Welcome to our weekly poetry stars celebration. This week’s challenge was to choose synonyms for the words, “loose and tight,” using one of these forms: haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, haibun, tanka prose, renga, solo renga, chōka, cinquain, and its variations, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger hexastich, Abhanga, diatelle, & the Kerf poetry. The optional form instructions are here.
(There is no capitalization on the first word in each line of Japanese syllabic poetry. Most of the American forms do not use capitalization either. Why? Syllabic poetry is written in breathy phrases, not sentences).
Many thanks to everyone who joined in below:
Poet’s choice is always so much fun! Congratulations to everyone! You all wrote magical poetry. I’m sharing poems that deserve a second read. Here are a few that caught my eye:
Susan Joy Clark shared an Arkquain Swirl.
Linda Lee Lyberg wrote a poignant haibun.
Pat’s haiku is a stunner.
Don’t forget to connect with the Word Craft Journal of Syllabic Verse at wordweavingpoetryjournal.com. Submissions are open until July 15, 2021, which is THIS Thursday! Have you submitted your poetry? At midnight, submissions close, so don’t be late!
This week, I tweeted much of your poetry on the Word Weaving Twitter account. Please follow Word Weaving @word_weaving.
See you tomorrow for the new challenge!
As always fabulous entries Colleen 💜 💜💜
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Everyone is so creative. I love how we’ve all grown together. ❤️
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It’s very exciting isn’t it 💜
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Yes! Makes me so happy! 😍❤️
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Me too 💜
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Thanks for linking! 🙂
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It was lovely, Elizabeth 😍❤️
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Thanks for all the effort that goes into curating this challenge Colleen and another bumper week ♥
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Sally, it is the greatest of pleasures to spend time with all you poets! You guys are amazing! ❤️🌸
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I always love to stop by and read. Such talent. Thanks for inspiring some wonderful poetry, Colleen.
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Thanks for reading, Diana. It’s always fun to see what everyone comes up with. ❤️
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Thanks for shining a light on my poem Colleen. Just saw that🙂. Am up in the mountains and the service is a little sketchy 🙂
Pat
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No worries! It was a wonderful poem! 😍❤️
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