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What Inspires You – National Poetry Month April 7 2020

Lisa Tomey

Piano Image by Martyn Cook from Pixabay

Today’s prompt is what is known as an Ekphrastic prompt where an image is used as inspiration for a poem. Taking a look at the above photo what thoughts come to mind?

You may also like to check out Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides prompt or NaPoWriMo.

If you like ekphrastic poetry you might want to check out this site: ekphrastic.net

Feel free to share in the comments or tag if you would like to share what you wrote.

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Eye of the Storm

Lisa Tomey
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Source Unknown

 

Searching Within

within the iris
deep within the calming soul
oceans stir to calm

Seeking the Source

taking task with life
opening the eyes for depth
waves within rush forth

Finding the Answers

bracing for the storm
what appears to be most calm
is stirring life’s force

…..

Thank you to Susi Bocks for her dedication to the “IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge”

 

 

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Stones of the Graveyard

Lisa Tomey

GRaveyard Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

Stones of the graveyard
Once lived in the hills yonder
Where the owls hooted

at night

Still, you can hear their longing
For that place they once called home

Oh, why did they take
All those stones from the mountain
Making it a platte

of water

Only to rest around death
Leaving souls to wonder why

Could they not see
That which is natural stone

Had a place to be

Called away from nature’s home
Crumbling for the last of life

Only death could find
A better way to live than this
Ashes forth and gone
Leaving the life instead for
Many birds and many songs

…..

This is in response to the Living Poetry December Visual Poetry Prompt

Perhaps you would like to join in.

 

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Palomino Ponderings – Yes, Those are Skates

Lisa Tomey

1-4.png Source: Unknown

Percy Wonders About Skating Through Life

Perhaps it will work
Percy thought he would skate by
hooves had other thoughts

Would They Know His Sneaks

Sneaking through the barn
Percy wondered if they’d see
he was sliding by

Passing for A Fido

Percy thought he could
simply pass for Fido’s spots
skating out home free

…..

 

There you have it! This is my attempt to respond to the ekphrastic challenge for this week’s “IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge”