Untitled Tanka 4/21/15

memories in tears
rolling through channels of age
the taste of sea salt
slips across a silent tongue
held back by wrinkled fingers

© Susan Schoeffield

For Tanka on Tuesday at Facebook

Sorrow

Steadfast in victory,
sadness rules our spirit.
Succumbing to anguish,
seldom can we dismiss
subliminal feelings
smothering happiness
sealed in the labyrinth.

© Susan Schoeffield

Today’s daily poem is anything but uplifting, but it gave me another chance to play with the Pleiades form.

 

Homecoming

Frozen waterfalls cling to the mountain.
Noon’s burning sun adds a smooth, shiny glaze.
Sadly, these icy hills focus on when
ghosts wander freely, content just to gaze.
Solemn with sorrow, these ladies and men
never stay long and step back in the haze.

© Susan Schoeffield

This poem for my Poetry Dazed Project 2015 was inspired by memories of the Shenandoah Mountains in winter.

Unpleasant

The taste
of misguided love
clings to my tongue,
its flavor bitter
not sweet.

© Susan Schoeffield

Mourning

Loss
is hard
to fathom,
always painful,
a pain that at times is unbearable.
When the heart is overwhelmed by sadness,
it’s burdensome
to breathe, touch
or taste
life.

© Susan Schoeffield