TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 57, The Hautt, 24/3/26

On my daily walk …I saw a resting bee Tiptoe Past...bumble bee restsin honeycombed shadenot deadalivein deep acceptanceI don't disturb💞Suzanne This week for Tanka Tuesday, our host Melissa, has checked some new (to her) syllabic forms in an attempt to find something we might not have done before. She found the "Hautt" poetry form at Poetry … Continue reading TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 57, The Hautt, 24/3/26 →

Absorbed…

I read youin extraordinary silence,your words etchedinto my skin,your thoughts filled meas I traced the outline of your arttranslated to braille,I left my fingerprintin exchange for your scentthat I found then absorbedfrom your pages💞Suzanne Written in response to the d'Verse prompt hosted today by Lillian, who asks us to write a quadrille using the word … Continue reading Absorbed… →

TankaTuesday Challenge, No.56, A Mother’s Nonet, 17th March 2026

Nostalgic Facea mother's journey ~ each one uniquefrom the moment of conceptionthrough to birthing love and paininto coexistencemums count their blessingsin tiny toesbittersweetyoung onesgrow-upso quickbumps and fallstheir love soon healswith kisses plasteredmilestones meet pride and praiseas the child now leaves her sideshe nurses change, rocks fears to sleepsweet memories cradled close to heart💞Suzanne Welcome readers … Continue reading TankaTuesday Challenge, No.56, A Mother’s Nonet, 17th March 2026 →

I pause at mum’s painting…

Artist - my mum one of her first watercolour paintings ❤️ blushing pinkcolour suffusionscharm my lifespreading warmthfrom within the shaded depthsbrief tones of respite encompassedin softest auraspale pink quartzcrystal cleartakes a hold of my senseson this lone journeyspring blossoma camera snapsin a blinkaperturessift hours of applied colourleft by artists’s handsfirst paintinghangs upon the wallin a … Continue reading I pause at mum’s painting… →

Captured… Bird in a Quadrille

he stalks,clips wings,cages freedomsin the name of love....he calls her birdbrainwhen she tries to flyknowing she has no spaceto spread her wingssettled in her little nestfrom restricted viewsshe quietly tweets,in between constant preening...💞Suzanne Written for the dVerse quadrille prompt (a poem invented by dVerse of exactly 44 words that includes one word they provide). This … Continue reading Captured… Bird in a Quadrille →

Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No.54, 3/3/2026 – Imagist

Magpiesmart black and white plumesstrike a perfect bold contrastin a softened lightlong tail and wing flight featherslift with iridescent blue💞Suzanne Robbie is our host for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge and asks us to write imagist poetry. She was introduced to this interesting poetry form by Lindsey Martin-Bowen who explained this concept as being a poem … Continue reading Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No.54, 3/3/2026 – Imagist →