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…

Saddle Up Saloon; Colleen’s Double Ennead Challenge No. 2

"SPRING" Pristine snow spring melted, Now a bubbly froth, A Cerulean cascade down lush valleys, Pebbled symphonic waltz, A welcome deluge. Arid lands guzzled dry, Pure manna sullied, And guillotined by man's endless avarice, A limping stagnant slush, Meeting Mother Sea. Lost in wide blue chiasm, Defiled drops looked up, Warmed under the blue canopy…