Shying away from the “real” sonnet, as prompted at Poetic Asides, I’m going with their permission given to write a 14-line poem. Seems fitting for the 14th prompt, after all.

DEATH THEN LIFE

Dormant earth;
wrapped in a pall of
death; few signs
of life, and
even fewer reasons to
hope…til fresh rain falls.

The seeds that
died to self take on
new purpose.
Hope is found
after the storm, in the new
life that emerges.

Perhaps the best living
comes after dying.

2013-04-14
P. Wanken

 

Written for Poetic Asides April Poem-A-Day Challenge #14: Sonnet, and for Poetic Bloomings Prompt #103: April Showers. Posted for day 43 in 100 Days of Spring – 2013.

 

Photo Credit: Keith R. Good (see Photos by Keith Good on Facebook)

 

AWAITING SPRING

Faith, frozen.
Hope lies dormant.
Love, unseen.
One day at a time,
awaiting the promise
of Spring.

2013-01-13
P. Wanken

 

 

 

Inspired by Poetic Bloomings #90: Ekphrastic Poetry 2013 – Photo Prompt #1; and posted for Day #71 for the “100 Days of Fall/Winter 2012” challenge.