Darkness, or: Fade away

Poetry Partners #157

‘Darkness’, a haiku by WickedLizzie of ‘Essays From the Edge of Existence’

The night falls, darkness
Silent, still, and full of mystery
A time for dreams.

Essays From the Edge of Existence: https://wickedlizzie.wordpress.com/

A tanka by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’

the night falls, darkness
silent, still, and full of mystery
a time for dreams.
minutes backflip through shadow
lights dance, springboard, fade away

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

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26 thoughts on “Darkness, or: Fade away”

Beautiful writing ❤️✍️❤️

ben Alexander January 14, 202318:37 Reply

💚🙏🏻 Maggie 🙏🏻💚

Beautiful.

ben Alexander January 12, 202306:50 Reply

🖤😻 Dolly 😻🖤

Makes me want to close my eyes and drift off… Great writing!

ben Alexander January 11, 202315:05 Reply

🧡🤤 Terveen 🤤🧡

love this!
💗
dreamy vision
words strung
life unfolds
❤️

ben Alexander January 10, 202318:32 Reply

😊 thanks, Cindy 😊

I carry the night inside me
in broad daylight
when the sun is shining

the soul speaks to me
until the first light
in my memories
and thoughts

the dreams await me
until that the moon
towards evening
the ride through
before the starry sky
treads his path

ben Alexander January 10, 202313:32 Reply

💚 Hans 💚 ~ very nice!

~David
1. Gamma Hans January 10, 202316:25 Reply
  
  Lieber David, Dankeschön

A lovely start to a proper Renga – perhaps with up to 20 people?!?!

ben Alexander January 10, 202307:42 Reply

💚🙏🏻 Muri 🙏🏻💚 ~ how would that work?

Nice call and response. (K)

ben Alexander January 10, 202307:40 Reply

💜🙏🏻 Kerfe 🙏🏻💜

David, I’ve added a link back to this page on my poem’s page.

Darkness

I look forward to seeing more collaborations from your guests. Thank you for allowing me to participate. 💖

Cheers,
WickedLizzie

ben Alexander January 9, 202323:24 Reply

My great pleasure 😃

BTW, if you don’t mind me asking, why do you refer to yourself as wicked?

~David
1. ✿☆◊ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅʟɪᴢᴢɪᴇ ◊☆✿ January 10, 202318:30 Reply
  
  Do you know anything about the rock band KISS? The members had another group called Wicked Lester. Back before the internet, we used to dial in to computer systems to chat. One of my good friends’ screen name was WickedLester. So I became WickieLizzie. It’s fairly uncommon and I barely have trouble being able to claim the name. (✿◠‿◠)
  
  I also have a wicked wit and a wicked sense of humor.
  
  Wicked would be another euphemism for cool.
  
  – WickedLizzie 💖
  1. ben Alexander January 10, 202318:32 Reply
    
    ooooh! Isn’t that a New England way of speaking? Or maybe Boston in particular?
    1. ✿☆◊ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅʟɪᴢᴢɪᴇ ◊☆✿ January 10, 202318:35
      
      It is, indeed. There’s also biblical implications and I certainly can fit that in as well.
      
      All just a part my personality. 😏