In the distance, they saw
Tables laden with food
Not wanting to be rude
They headed out
One by one, forward march
Conveyances they lack
They’ll carry on their backs
All they will take
Determined oh they were
They kept the goal in sight
Focused with all their might
On the picnic
©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/07/27/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-236-themeprompt/
Seeing us, being us
Feelings live in our hearts
The love never departs
It grows deeper
©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben
viridescent view
natural, undeveloped
mystical bayou
©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/07/13/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-234-synonymsonly/
Charli Mills wanted us to include feathers in our stories this week. I always find them and have for longer than I can recall. Here is a true story of how I came to understand what feathers would me to me forever.
Join in on the 99-word Flash Fiction fun at the Carrot Ranch
My best friend, Trina, used to say that every time she found a feather, it was a message from someone she loved, who was on the other side. She happened to mention this at her father’s celebration of life gathering when we found a feather inside her mother’s refrigerator. We smiled.
The day of viewing for Trina’s body found me surrounded by our friends and her family. Her sister handed me a container filled with cookies, that Trina had marked for me to have only minutes before she died. Left behind, on the table, was a feather. We smiled.
©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben
Encourage another
Be supportive and fair
Take time to show you care
They’ll find their wings
©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/07/06/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-233-poetschoice/
