Roberta Writes: d’Verse, Tanka Tuesday, W3, Sunday Stills & The Flower Hour

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This poem is for last week’s d’Verse challenge hosted by Melissa Lemay. You can read other poet’s contributions here: https://dversepoets.com/2026/08/25/35510/

it is also for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday challenge from last week which you can see here: https://tankatuesday.com/2026/08/25/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-79-color-as-a-metaphor-8-25-26/

Transformation (tanka)

ordinary boats

undergo transformation

dipped in molten gold

poured from slowly setting sun

reflections shimmer in bronze

Picture caption: a beautiful painting of boats on the water at sunset called Egon Schiele, Harbor of Trieste (1907)

W3

This is my poem for last week’s W3 challenge hosted by Michelle Ayon Navajas. You can view the challenge here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/08/26/w3-prompt-226-weave-written-weekly/

Learnings (Tanaga)

I’ve learned to watch skies and clouds

dissolving obstructive shrouds

that obscure contentment’s waves

turning thoughts to anxious slaves

Sunday Stills

Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge is beach scenes. You can join in here: https://secondwindleisure.com/2026/08/30/sunday-stills-its-national-beach-day-lets-go-to-the-beach/

Terri’s challenge is beach views. At first I couldn’t think of any beach pictures as I’m not a beach lover, but then I remembered the ones I took in January at St Lucia when I went to Cape Vidal at night to see the loggerhead turtle.

  • Moon shining on the beach at Cape Vidal in St Lucia.
  • Moon shining on the water and a larger area of the beach at Cape Vidal in St Lucia
  • Loggerhead turtle making its way down to the water after laying its eggs.

The Flower Hour

These wisteria flowers are my contribution to Terri’s The Flower Hour which you can join in here: https://secondwindleisure.com/2026/09/01/the-flower-hour-46-floral-abcs-featuring-pq-and-r/

Last year I got no flowers at all. So this late July I started tending the vine. I watered it and fed it with fertiliser. This spring I have been rewarded with several lovely flowers.

  • Picture caption: A cluster of four wisteria flowers against the garden wall.
    Picture caption: A cluster of four wisteria flowers against the garden wall.
  • A close up of a single wisteria flower. Its petals are white and purple.
    A close up of a single wisteria flower. Its petals are white and purple.
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I am a writer of young adult fiction and poetry

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8 thoughts on “Roberta Writes: d’Verse, Tanka Tuesday, W3, Sunday Stills & The Flower Hour”

  1. Robbie, I’d say that your tanaga reminds us that even our most anxious thoughts can pass, like clouds leaving the sky open again. I love this.

    ~David

    P.S. I added you to the appropriate Mister Linky.

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  4. A wonderful post, Robbie! I love the movement from “ordinary boats” to the luminous words “dipped in molten gold.” The boats themselves have not changed, and yet the setting sun changes everything about the way we see them. You have me thinking about transformation. Not becoming something entirely different, but being revealed differently because the light has shifted.

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