Blog, Poem of the Month, Quadrille Flowing Free – Poem of the Month – July 2023 by Christine Bolton • July 24, 2023 Flowing Free – A Quadrille As inevitable as change it would come After a hard, frozen winter Tears of sadness cascaded in a melting waterfall of cathartic release All good things sullied by spite and left to drown in the river of hope Now, finally flowing fast and free Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved De aka Whimsygizmo is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets. Her prompt word tonight is all things 'Water' However you would like to use it in a Quadrille. A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title Photo by Sporisevic Photography on Unsplash Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Blog, Haiku Daily Haiku – Thursday July 28, 2022 by Christine Bolton • July 28, 2022 Haiku Snow slowly melting A waterfall becoming a river flowing Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Blog, Tanka Cascading – A Tanka by Christine Bolton • July 28, 2020 Cascading Energy unleashed Rushing rapidly downward Smoothing jagged rocks Silencing the screams of age Washing away wounds of time Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Written for: Frank Tassone's Weekly Haiki Challenge #149 Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Blog, Nature Twister by Christine Bolton • May 5, 2020 Twister The scent of jasmine hung heavy in the still night air Soothing and assuasive Peace had descended on the carnage of the day The rage came unmasked and bare Showing its teeth Fear engulfed all on its path The remains of the day scattered for miles Bricks and mortar Splintered wood from ancient trees Personal belongings One constant sign of normalcy Water cascading timelessly Oblivious to the wrath of a twister Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Sue Vincent's Weekly Write/Photo - Cascade Word of the Day - Jasmine RDP - Unmask FOWC - Rage Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Blog, Healing Waterfall – A Cascade Poem by Christine Bolton • July 16, 2019 Waterfall in the quietnessof my mindmy escape complete water fallingsoothingin the quietness lofty treessheltering, protectingof my mind the beating heartof my stag, silentmy escape complete Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©In response to Jane Dougherty's Poetry Challenge#33 - Silent - A Cascade A Cascade is four three-line stanzas, without rhyme.Three lines of the first verse used successively aslast lines of following verseLine pattern A/B/C, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/CWord Prompts:Quiet - WotDLofty - RDPEscape - FOWC Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
