Tag: #clouds

Poetry by Sarah, Sijo

Netted

Sarah W

Slipping through these netted tufts,
dreams sprinkle freely to the ground.

Dormant; they hide in the undergrowth,
waiting to be found.

Implausibly true their hearts beat;
and in this hope are bound.

By Sarah ©2023


Written for Ronovan Writes, “Sijo Wednesday Poetry” with the challenge theme of “patience.”
Free Verse, Photos by Sarah, Poetry by Sarah

Reveal 

Sarah W

Stretched out cotton balls
shroud the valleys in a thick blanket of white
mountain tops peek through, standing tall
imaginary fingers drag their way along the clouds
creating layers and
slowly plucking away the wisps
until each strand has gone.
Revealing the city below.

By Sarah ©2017


Prompt: Daily Post Daily Prompt, Word: imaginary, foggy, pluck,

Haibun, Poetry by Sarah

Animal Parade 

Sarah W

Take me to the clouds
Beyond the reach of this land
Spirit me away.

When I first opened my eyes, I saw glittering stars. A black abyss surrounding the diamonds in my mind. But as my cloudy eyes began to focus, I realised I was lying on the grass; a witness to the drifting white cumulus in a pale winter sky. As a young girl, I would often lie this way. Constructing a parade of elephants, dragons, birds and other creatures, slowly morphing from one to the next.  I tried to smile at the memory, but it hurt too much. That last hit had been hard; rattling my teeth and wobbling my brain. I had to leave him.

Take me to the clouds
Beyond the reach of his hands
My spirit now free.

By Sarah ©2017

Prompts:

MLMM Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, May 24th 2017, Word: clouds

Daily Post Daily Prompt, Word: creature, create (used synonym ‘constructing’)

Author’s note: This is my first attempt at Haibun (it’s a day of firsts today!). Thanks to Margaret Chula for her Guidelines for Writing Haibun in English. My haibun today follows the Haiku/Prose/Haiku structure and was inspired by Australia’s ongoing battle with violence against women/ family violence. I myself have been a victim and as a teacher, witness daily, the trauma of children living with family violence. We must do better.