THE POETRY OF E.E. CUMMINGS Online class, 2 evenings, starts Wed. Oct. 15, EDT. Learn about e.e. cummings. Read/discuss 20+ of his delightful poems. Info/registration: lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/the-po... #poetry #poetrycommunity #bskypoets #authors #eecummings #literature #edusky #litthings

DUAL TANKA Sometimes intention to change, deep and persistent, launches tsunamis of resistance, a backlash drowning our initial aims. I struggle amid towering waves, see no land ahead, no harbor behind. Weakening, tired, still I swim against the tide. #tanka #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine

HAIKU Egrets fly at dawn the first rays of sun frame gold their luminous wings. #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #senryu #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #birds Photo taken by the poet at Mrazek Pond, Florida Everglades

THE POETRY OF MARY OLIVER Online course, two Monday eves, starts Oct 27 EDT Together we'll read and reflect on 20 of Mary Oliver's poems, expressing the wonders & inspiration of nature. tinyurl.com/57nsk32j #poetry #maryoliver #poetrycommunity #skypoets #edusky #nature #inspiration #literature

TANKA Your voice: a whisper beneath my skin, all your words, your tone, a feather touch softly massaging me, your voice alone soothing me. #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #voice

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 #haiku #haikupoem #5lines #poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #inkmine #autumn #trees

THE POETRY OF E.E. CUMMINGS Online class, 2 evenings, starts Wednesday Oct. 15, EDT. Learn about cummings. Read/discuss 20+ of his delightful poems. Info & registration: lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/the-po... #poetry #poetrycommunity #bskypoets #skypoets #eecummings #literature #edusky #litthings

CINQUAIN Falling apart, falling down in front of dear friends It’s ok to be not ok today. #micropoetry #poetry #cinquain #inkmine #skypoets #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #5lines cinquain: five lines of 2,3,6,8,2 syllables

TANKA Clothes in my closet I rarely put on, feelings they hold I’d rather not don, the longing, the grief of wearing... a memory. #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikusaturday #senryu #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #poetrycommunity #grief

TANKA Japanese paintings: view right to left. Fishing boats in Hokusai, not fleeing from the Great Wave but approaching it (My life!) #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #skypoets #art #Hokusai #GreatWave

equinox birthday: bittersweet season, falling into fall, I search for first signs of color - look! that tree, golden in the light! #tanka #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #skypoets #autumn #nature #trees

TANKA This year: a jungle. We’re bushwacking through chaos — Tangled undergrowth ensnares us, thick dark tendrils of fear, grief, anger, despair. #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #5lines #haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #skypoets #inkmine TANKAS: 5 lines, 5-7-5-7-7 syllables

KATAUTA Inwardly mobile, this butterfly with one wing soars across internal skies. #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #3lines #blueskypoets #inspiration katauta: Japanese form, 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables

KATAUTA Urgent care. Long wait Surrounded by sick people. Is it better to stay home? #micropoetry #3lines #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #inkmine #blueskypoets #health katauta: 3 lines, 5-7-7 syllablles

Arthur Sze - new U.S. poet laureate. I teach his poetry in my online poetry courses. From The Shape of Leaves: I feel what others are thinking and do not speak, I know pleasure in the veins of a sugar maple, I am living at the edge of a new leaf. #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #trees

GRIEF: A tanka The loss of icons we never met but cherished — Mourning: Maggie Smith Pope Francis, Jimmy Carter, Robert Redford, Bill Moyers #tanka #tankapoem #tankathurday #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #skypoets #grief

HAIKU Outside my window Night animals creep. Rabbits Dance the bunny hop. #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #animals

TRACKS: a haiku poem Viewed from a distance, rails of railway tracks appear to meet. Like you, far from me, feel closer than you are when you are close but with closed heart. #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #relationship

HAIKU The clouds dispersing, turbulent thoughts dissolving. Your gift: a clear day. #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #meditation

HAIKU Our minds have power to shape our reality. Envision, then act. #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #inspiration #imagination

HAIKU At the library - sixteen books on hold arrive. Time to set limits. #haiku #haikupoem #poetry #3lines #micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #library #books #reading

CINQUAIN Are you trying to hold yourself together with string, tape or glue? Let go, let God hold you. #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #cinquain #poetry #spirituality #spirituality #poetrycommunity A cinquain: five lines of 2,4,6,8,2 syllables

HAIKU If we can contain sadness, we become larger containers for love #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #haikufeels contain #micropoetry #poetry #poem #3lines #inkmine

KATAUTA At last, the heat’s past the sizzle of summer days softens into September. #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine #haiku #senryu #poem #3lines #skypoets katauta: Japanese form of 3 lines of 5,7,7 syllables.

HAIKU Eyes blinded by glare I stroll toward a setting sun. Light sparkles on leaves. #haiku #senryu #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #nature

THE CUTTLEFISH The cuttlefish In camouflage Mirrors his surroundings - Fluttering sea fans Or rocky coral reefs, Crimson or verdant green, His skin a landscape Of slithering silk. I approach, Mesmerized By his reflection, Stretch Appendages In his direction. And then he strikes. #poetry #inkmine

HAIKU the drizzling rain... tap! tap! the dance of droplets... leaves, a glossy green #haiku #senryu #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #inkmine #micropoetry #nature #poetrycommunity #skypoets

LATE AUGUST HAIKUS longing for summer then scalded by humid heat longing for autumn summer daylight wanes late august heralds the fall mild weather ahead #haiku #haikusaturday #micropoetry #inkmine #3lines #senryu #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets

HAIKU Our minds have power to shape our reality. Envision, then act. #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #3lines #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets

KATAUTA Octopuses’ arms, each with a mind of its own: multitasking made easy. #katauta #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #skypoets #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #animal #octopus katauta: three lines of 5, 7, 7 syllables

SHADORMA fast! quick! now! twenty four hour delivery is too slow for our young adults today stop!...breathe!...feel!...just be! #micropoetry #shadorma #poetry #poem #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets shadorma: 6 lines, 3,5,3,3,7,5 syllables

PTSD, a cinquain When doors seem locked, windows bolted, house on fire – This is a nightmare from the past. Wake up! #cinquain #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine #blueskypoets #poem #skypoets #PTSD cinquain: 4 lines, 2,4,6,8,2 syllables

HAIKU Extending branches Digging roots deep in the soil Winds gust. Trees stand firm. #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #trees #nature

TANKA Again, an impulse to contact him, to tell him what he’d like to know — WHAM! You remember HE’S gone but not that hole in your sky. #dailyhaikuprompt sky #micropoetry #tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #haiku #senryu #inkmine #poetry #grief

THIS YEAR I LEARNED... a tanka Leave space for wonder, space for the unexpected unscheduled, unplanned. Expand, open, let the new, bursting through, seep into you. #haikufeels let #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine

TANKA grieving a parent who died, who never could love, who only could judge — sadness not for me but her who never could fully live #sensewrds 108 grieving #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #inkmine #grief

HAIKU real world introverts become extroverts online — alone, together #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #poem #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #introverts

IF ONLY WE COULD BE LIKE… (a tanka, written while watching AGT) ....two trapeze artists catching each other, able to reach out, to grasp, to hold on and to let go at precisely the right time. #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine #skypoets

APOLOGIES TO ROBERT FROST HAIKU Miles to go be…fore I slee…p ..Miles to….go… to fore…I….sleee……YEEOW! (fell off horse) #7syllablesentence go #haiku #haikupoem #poetry #senryu #micropoetry #inkmine #robertfrost #frost #poetrycommunity #skypoets

WHO’S THE WISER? TANKA how instinctively squirrels, beavers, bears, prepare for winter’s hardships, lean times ahead, while we live as if what we have will last #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #animals

DOUBLE TANKA Feeling like a tree in winter, barren of leaves yet the summer sun beats relentlessly on skin - I withdraw within, resist harsh elements, air sterile without wind’s relief from humidity which sucks my sweat dry. For once I will not grieve summer’s end. #tanka #poetry #inkmine #skypoets

BUTTERFLY CINQUAIN (2-4-6-8-2-4-6-8-2 syllables) if you’ve ever tasted the flavor of morning felt the caress of dawn spilling colors upon your skin painting you with rainbows then you have known the lovemaking of gods #2wordprompt flavor #poetry #cinquain #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #inkmine

ON MY CALENDAR a smorgasbord of online activities from which I can choose delectable snacks #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #bskypoets #poem NAANI: 4 line poem, Indian, 20-25 syllables

HAIKU You: a mosaic brilliant multi-colored glass such fragile beauty #whistpr mosaic #haiku #haikusaturday #haikupoem #senryu #micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity

OF GODS AND GODDESSES a tanka Zeus, from Olympus wields lightning, frightening us as he blasts the sky. But the Muses’ white lightning Creatively inspires. #tanka #haiku #haikusaturday #senryu #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #myth #mythology

HAIKU We INFPs In an ESTJ world Seek kindred spirits. #haiku #haikusaturday #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets

HOW NOT TO AGE, a tanka He was a salad gone bad - bleeding tomatoes, wilted lettuce browned by time, leaking olive oil turned rancid and vinegar.... #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets

TURNING POINT, a tanka It's not a breakDOWN rather a breaking OPEN before breaking UP with the past that's held you down that's kept brakes on far too long #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #haiku #senryu

SHORT-FORM POETRY CLASS, 3 sessions, starts tonight Aug 7, 6:45pm EDT, zoom. Learn & practice at least 9 forms - sijo, naani, dodoitsu, tanka, katauta, cinquain, landay, shadorma, gogyohka, lune. tinyurl.com/mpc63uz6 #poetry #poetrycommunity #edusky #blueskypoets #micropoetry #sijo #tanka #haiku

TANKA A meadow - the sun slanted beams of golden light softly delicately we dance among the daisies open, welcoming magic #tanka #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #nature