Angel Frost – A #Tanka
Welcome to my contribution to my weekly #Tanka Tuesday poetry challenge. This week, I kept the prompt word “Angel” and changed “devil” to “Lucifer.”
Both words have many connotations. Depending on how you use your synonyms you can modify the meaning of your Tanka poetry in many ways. Don’t be afraid to experiment with synonyms. Sometimes subtle meanings pack the most punch in your poetry. Play with the words for different reactions.
REMEMBER: The best poetry has layers of meaning.
“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Please link your #Tanka Poem contribution to my post found here.
Angel Frost
Lucifer’s artwork –
lacy fingered angel frost,
sketched by stinging winds.
Winter’s artistic palate
hiding spring beneath the snow.
©2017 Colleen M. Chesebro
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awesome! love the way it speaks to my imagination in vivid pictures
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Thanks. This one took a LONG time! 😀 ❤
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I just took a photo in my backyard with the snow falling. Your tanka describes perfectly my thoughts today. Aw! Awaiting to see the canvas beneath the snow!
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Nice! Thank you. We had barely a coating of snow this morning. I already have spring fever! ❤
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I do too as I hear the humming of snow ploughs. February is the toughest month, I think…thank goodness I have a few winter coats so I can break the monotony 😉
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I’ll say. We have had a dry winter here in Colorado Springs. Not bad for 6000+ Ft. in elevation. The other day it was in the 70’s! I can’t complain. Stay warm and have sweet dreams of spring. ❤
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I like the idea of angel frost…it is, isn’t it? (K)
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I’ve often heard it called something else… hoar frost! I thought this was a nicer way of saying it. LOL! 😀
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Definitely better!
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LOL! 👼❤
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That was beautiful Colleen
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Thank you, Sri. It took a long time to write. 😀
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The result is amazing….
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A beautiful one, Colleen!
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Thanks, Erika. It took forever to get the words just right… 😀
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Oh, I hear you! Sometimes a simple line can drive us nuts… lol!
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Usually they pop into my head… 😯❤️
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And when we start thinking the problem begins… lol!
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Exactly! 😂❤
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😂
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Creates a very visual picture in my mind Colleen, lovely tanka. 🙂
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Thanks, Marje. It was time consuming but I got it. ❤
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Beautiful! I love this.
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Thanks, Viva. This one took a long time to write. ❤️
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I like the idea that spring is hiding beneath the snow. It sounds sort of playful to me, like hide and seek, and we just have to wait for it to be found.
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Thank you. I was going for opposites too with the angel and devil idea. I felt winter was death and spring renewal. ❤
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I assumed that, but I think I remember Lucifer also means light bearer–so perhaps he is merely hiding the light that comes out in the spring.
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Oh, good thought! See all the layers? I love poetry because it says something different to each person. Excellent!
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🙂
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Oh! Such Phenomenal Awesomeness! 🌹🌹🌹
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Oh, thanks, Dorna. Glad you liked it. ❤
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