The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 24, 2021

Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “color/colour.” Colours of life fade to tell a tale, Tales of irridescent joy, Shaded with teary tales, Dotted with dewy drops. Colours variegated, splattered, Colours merged to paint something new, Dull and dreary fringed with fiery flames, Subtle hued often dashed with dancing shades, A melange of…

#TANKATUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 235 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

Image Credit: Annette Rochelle Aben I have attempted a Gogyohka starry dreams faraway i anchor them on life's sandy shore filling them with irridescent hues pearly thoughts of wisdom making them true far more uncached,they are now my own Via: Tanka Tuesday

Thursday Thrum-a rustle (haiku)

Memories of a lifetime remain etched in mind. Life's kaleidoscope runs perpetually buzzing a cacophony of thoughts that become withered with the course of time. It is better to let them go. wind rustles cloud of memories- dry leaves blow

Thursday Thrum- a swirl (haiku)

Its raining in all its glory. The dark clouds have descended down to caress the forlorn earth. A sodden haze hangs in the air that permeates into your soul. Some call it rain blues but it only seems that the weary mind is borrowing the haze to veil what it wants to forget and the…

One-Liner Wednesday

"Stranger in a crowd,it shuns all ties with terms and conditions,all bonds with no strings attached and simply walks on unperturbed sharing love." Via : https://lindaghill.com/2021/07/14/one-liner-wednesday-its-which-season/

#TANKATUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 234, #SYNONYMSONLY

My synonyms for Green and Morass are lush and labyrinth. I have experimented with a new form,the Cinquetun. This verse form was created by E. Ernest Murrell.The Cinquetun is a hexastich, a poem in 6 lines with 8/6/10/6/8/2 syllables each. The rhyme scheme is axbaxb, x being unrhymed. tangled in labyrinth of life wisps of…

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 10, 2021

The Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hope.” Little joys unnamed, Sprout in life’s tiny niches, Blossoms of a rapturous hued hope, Spread a fragrant cheer, As sorrow is now tamed. Via :https://lindaghill.com/2021/07/09/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-10-2021/

Saddle Up Saloon; Colleen’s Double Ennead Challenge No. 5

This month, the double ennead takes through the TUFF challenge like the Carrot Ranch Rodeo with the double ennead being taken from 99 syllables to 48 syllables, to 24 syllables to finally, a haiku. The Double Ennead comprises five lines with a syllable count of 6/5/11/6/5, (33 SYLLABLES per stanza) 3 STANZAS EACH SHAFT OF…

Thursday Thrum- a dawn ( a haiku)

Each day is the harbinger of new tidings, a time to chart fresh courses and live myriad moments. golden shaft peeps through dark veiled clouds- new hope dawns

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 232, #SPECIFICFORM

First, choose your favorite syllabic poetry form. Write your poem. Next, give your poem some different characteristics to make it something different. You can change the syllable count, rhyme scheme (add or get rid of it), anything you want to create a new form. Write this poem. Give your new syllabic poetry form a name.…