Ribbons Journal (Fall 2015)

     Are you enjoying every single page of Ribbons (Fall 2015)? I hope you haven't skipped my tanka sequence, "Last Sip," on page 45. For those who don't have a copy, here it is.

 

Last Sip

 

parch lips . . .

for you I draw a well

of memories

from steel drum music

to the sound of waves

 

a sparrow's last sip
from the birdbath . . .
on your birthday

how I didn't want to believe

in your goodbyes

 

my thoughts

spinning counterclockwise

the silence

after I decide to turn off

the oxygen machine

 

streaks of foam

tail away from the reef . . .

how I remember

your wishes for me

when you're gone

 

Seize the Poem (January 2015 prompt - April 2015 prompt)

January 2 prompt: branches

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summer clouds

the taste of a moment

as it melts away

January 9 prompt: cloud watching

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February 3 prompt: moon

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healing after a good cry cloud break

February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostitch

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magenta lips the kiss of summer wind

pink moon the taste of our make-up kiss

summer clouds my dreams sailing away

apple blossoms blowing kisses in the wind

Kathy Uyen Nguyen's response:

falling myrtle your apology a kiss away

fishtailed sky another wish woven through bubble wands

koi pond I stir my hopes into the patchwork of clouds

February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostitch

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February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostich

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watching

a seagull glide against

the overcast sky . . .

I forgot to tell the driver

to turn right

February 6 prompt: road signs

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February 8: sky colors

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February 9 prompt: straight lines

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Kathy Uyen Nguyen's response:

opal blue skies

a robin pens its story

with a throaty flourish

February 10 prompt: grey

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scarlet sky

diluted with dreams

of having you near . . .

this winter I dwell on

the love, not the pain

February 17: winter palette

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February 23 prompt: petal

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barn door . . .

horse grunts slide out

into the sunshine

* Previously posted at NaHaiWriMo. Thanks to Kathy Uyen Nguyen. I love the way she revised the second line for me.

February 21 prompt:

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the frays of sadness

fading into the sunlight . . .

the yellow flowers

we planted together

now in full bloom

March 26 off prompt

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thunderstorm —

our pillows strewn

all over the floor

March 27 prompt: thunderstorm

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not knowing

the exact moment

I knew I loved you . . .

footsteps of a flamingo

at the edge of the lake

April 2 prompt: sneak, light walking

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the sparrow's last sip

from a birdbath . . .

on your birthday

how I didn't want to believe

in your goodbyes

*Thanks again to Kathy for helping me revise this.

April 3 prompt: drink, drought, birdbath

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Tanka Poets on Site (September 21 prompt)

this morning

nobody fills up
the birdbath . . ....
the blue jay and I
thirsty for you



prompt:
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Swimming in Lines of Haiku (I Quote, You 'Ku)

I tried my best to participate so here are a few tanka for Kirsten Cliff's quote for the day.


plucking a petal
from a budding rose . . .
I cannot help
wanting him more
too early


http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-quote-you-ku-2.html

a bluejay drinks again
from an empty birdbath...
I open your closet
one more time to make sure
I remember missing you


http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-quote-you-ku-day-3.html

all the beads
we used to string together
for someone else . . .
every minutes counts
in the shades of sunset


http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-quote-you-ku-day-5.html

dishes still

piled up in the sink . . .

I now have

more time in my hands

to miss you

http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-quote-you-ku-day-9.html?showComment=1374746184129#c4020157981485287479

after brain surgery
will he remember
how much he loves me . . .
the first thing he asks for
are ice chips


http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-quote-you-ku-day-23.html?showComment=1374747524334#c5714681737075415665

revised:

after brain surgery
the first thing he asks for
is ice chips . . .
will he remember
how much he loves me

Mindful Writing Challenge '13 - Day 26

My Lucky Number

     It seems like 3 is my lucky number. After recently winning third place in the Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai, I took third place in another contest. Both were totally unexpected. 
     Thanks to all my fellow haiku poets for the votes!

another splash

from the birdbath . . .

lingering heat

3rd place

6th International Kukai 

Prompt: lingering heat

FREE Book Giveaway: NaPoWriMo 2012

     Kathy Uyen Nyuyen's haiku/senryu/tanka competition on her blog is still on. Submit your entry here for a chance to have your own copy of Paul Newton's book, What We Find.

     My submissions: 

midnight summer breeze

notes from his guitar

drift into my dream

~

summer heat—

drinking from a birdbath

morning glories