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 (July 7 prompt)

a handsome stranger
give me another look . . .
I seal my lips
on a heart pendant
with my husband's ashes



prompt: kiss
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Summer Love

 

summer love . . .

the taste of marmalade

on his lips

Inspired by Mellow Yellow Monday

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