P e d e s t r i a n ( A Tanka )

Is it to the right, or is it to the near left? Should I cross the bridge or should I retreat before the inevitable fall? — 02.16.2018 ©2018 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved. Photo via Unsplash In response to dVerse MTB — Brevity

Tick Tock: A Tanka

Tick Tock: A Tanka ©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer long when you're waiting short when you're doing something slow when earth's freezing fast when summer sun's rising time's bending, warping. — Photo credit: Cliff Johnson In response to Blogging from A to Z Challenge: T is for Tanka. Tanka Tanka, 短歌 "short song" is meant to… Continue reading Tick Tock: A Tanka

Heart’s Birth: A Haibun*

Fierce wind drops, noisy wind blows, flood water inside our house flows. My clumsy-self tries so hard to tie my only pair of shoe, I have to go to school, it's my sole due. School's our only hope, that's our home's breath. Family's in falling slope, quitting school means death. courageous heart was born with home's… Continue reading Heart’s Birth: A Haibun*

BOOK READS: A Review and Personal History of ‘Rising Sun’ by Michael Crichton

It has been six years since I have read, for the very first time, a full length novel. This happened not because I would like to do it, this happened because it is compulsory. I was in fourth year high school during that time. My English teacher, Mrs. Emilia Rivera, required each of her students… Continue reading BOOK READS: A Review and Personal History of ‘Rising Sun’ by Michael Crichton