

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT CHANGE a tanka Unable to change by thought alone, intensely, I want, vividly envision, so intention sinks deeper into my cells. #2wordprompt sink #micropoetry #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #poetrycommunity #skypoets #inspiration #transformation #change

TANKA today my grief is a pebble dropped in a pond - it does not ripple but sinks down to the bottom without splash or sound #2wordprompt sink #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #grief #loss #death

YOUR INNER POET: A POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP admin.asapconnected.com/classes/deta... Online (zoom) poetry writing workshop with Tracy Marks 4 sessions, starts Wed Oct 21, 6:45-8:45pm ET #poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #poem #haiku #skypoets #blueskypoets #writing #amwriting #edusky #skypoets

GODLAND TANKA Every day, time off in Godland, taking a spin on the tilt-a-whirl of intoxication: love, creative inspiration. #haikufeels tilt #tanka #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #haiku #poetry #skypoets #bskypoets #tankapoem #inspiration #spirituality #creativity

TANKA as our nation is experiencing earthquakes we don't easily maintain our footing. Only a small shove and we fall down. #vss365 quake #tanka #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #haiku #skypoets #nokings #saveourdemocracy

TANKA Spongy wood inside a birch fungus holds fire, keeps sparks forever burning. Oh, that we might be keepers of spirit fire! #dailyhaikuprompt fire #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #inspiration #trees #nature Shkitagen or chago: firekeeper fungus (mentioned in Braiding Sweetgrass)

AGEING TANKA In childhood, learning how to say hello. Years pass, senior citizen: losses outnumbering gains. learning how to say goodbye. #inkmine goodbye #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #5lines #poetrycommunity #ageing #aging #grief #death #loss

TANKA Democrat leaders, stop those bullies, stop being deceived!... Stop trusting, Charlie Brown! Lucy will not ever let you kick that ball! #tankapoem trust #tanka #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #peanuts #democrats #nokings #saveourdemocracy #moveon #democracy #wethepeople

HAIKU viewed from a distance tracks only appear to meet — we fail to connect. #2wordprompt #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #skypoets #relationships #communication

BIRTHDAY HAIKU Seventy six years approaching the big eighty — inner child still sings #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #skypoets #bskypoets #poem #age #birthday

TANKA Trees bleeding color — I feed on hints of crimson and scarlet, trying to gorge myself on brilliance before winter’s grey and slush #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #haiku #trees #nature #autumn #colors #seasons

KATAUTA My branches stretch far – Too easily I topple. I need to dig deeper roots. #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #trees #inspiration #transformation #Japanese katauta: a 3-line Japanese form of 5-7-7 syllables (half a sedoka)

TANKA See the broken moon, its crescent waning, full moon long past, with the last pale glimmers of light fading. Slowly we head into dark. #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #moon

TANKA learning to make space — unexpected happenings unforeseen crises the gift of new connections— in unplanned moments, I wake. #tanka #tankapoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #bskypoets #inspiration #transformation

AUTUMN CINQUAIN Autumn: September slipped softly by, tenderly. In a flash – October’s golden brilliance. #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #cinquain #Autumn #October #nature A cinquain is 5 lines of 2-4-6-8-2 syllables.

OCTOBER TANKA Another season - In the autumn of my life coloring my days with golden brilliance before my leaves brown, crumble and fall. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #skypoets #autumn #trees #nature #colors #aging #ageing

Ursula K Le Guin: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. Inspiring lyrical fantasy, Jungian allegory. Community ed ONLINE COURSE (zoom) 4 Thurs 6:45pm, starts Oct15 (changed) lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/hugw/ #fantasy #ursulakleguin #earthsea #literature #fiction #books #scifi #speclit #specfic #sff #inspiration

THE INSPIRATION OF RUMI Online mini course starts Wed. Oct 7, 6:45pm EST. Learn about Rumi's life, read and respond to dozens of his inspirational passages/poems. Register by noon Oct 5. newtoncommunityed.asapconnected.com#CourseID=326... #Rumi #poetry #micropoetry #inspiration #quotes #wisdomwell

TANKA Some books are sparklers. Reading, I pay attention to each of the sparks at least as much as the book. All of the sparks are in me. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #bskkypoets #poetrycommunity #books #literature #litsky #reading #litthings #booksky #fiction #inspiration #edusky

Tanka WARNING: TRUTH DECAY. Let's brush away the falsehoods, floss out all the lies, extract the perpetrators, uncrowning the would-be king. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #nokings #moveon #wethepeople #saveourdemocracy #indivisible