Resilience - #TankaTuesday #haiku #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! I cannot believe how busy this week has been for me, and the next several weeks will be just as busy, so I don't know how much I'll be posting this month. Since I was the host of this week's #TankaTuesday, I had to make time to participate. Lol! This week, I encouraged everyone to write about resilience. My poem is short because it's Monday and the challenge ends today, but at least, I was able to write something.

(image courtesy of @Seaq68 on Pixabay)

forest fires run wild

time will replenish foliage

nature's survivors

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Mom - #W3 #DectinaRefrain #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. My sister and I drove up to Hutchinson Island on Friday night to spend yesterday with our mom before driving back down to spend today with our respective children. My son and I went for a walk this morning and then he joined me for lunch and some errands. I'm have a little me time right now before we have dinner and watch our show together. So, I figured I'd write a poem.

This poetry challenge comes from Wea've Written Weekly (W3) Prompt #210, where Dawn invites us to write a Dectina Refrain about a mother. Here are the rules of this form:

Here is what I created:

(image courtesy of @fancycrave1 on Pixabay)

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mom is

a treasure

to love fiercely

a beloved gift

provider and best friend

a hug and kiss when needed

someone who will always be there

a blessing gifted from the heavens

a mom is a treasure to love fiercely

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Caelagios - #W3 #Etheree #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! I'm enjoying a lazy, rainy day today. With the weather not being appropriate for the beach, I'm spending some time writing poetry. Last week, I was honored to be chosen to provide this week's prompt at Wea've Written Weekly. With all the chaos happening in the world, I decided it was time to turn to fiction for an escape. I've decided to go with a utopian world since there is already plenty of dystopia happening here on earth. Lol!

For my Chronicles of the Diasodz series, I had to create a new world. I called it Caelagios, pulling from Greek and Latin words that, when combined, meant heavenly sanctuary. I've decided to write an Etheree for this world.

(image courtesy of @CharlVera on Pixabay)

Caelagios

golden willow leaves sway calmly in breeze

iridescent butterflies flap wings

leaving bright rainbows in their wake

pink wisteria grows high

above the peaceful lake

harmony resides

magic fills world

full of peace

kindness

love

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Not Like the Others - #TankaTuesday #dVerse #HaibunMondays #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @YvetteMCalleiro

Hello, beautiful readers! Happy May! Today I'm combining two prompts. The first is from #TankaTuesday. Melissa invited us to choose one of Romare Bearden's art pieces and let us inspire our poem. I've chosen Calm Sea (1987). My poem came out a bit depressing, but it's what came to my mind. It's purely a fictional piece.

The other prompt is dVerse's Haibun Monday 4-27-26: Silence. Frank invites us to write a haibun that alludes to silence in our poem. I chose to go with the silence that comes from insecurity and isolation.

[Romare Bearden, Calm Sea (1987)]

Not Like the Others

They stand around her in their bikinis and beautiful bodies, laughing and flirting with perfectly sculpted men while she sits on her beach chair under her umbrella, wishing she had sat somewhere else. She hides behind her floppy hat and dark shades. One of the hotties glance her way before quickly diverting his eyes. A tear forms behind her shades. She was once like them - before age and loss stole her vibrancy. She closes her eyes and blocks it all out - the laughter, the conversations, and the judgment. She tunes it all out until she feels that familiar feeling of being alone, even on a crowded beach.

broken shells on shore

unnoticed and unwanted

crumble into dust

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dVerse's Haibun Monday 4-27-26: Silence