Robbie’s Inspiration – Tanka Tuesday and W3 Prompt 104 #poetry

The following two poems are written for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday prompt. You can join in here: https://tankatuesday.com/2024/04/23/24-seasons-syllabic-poetry-challenge-no-31-4-23-24-part-i-grain-rain-april-19-may-4-koku-%e7%a9%80%e9%9b%a8/

Crimson Pride (tanka)

Full of boastful pride

Wall exhibited its coat

Pride leads to a fall

Soon its crimson covering

Would be stripped bare of its leaves

Picture caption: A high wall covered with a curtain of crimson leaved creepers

Dancing Clouds (shadorma)

Dancing clouds

Sensational show

Swaying in

Slow dance pairs

Shapely contours silver bright

Pregnant with raindrops

Picture caption: Autumn clouds which should not contain rain, but did.

This next haiku is written for W3 #104.

This is the prompt:

II. Ben’s prompt guidelines

From free verse to haiku…
This 'folly', be up to you!
Can't wait to read how you do.
Your inspiration is 'folly'.

You can join in here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/04/24/w3-prompt-104-weave-written-weekly/

Autumn Folly

Nature’s last folly

Temperature’s drop at night

Frost decorates buds

Picture caption: We had a week of cold and rain and now it is unseasonably hot. Certain flowers have come back into bloom.