Clinging

life is a struggle
and survival sometimes means
the wisdom to know 
when you’re clinging to branches
that may really be fences

By Sarah ©2017 

Prompt: Ramblings Of A Writer, Wekly Tanka Challenge, Week 58 – survival and life; Our Write Side Ink, The Darkroom – Hey, Squirrel

No Walkies Today

Digging up the soil.
Mounds tell of something buried.
Naughty animals!

Time for walkies the next day;
Where has my other shoe gone?!

By Sarah ©2017 

Prompt: Ramblings Of A Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt, Week 57 – soil and animals

Awake Is The New Sleep

Eyes closed to darkness
I lay my weary head down
Dreaming of what ifs

But these are only realised  
When awake is the new sleep

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings of a Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge, Week 56 – awake and sleep

Earthbound Skies

Image credit Pixabay

The energy builds.
White hot temperatures rise,
seeking their release.

Bolts crackle from the sky and
spread as flames across the earth.

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings of a Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge, Week 55 – energy & temperature

More Than A Stepford Wife

maintaining the home
with everything in its place
meeting family’s needs

domestic goddess by day
dreams of running wild by night

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings Of A Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge, Week 54 – domesticated and wild

Shallow Roots

there are some roots you
don’t want digging in too deep.
sitting in the chair,
waiting for the extraction,
be true…for my wisdom teeth!

 

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings of a Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 53, roots and wisdom

shallow

Weekly Tanka Prompt #51, Family & Pets

twenty five children
each one valued and nurtured
with no teacher’s pets

a classroom, a family
helping each other to learn 

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings of a Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge, Week 51 – family and pets

Mona Vale

Image credit By Sarah ©2017.                 Mona Vale, Christchurch, NZ

since his death she spent
the days strolling archways of
their favourite park

never realising he was
walking peacefully with her

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ramblings of a Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 50, Words: park & peace

Dinner Interrupted

animal heads bowed
friends graze the juicy green fields
in peaceful sunshine