
Senryu Sometimes in silence You can see a clearer path To your happiness Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Sometimes in silence You can see a clearer path To your happiness Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Seventeen in nineteen sixty nine Hair blonde, straight and long all the way down to the waist Skirt tiny with a pleat Way above the knees Limbs stretched supple, lean and fine Pushing through the throng A girl on a mission makes haste Never missing a beat Excusez-moi if you please Le Vieux Port, Marseille, said the sign heart skipping it won’t be long She’ll see him, not a moment to waste Slipping into her seat Waiting fifty three years, a breeze Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sanaa is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with a French form called Rima Dissoluta. It is a poem of three five line stanzas and the rhymes would work as follows: (1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e) (6-a, 7-b, 8-c, 9-d, 10-e) (11-a, 12-b, 13-c, 14-d, 15-e) I lived in Marseille when I was younger and have fond memories
Eyes, the windows to the soul Pools of turquoise sea I swim in calming waters sometimes drifting in delightful fantasy They could look at me lovingly or pierce with pain from anger Cry a river of tears or close in sleep of contentment I imagine them with X-ray vision Looking straight into my heart Knowing what made it beat so fast Seeing into my mind, reading my thoughts Eyes cast on new life for the first time Celebrating moments of joy with human camera lens capturing memories never to be forgotten Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Eyes (Body Part) - Stream of Consciousness Celebrate - RDP X-Ray - FOWC Forgetful - Word of the Day
Senryu Happiness will rule Over your negative thoughts If you bury them Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu Never in my life Happiness running amok What is happening? Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Senryu A different path Sometimes is the only way To find happiness Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Soft and delicate fragile petals of a sweet pea clinging to its stem fluttering in a summer breeze Butterfly wings and baby’s breath swept together in a glorious collection of pinkness Feminine and pretty in rosy hues of scarlet and crimson with splashes of Tyrian purple Fluttering feathers Plucked plumage all to be treasured by the possessor For these are the simple pleasures that bring happiness Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Laura Bloomsbury is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with writing about an abstract piece of art. I was inspired by "Small Flies and Other Wings" by Christine Ay Tjoe.
A Painter Without a Brush’ (Gerhard Richter)
Broadway Boogie Woogie (Piet Mondrian))
Convergence (Jackson Pollock)
Movement in Squares (Bridget Riley)
Small Flies and Other Wings (Christine Ay Tjoe,)
Choose ONE title ONLY and write a painterly poem – in other words,
paint us a picture that you imagine fits the title.
Suggestions: Write as artist or observer of an abstract, surrealism or realism. Include texture and colour & engage with the visuals in mood.
OR
Choose ONE of the titles above and simply write an ekphrastic poem. Here are the links to the actual works of art
Gerhard Richter : Piet Mondrian : Jackson Pollock : Bridget Riley : Christine Ay Tjoe
I chose Small Flies and Other Wings (Christine Ay Tjoe,
Senryu The wind in my sails Stolen by your moodiness Happiness at bay Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Your happiness is why I am here To provide and care so you will be content and feel loved I fill the void in your life with joy, I think Although at times my choice feels more like a chore Where is my happiness? Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lillian is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets and has prompted us with 'Happiness' A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title Image by prabha karan from Pixabay