TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 273, 5/10/22, #SpecificForm

Sally Cronin has selected  the butterfly cinquain as this week's form.The Butterfly Cinquain is an unrhymed, nine-line syllabic poem with 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2 syllables per line.  summersun bakes land downhard and brown to sizzlesweaty precipitation beadsdrizzlemelting sweet icy popsiclesi lick in ecstasycalories groani smile Via: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/05/10/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-273-specificform/?amp=1

NaPoWriMo 2022/TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 270 #PhotoPrompt

This challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. D. L. Finn provided the photo for this month’s challenge I have attempted a Garland Cinquain Harmony blue surfinfinite depthsteeming with so much life-symbiotic vibrant clusterblossoms deep calmits all aroundplayfully gambollingdiving into deep dark depths yetundrowned freedomabounds unchainedwaltzing to nature's rhythmresonating harmonic notesgentle fearlessto speak their mindsmelodious whistlingonly…

Sunset ( a cinquain)

Looking at the the dying rays of the sun at the end of the day,I realised that beauty is temporary and fleeting. But it is the radiant sunrise next day that teaches us to persevere and relish its beauty once again. Cinquain sun sets rays amber hued golden beauty fleeting it rises to shine more…

TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 251, #SynonymsOnly or #TasteTheRainbow

Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay TASTE the Rainbow! Write a butterfly cinquain (2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2) and include a color. I have used fading and fiery colours of autumn. Fading Lights sunsettangerine paintsmellowed leaves with glazed huewarily I tread in life's lushbaskingin life's fading autumnal lightwinding through twists and turnsyellowed leaves crunchin rhythm Via :https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/11/09/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-251-synonymsonly-or-tastetherainbow/

#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 226 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

Photo by Trent McDonald, photographer I have written a Garland Cinquain Fiery hope extinguished you stand at precipice staring into gorges around all dark. Inside hot inferno rages to consume all what was once full of vibrant life now dead. You walk along in fear in a tormented soul ripped fully apart at its core…

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 208, #THEMEPROMPT

This weeks theme is: “Holiday Traditions” New Beginnings (A Cinquain) Hope, A Serene calm, Sharing love all around Infusing cheer into tired souls, Recharged. Via: https://wp.me/p4xNpg-aYR

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 189, #POET’SCHOICE

Undimmed Hope( A Cinquain) My heart, They peer into And see the hues that bleed, And incandescent hope undimmed, I shine. Via: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/08/04/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-189-poetschoice/

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 176, #Poet’sChoice

I have written a Cinquain to highlight the fear and anxiety that we all feel nowadays. Vague fear, Knowing unknown, Unease as I fathom, Unseen panorama I see, A dread. Via :https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/05/05/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-176-poetschoice/

An ode to spring-3(a cinquain)

A song, Euphonious, Lilting,stirring,blending, Spreading tranquility unfeigned, A bliss.

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 171, #SpecificForm

I have written a Butterfly Cinquain Dark shore, Lingering light, Crimson sky now mellowed, Turn clear aquamarine waters, Aglow, Serenely caesious dazzle, Pale and dark silhouettes, Keenly await, New Day. Via :https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/03/31/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-171-specificform/