Moment of Peace - #W3 #Cameo #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Today, I'm participating in the Wea've Written Weekly (W3) Prompt #204. Lesley invites us to write a Cameo poem which focuses on a tiny, distilled moment. This poem form has seven lines with a syllabic pattern of 2/5/8/3/8/7/2.

I chose to focus on a moment during my recent camping trip. During our hike, my sister, niece, and I found a path that took us to the river. The weather was in the low 80s, and we had just completed about seven miles of hiking in the forest. So, my niece decided to take some respite by the water.   

stillness

reflective river

captures beauty all around her

crickets chirp

sun shines brightly upon her face

trees absorb heavy exhale

grounded

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Protect Your Heart - #TankaTuesday #Hautt #hexastich #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! I am fully enjoying spring break by waking up without an alarm. Truly, that brings me such joy. I'm also getting caught up on tasks around the house and finding time to hang out with friends.

Today, I'm participating in the #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge, where Melissa invites us to write a Hautt poem. This form uses a hexastich with a syllabic pattern of 4-5-2-2-5-4 and focuses on wisdom and eternal truth. I chose to focus on wisdom and how experiences leads to being wiser in the future.

(image courtesy of @artvizual on Pixabay)

Protect Your Heart

lies coat your lips

should have trusted gut

truths learned

love lost

heart takes precautions

in the future

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Play Time - #FFFC #dVerse #Quadrille #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! I just got back from an amazing camping trip yesterday. My sister, niece, and I stayed in a cabin in northern Florida for three nights. The cabin was wonderful with a beautiful porch and rocking chairs. We hiked and rode bikes for over 10 miles on both Saturday and Sunday. We played board games in between. On Sunday, my nephew and my son drove from their universities to meet us at the park and spend some time with us. It's been months since I've seen my son, so it was a real treat to spend quality time together. 

Today, I'm combining two prompts. The first is Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #365 where she shares the adorable picture below. The second prompt is dVerse's Shhhhhhh.......Quiet, Please! prompt. Lillian invites us to write a quadrille using the word "silence" or "silent" within the poem. A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words.

(image courtesy of Natalia Blauth)

Play Time

colorful, soft, golden yarn

neatly wrapped in balls

the ultimate temptation

for my furry little friend

his tiny sharp claws

need to touch them

unroll and play with them

so he stalks

silent and stealthy

toward his golden treasure

ready to claim his rewards

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Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #365

dVerse's Shhhhhhh.......Quiet, Please!

The Teacher - #dVerse #W3 #lighthouse #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Today, I will be combining two prompts. The first is dVerse's Poetic Tuesday - Irish Blessings. Lisa shares several Irish symbols and concepts and encourages us to use one of them in our poem. I chose to go with the phrase, "banishing the snakes". The other prompt comes from Wea've Written Weekly (W3) where Dennis invites us to write about a lighthouse. I chose to write about a metaphorical lighthouse of a teacher (since I am one).

(image courtesy of @RibhavAgrawal on Pixabay)

The Teacher

she stands tall

joy beaming from her eyes

acceptance shining in her smile

her light

her energy

welcomes her students

to enter her happy bubble

of learning

exuding confidence

she models ways to repel the dark

banishing the snakes of doubt

from their minds

showing them how to

calm the storms that live within

through meditation and 

positive affirmations

she guides them slowly

through murky ideas

until their own light shines 

bright enough to be their own

safe harbors

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dVerse's Poetic Tuesday - Irish Blessings

Wea've Written Weekly (W3)

Motherhood - #TankaTuesday #FFFC #nonet #motherhood #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! My parents have made the decision to move closer to my sister and me, and I am so relieved. With my mom's health issues, it will be easier to help my dad once they move closer to us. She has a collapsed lung, and the doctors doubt it will reinflate, so breathing has become challenging for her. Still, she is showing small signs of improvement, for which we are all grateful.

Today, I am combining two prompts. The first is #TankaTuesday's Poetry Challenge, where Willow invites us to write a nonet poem focused on motherhood. A nonet has nine lines, each line having one less syllable than the other (9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). The second is Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #364 where she shares the picture below and invites to write about it. 

(image courtesy of Guille Pozzi on Unsplash)

Motherhood

from the moment I gave birth to you

I knew you'd one day leave my side

drift away to live your life

without me to guide you

until then, we swim

as one, and I

give to you

all my

love

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#TankaTuesday's Poetry Challenge

Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #364

Just One More Lap - #FFFC #tanka #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! It has been another busy week, but this morning is calm and beautiful, so I thought I'd write a quick poem before I started my day.

For this poem, I'm using Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #363. Melissa shares this hilarious photo of a dog at a water fountain. I've wrote a tanka for this photo below.

(image courtesy of Kevin Turcios)

daily midday walks

a refreshing fountain stop

ready for round two

my human has a mission

and summer's 'round the corner

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Morning's Masterpiece - #dVerse #Quadrille #W3 #TankaTuesday #shadorma #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! I had a wonderful birthday celebration this past weekend with various groups of friends. Thursday night was spent with family as we enjoyed dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. My work friends and I went to a Bingo Loco event on Friday night and had a blast! Saturday was spent at the beach with my sister. Afterward, we had dinner and then treated ourselves to reflexology massages. And Sunday was spent with another group of friends at Escapology and then lunch. I enjoyed every moment of it and am grateful for all the love shared with me this weekend.

Today, I'm combining three prompts. The first is dVerse's Quadrille #243 where De Jackson invites us to write a quadrille using the word bird. A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words. 

The second challenge comes from Wea've Written Weekly (W3). Nancy invites us to write a shadorma poem with a theme of sensory details. A shadorma has a syllabication pattern of 3/5/3/3/7/5.

The last prompt is #TankaTuesday's Poetry Challenge. Colleen asks us to write an Ekphrastic poem, which is a poem inspired by a piece of art. She provided the beautiful image below as her example, and I loved the piece, so I decided to write a poem for it as well. 

(Facebook Pages: Watercolour Unique Arts: 7/1/2025)

sun rises

awakening sky

golden hues

repel dark

Gaia basks in her glory

sweet transformation

songbirds sing

harmonic voices

ricochet

off mountains

melodies among the trees

public serenade

dewy grass

wears lake's mist with pride

resplendent

crystal crowns

dissipate with rising sun

morning's masterpiece

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dVerse's Quadrille #243

Wea've Written Weekly (W3)

#TankaTuesday's Poetry Challenge

A Crack in Concrete - #TankaTuesday #Xploration #reversecinquain #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! My parents are coming into town to celebrate my birthday, and I am looking forward spending time with them. Although my birthday is Saturday, I have a different celebration with a different group every day this weekend, starting today with my family. It's going to be a busy but very fun few days.

Today, I'm combining two challenges. The first is #TankaTuesday, where Robbie invites us to write an imagist poem. This form focuses on the poet describing a specific object in an image. I chose to write a two reverse cinquains with a syllabic pattern of 2-8-6-4-2-2-8-6-4-2.

The second challenge is Reena's Xploration Challenge #420. Reena shares several quotes and invites us to use one of the quotes as a theme to our poem. I chose to go with the following quote: "Resilience is the green shoot breaking through the stone."

(image created by Gemini)

A Crack in Concrete

rigid

chaos causes cracks in concrete

winds scatter dropped seedlings

sunshine seeps in

seeds grow

firm stem

golden face and petals seek sun

no permission needed

bright sunflower

stands strong

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#TankaTuesday

Reena's Xploration Challenge #420

Stuck in Space - #FFFC #dVerse #haibun #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Today, I'm combining two prompts which, on the surface, don't really go together, but in my head, it makes perfect sense. Lol!

The first prompt comes from Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #362. Melissa provides the image below, and I see a girl who gets all glam on the outside while drowning her sorrows in mind-altering numbness.

The second prompt comes from dVerse's Haibun Monday 3-2-26: A "Life on Mars" Tribute. Frank Tassone invites us to write a haibun focused on the theme of Tracy K. Smith's "Life on Mars." He shares two quotes that focus on mourning a parent. I resonated with the second quote, but zoomed out of the loss of a parent and focused on a different kind of loss.

(image courtesy of Taina Bernard)

Stuck in Space

Your energy called to me before I even saw you, awakening dormant cells in my heart who sought you out like a nomad glimpsing an oasis. Your magnetism drew me in so powerfully and consumed so much of me that I knew not where you ended and I began. A whirlwind of love and passion spinning me round and round euphorically until you suddenly left without a word, leaving me to drift in the darkest vacuum in space, confused and alone. My heart still searches for you like a lost ship seeking its lighthouse, but my head knows your shores are too rocky and seeks a safer harbor. 

uninhabited

spinning alone in space

seeking companion

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Melissa's Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #362

dVerse's Haibun Monday 3-2-26: A "Life on Mars" Tribute

February Japanese Micro Seasons Challenge - #TankaTuesday #haiku #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

 

Hello, beautiful readers! Colleen Chesebro at #TankaTuesday shared the February 2026 Micro-Seasons Challenge earlier this month. I have shared my haikus using the micro-season phrases as well as a few of the others I've written this month.

February 4-8

icicles on trees

winter's trophy starts to crack

east wind melts the ice

~~~

February 9-13

ten bush warblers

start singing in the mountains

peaceful orchestra

~~~

February 14-18

opaque lake turns clear

bright fish emerge from the ice

a welcomed rainbow

~~~

February 19-23

rain moistens the soil

seedlings begin to waken

winter's goodbye kiss

~~~

February 24-28

seasonal dance starts

mists start to linger on lakes

fox comes out of den

Here are a few of the other haikus I wrote this month:

frozen drops of rain

crystallized leaves on palm trees

unexpected sights

~~~

cotton candy sky

from pastels to vibrant hues

night's golden glory

~~~

lighthouse in the dark

sanctuary among thieves

home away from home

~~~

palm trees sway in breeze

small ripples caress calm lake

sweet serenity

~~~

feet pitter patter

vibrant green grass tickles him

joyous burst of glee

~~~

buzzing bumblebee

flits from flower to flower

sweet, delightful job

~~~

chilled flowing waters

trapped just beneath the surface

awaits to break free

~~~

farmland grapes talk

releasing secrets from past

drunken truths revealed

~~~

a bird caws in tree

sun slowly rises in east

cat stretches front legs

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