Weekly Writing Prompt – ladyleemanila

Thursday Photo Prompt – Passage #writephoto

November 21, 2016Posted in Thursday Picture Prompt, Weekly Writing PromptTagged fiction, picture prompt, poem, poetry prompt, writing challenge, writing prompt1 Comment

the
passage
birth of pride
walk in a trance
where people seek, meet, greet and sometimes flirt
lights coming from the ceiling and the door
come in or out
you’re welcome
have fun
bye*

* Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also bereversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1

Weekly Writing Prompt #51 – The Forest

August 22, 2016August 23, 2016Posted in Weekly Writing PromptTagged poem, poetry prompt, writing challenge, writing promptLeave a comment

Watch the forest come alive with mighty trees

Pause and listen to the sound of rustling leaves

Leaves dance to unheard beat, soothing to the ears

And at the edge of the forest the sky grieves

Fragments of blue remain, like scattered puzzles

The air is its freshest after it drizzles

As a proof a frosty chill hung in the air

Some badgers carried the food back in their lair*

*A Rispetto, an Italian form of poetry, is a complete poem of two rhyme quatrains with strict meter. The meter is usually iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abab ccdd. A Heroic Rispetto is written in Iambic pentameter, usually featuring the same rhyme scheme.

For: Weekly Writing Prompt #51 by the secret keeper

Weekly Writing Prompt #50

August 15, 2016Posted in Weekly Writing PromptTagged bliss, happiness, Him Indoors, love story, poem, poetry prompt, thanks, writing challenge, writing promptLeave a comment

With you the universe brightens
At times I thought of some questions
Together we seek the answer
Through the years we’ve been together

The love and care for each other
We press and have our own anchor
Happiness in a field azure
Through the years we’ve been together

Discreetly we go through our lives
Lots of arguments and forgives
Also fun, adventures, banter
Through the years we’ve been together

With you the universe brightens
Through the years we’ve been together*

*Kyrielle Sonnet

For: Weekly Writing Prompt #50 by the secret keeper

The Bus Journey – Double Etheree

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016Posted in Daily Prompt, Tale Weaver, Weekly Writing PromptTagged accident, aunt, daily prompts, fiction, MindLoveMisery's Menagerie, tale weaver's prompt, traveller, writing challenge, writing prompt4 Comments

The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.

Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Image © Mara Eastern Used with permission

come
quickly
accident
I need your help
that was a strange call
coming from my old aunt
on the other side of town
I’ve got to change and catch the bus
I hope to catch the bus at this time
and I was gone, worrying about her
she’s my mum’s sister and her husband died
I promise my mum to check on her
every now and then I get this
but there was really nothing
I can’t pretend it’s fun
life is not easy
and I arrived
she’s alright
oh well
tough!

For: Tale Weaver #76 July 14th Travel…Bus Journey and Weekly Writing Prompt #46 by the secret keeper. Also for: Journey

Other “journey” posts:
https://starlight427.wordpress.com/2016/07/15/my-journey-out-of-the-storm/
https://indigoandskyflower.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/to-see-a-volcano-up-close-someday/
https://slideaways.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/show-me-something-red/
https://sonderwriter.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/treacherous-paths/
The Journey of Life

You’re a Star!

July 11, 2016Posted in Weekly Writing PromptTagged love story, poem, poetry prompt, writing challenge, writing prompt3 Comments

You are a star that shines so bright
You are my light
My very own
I cannot moan

You are a tree that stands so tall
Key to my call
You turn me on
Wake up in dawn

You are my shoulder to cry on
Tough as a khan
Sympathetic
Tender-hearted

(c) ladyleemanila 2016

*Minute Poetry

For: Weekly Writing Prompt #45 by the secret keeper

A Woman with a Song

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016Posted in Weekly Writing PromptTagged fiction, music, poem, poetry prompt, writing challenge, writing promptLeave a comment

listen, please
a woman with a song
sings with her heart so she can be free
lost and feeling desperate, she wants to get out
no more pain, no more heartache, just love
is there a place like that?
she’ll find it

For: Weekly Writing Prompt #43 by the secret keeper

Weekly Writing Prompt #42 – Dream

June 20, 2016Posted in Weekly Writing PromptTagged fiction, poem, poetry prompt, writing challenge, writing promptLeave a comment

Raise up high

What’s the meaning of this?

I have a dream that I can’t explain

I was crying on the ground and no one was there

I was confused and so very frightened

Help! Is anyone there?

And you came

(c) ladyleemanila 2016

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Love and Saying Goodbye

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016Posted in weekly challenge, Weekly Writing Prompt, Writing Prompt, writingsTagged books, childhood, fun, happiness, memories, MindLoveMisery's Menagerie, writing challenge, writing prompt2 Comments

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard,” Winnie the Pooh said that. As a child, I remembered reading about Pooh and his friends by A.A. Milne at home. Talking of childhood memories, I remembered playing with my siblings and cousins in the street of Dapitan – hide-and-seek, cycling, patinteros and running a lot. Those were the times when we didn’t worry about things like poverty, politics, safety and other day-to-day problems. We just enjoyed playing, having lots of fun and doing our own adventures together. Then we all grew up and soon leaving our nests one by one. But one thing for sure, we’ll always be there for each other and we all know that we’re lucky to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.