So happy to share that my haiku was published in pure haiku today as part of their Orchid series. Check it out!
delicate petals unfurl graceful as a bride barefoot at altar © Nortina Simmons 2023 Finding inspiration in the subtleties of life. This is Nortina's first appearance at Pure Haiku. This haiku is part of our ORCHID series.
pour out my love like
pails full of water—set sail
down the overflow
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge.
thunder of waves draws
me out to deep blue, where feet
transform to flippers
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge.
lone star in night’s sky
I stand under your spotlight
darkness encroaching
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge.
tremors felt beneath
my soles—watch the trees swaying
birds cease their singing
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge.
Beat me til I’m stiff
In the ground, I lay my soul
To rest, finally.
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Continue reading “#BlaPoWriMo: Rest”
I suck your lips like
dark grapes from the vine. Merlot,
I’m drunk on your love
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Continue reading “#BlaPoWriMo: I suck your lips”
My love's skin is as Black as the night's sky. I count the stars in freckles, the constellations in stripes— his back a map to freedom.
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Continue reading “#BlaPoWriMo: Under the night’s sky”
Ice pelts my face like
tiny daggers, but I bear
wintry mix to ask you out.
Rain or shine, I’m yours
to wine and dine. Come inside,
let me warm you from the cold.
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
Happy Friday the 13th, Bloganuary participants! No, I did not almost burn my apartment down this morning by forgetting a slice of cheese toast under the broiler in the oven. Today was a totally normal Friday… 😀
For today’s prompt, I couldn’t decide which poem I liked more, so I’m giving you a twofer.
What would you do with a billion US dollars?
A billion dollars? Is that before or after taxes? Pay my bills.
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
A billion dollars? I'd buy a resort island for me and my love. Sip mango lassi on the beach—no visas required.
© 2023 Nortina Simmons
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