Paintings from Norse mythology Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyrie’s Death Oil on canvas 1880
Hero’s tears tumble
on lips pursed in dying breath
-life’s struggle overnoble effort undertook
cost of honor bravely paid-cj holm
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #103 – 10/1/2018 Fall & Try – Synonyms Only
Per Colleen’s Tanka Challenge, I chose tumble and struggle as my synonyms for fall & try
(Tanka Form 5-7-5 7-7)
art credit – clipartly.com
neighbors apple tree
loaded from top to bottom
-October presents-cj holm
Spent the weekend picking, peeling, and making apple sauce and pie filling. Our house smells of cinnamon and sugar!
Who would be the he
that stirs memories of a night
she holds in her soulsome secrets, thought forgotten
-closing moment at curtain call-cj holm
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 220 He / She
Tanka 5-7-5 7-7
https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/09/24/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-220-heshe/
Words and Image ©2018 cj holm
Sunlight’s last whisper
As sky turns orange to blue
– Starlight takes the view©2018 cj holm
“At Peace” Courtesy Stuart Glazer http://www.stuartglazer.com
Meadowlarks soar on
wind’s sundown prairie song
-chasing cares awayCalling dreams of yesterday
with echoing trills of joycj holm
Red strawberry poison dart frog- Pinterest Image
this ancient warning
primordial mark from past
-poison’s pretty touch-cj holm
Art Credit http://www.sandycoxart.com/lin-in-sand
child’s line in the sand
delineates distinction
-hero or coward-cj holm
