Welcome to our weekly poetry stars' celebration. This week’s challenge was to write our choice of syllabic poem, using a form from the cheat sheet or a syllabic form from the Poetscollective.org. Many thanks to everyone who joined in below: 1.ladyleemanila9.Li/ Lisa17.Kerfe2.ben Alexander10.Balroop Singh18.theindieshe3.Jude11.The Versesmith19.Colleen M. Chesebro4.Paula Light12.Anita Dawes20.Annette Rochelle Aben5.Laura McHarrie13.Gwen Plano21.Ruth Klein6.Reena Saxena14.s. s.22.You're next!7.Willowdot2115.Pat 8.sillyfrog16.Jules The … Continue reading #TankaTuesday #Poetry Stars No. 293 | #SpecificForm-Troiku
Tag: Reena Saxena
Just a few notes: It looks like I've settled all my WP issues with a return to WP.com. I've also returned to my MAC roots with the Safari browser. That seems to have calmed everything down as well. Safari is a slower browser, but as my Mac ages, it might be better. We shall see. … Continue reading #TankaTuesday #Poetry Stars No. 285 | #Ekphrastic #photoPrompt
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. Reena provided a piece of her artwork for this month's challenge. There's plenty of imagery in her art, and it's a great inspiration to write your poem. Remember what you've learned about the psychology of color in your poetry. Write … Continue reading TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 285, 8/18/22 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt
Welcome to our weekly poetry stars' celebration. This week’s challenge was to write our choice of syllabic poem, using a form from the cheat sheet or a syllabic form from the Poetscollective.org. Many thanks to everyone who joined in below: 1.Reena Saxena7.Jules13.Ruth Klein2.willowdot218.theindieshe14.D.G. Kaye3.ben Alexander9.Yvette M Calleiro15.kittysverses4.Gwen Plano10.Goutam Dutta16.Margaret 215.Balroop Singh11.Selma17.Mayuri Srivastava6.The Versesmith12.Annette Rochelle Aben18.You're next! … Continue reading #TankaTuesday #Poetry Stars No. 281 | #PhotoPrompt, #Ekphrastic
Welcome to our weekly poetry stars celebration. This week’s challenge was to work with the specific forms of Haiku and Senryu in English. These forms have rules. They are not just seventeen-syllable poems as most of you found out this week. I understand many of you do not write your poetry for anything other than your … Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY STARS | Specific Form: #Haiku & #Senryu
Welcome to the Tanka Tuesday Poetry Recap featuring the Poet of the Week and any honorable mention poetry that deserves a second read. If you would like to participate in this challenge, you can learn the rules in the menu item called Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Guidelines. This week for the first of the month, the … Continue reading Colleen’s 2019 #Tanka Tuesday #Poet of the Week & Honorable Mention(s), No. 143, #PoetsChoice
Reena gives us an excellent example of a “Garland Cinquain.” See how her words tell the story of the image with each of her cinquain poems? Well done. I love it! ❤
freshness
being challenged
by collective wisdom
border line of existence
battles
life
unlined by
threads of experience
weaves rawness in embroidered
perseverance
mature
mind regrets
its gutsy thoughtlessness
belie self-imposed suffering
stillness
time
watches amused
on the sideline
recurring stories of conflict
sangfroid
contact
poking embers
unfolding fresh meaning
generating respect, all battles
ending
freshness
unlined by
its gutsy thoughtlessness
recurring stories of conflict
ending
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