Resurrected Warmth

Resurrected Warmth: A Wayra

Winter’s biting frost,
Arctic wind’s chilling whispers,
crawling, creeping, ‘tween us,
waking ev’ry bones, nerves,
resurrects warm bodies once dead.

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In response to May Book Prompts –  by Sarah Doughty and MahWrites.

Today’s prompt is Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1) by Isaac Marion.

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*Wayra

• a pentastich, a poem in 5 lines.
• syllabic, 5-7-7-6-8
• unrhymed.

I’ll Be

I’ll Be: A Tanka*

I’ll be the wind that
whispers comfort to your soul
I’ll be the water
that washes, heals your burnt holes
after you’re engulfed in flames.

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©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.

Photo credit: Unsplash

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In response to May Book Prompts –  by Sarah Doughty and MahWrites.

Today’s prompt is When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.

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*Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)