Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Hi! I’m glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some syllabic poetry?
Here are your two words for this week:
HERE’S THE CATCH: You can’t use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY!
PLEASE support the other poets by visiting their blogs and leaving comments. Sharing each other’s work on social media is always nice too.
This challenge is for Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Tanka, Haibun, Etheree, Nonet, Shadorma, and Cinquain poetry forms. Freestyle rhyming poetry is not part of this challenge. Thank you. ❤
CINQUAIN & the variations on Cinquain-Wikipedia
This site even has a link so you can install the extension on Google Chrome.
For Synonyms and Antonyms. When your word has too many syllables, find one that works.
Find out how many syllables each word has. I use this site to compose my poems. Click on the “Workshop” tab, then cut and paste your poetry into the box. Click the Count Syllables button on the button. This site does the hard work for you.
I will publish the Tuesday prompt post at 12: 03 A.M. Mountain Standard Time (Phoenix, AZ). That should give everyone time to see the prompt from around the world. The RECAP is published on Monday and will contain the poetry from the Poet of the Month and any Honorable Mentions.
This will give me a chance to cut and paste the poems from the submission form emails into the Recap published on Monday.
Follow the schedule listed below:
Please do a LINK-BACK to this challenge by copying the https:// address of this post into your own.
As time allows, I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY. I have also been sharing some of your poetry on MeWe.com.
Click here to follow me on MeWe.
If you add these hashtags to your post TITLE on your blog (depending on which poetry form you use) your poetry may be viewed more often:
#Haiku, #Senryu, #Haiga, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose, #CinquainPoetry, #Etheree, #Nonet, #Shadorma
You may copy the badge I have created to go with the Weekly Poetry Challenge Post and place it in your post. It’s not mandatory:
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https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/tanka-tuesday-shooting-stars/
I was up at 4am watching!
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Ohhhh, I can’t wait to read! Lucky girl! ❤
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🙂
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Nice one Colleen.. on it…hugsx♥
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Great words. I love working with opposites. ❤
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Another lovely challenge Colleen, thank you here is my Nonet.
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-140-synonymsonly/
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Thanks, Willow. ❤
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Hi Colleen. My memory is bad, so I am assuming you are no longer using the submition form. Here is my poem for the week: https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/hope-tanka/ Thanks 🙂
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Thanks, Trent. That’s right, since it’s impossible for me to do the recap like I used to because of the different editors we are using, just add your link. I’m only posting the Poet of the Month and the Honorable Mentions in the recap. My stress level has now returned to normal. 😀
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Yeah, I can imagine how stressful that must have been! just wanted to be sure I was doing it right.
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No worries! ❤️
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Happy poetic writing to ALL Colleen… ❤ Enjoy your week my friend
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Great big hugs coming your way, Sue. ❤
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❤ 🙂
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Thanks, Colleen!
Here’s my latest:
https://frankjtassone.com/2019/08/13/the-black-clouds-a-tanka-8-13-19/
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Thanks, Frank. 😀
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for this post
https://joem18b.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/haiku-27/
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Thanks for sharing 😊
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You’re welcome. ❤️
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Not sure about all this copy into the box nonsense but have tried a shadorma this week at http://bobfairfield.org/2019/08/14/colleens-2019-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-140-synonymsonly-shadorma-they-lurk-unseen/
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You’re good Bobby. I can see your post. ❤
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Hi. Here is a response. But I am now going to be busy trying to fix my blog. Can’t wait to read once I do.
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/tanka-tuesday-song-lines/
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I’ve been having a ton of problems too. What the heck?
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Oops, bad day for machines. I put my response in the wrong spot.
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/tanka-tuesday-song-lines/
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No worries. I’m still running like a chicken with my head cut off! LOL! 😀
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Thank you for the opportunity, Colleen – https://amanpan.com/2019/08/14/inclement-conditions/
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Always a pleasure, Eugenia. ❤
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We love the opposites too, Colleen. Here is the link to our contribution… https://wp.me/p2XQu3-dOW
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Hugs, ladies. ❤
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Here’s mine for this week, Sis!
https://butismileanyway.com/2019/08/15/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-senryu-poetry-challenge-no-140-synonymsonly/
❤
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Hugs, Sis. ❤
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Since I paid tribute to our dogs last week.. this one is for the cats…
Double Etheree – A Cat’s Life Sally Cronin
https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-tuesdahy-tanka-challenge-a-cats-life-by-sally-cronin/ thanks again for a great prompt..
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Oh, Sally. I had a special cat too! Miss Molly Pockets. We got her for our youngest daughter’s 12th birthday. When still a young kitten, she got bitten my a spider. I thought we were going to lose her. She crawled under one of the kid’s beds and wouldn’t move. I lay there for days rubbing water on her lips. One day, I woke up to find that kitten in the bed with me! After that, she never left my side. I still miss her too. ❤
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What better to celebrate with light and dark than this week’s full moon?
https://kblog.blog/2019/08/15/august-moon/
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Ah, so true. It was spectacular last night. Lit up the desert! ❤
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https://rivrvlogr.com/2019/08/15/looking-to-the-stars-senryu/
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I haven’t really seen stars or moon this week, but I know they’re there! 🙂
https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/2019/08/17/the-light-behind-the-clouds/
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Hi Colleen! Here is my link for this week:
https://teandpaper.ca/2019/08/17/glowing/
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Thanks, Elizabeth. ❤️
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Good Morning Colleen! https://charmedchaos.com/2019/08/18/by-design/
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Good morning Linda. It was a fab morning! ❤
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