Cause and Effect–One Minute Poetry–May 12, 2022

Cause and Effect

cause and effect
propelling humans
outward
learning techniques
to save Earth

This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:

3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

Previously published on Medium.com, February 2022.

 

Mountain Ridges–Poem of the Day–February 25, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain Ridges

offworlders heroically traversing
mountain ridges
waiting
for chance
to return home

This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published on Medium.

Garbage Picking–Poem of the Day–February 22, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garbage Picking

garbage picking crews
ancient debris
skeletons
historical Martians
buried with radioactives

This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published on Medium.

Chrysalis–Poem of the Day – February 21, 2022

Image courtesy of The Wild Rose Press

Chrysalis

chrysalis
downward opening
emerging life form
offworlders desire
dinner

……

This is a sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 2 words / 1 word

Previously published in Polar Starlight 2, June 2021.

Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Life Extensions–Poem of the Day–February 13, 2022

Life Extensions

aging multimillionaire Martians
discussing life extensions
agreement
humans accede
Sahara dust elixir

This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words
Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Originally published on Medium.com.

Image courtesy of the author

Purr–Poem of the Day–February 10, 2022

Purr

purr
of unknown
sound on Earth
fills human
airspace


A sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 2 words / 1 word

Written by Roxanne Barbour.
Previously published on Medium.