NaPoWriMo 2021 #TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 222 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

Image by mollyroselee from Pixabay I have written a double inverted etheree Empty vast lands spanned the panorama, Cloistered in a pristine verdant lush, Meadows under azure expanse, Washed in breathless golden hues, An idyllic melange, Heaven and earth one, Nature's bounty, Untainted, Lonely, Now. A, Stony, Edifice, Weathered with time, Stood as a vanguard,…

#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 218 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

Image Credit: D.L. Finn I have attempted a double etheree. A, Lonely, Soul walks sad, On untread paths, Iridescent swirl, Shading misty carnage, That would cause it so much pain, It followed the heart's tested trail, That led it to its shady cloister, A secluded dear niche only its own. What now remained of the…

#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 209, Last challenge of 2020

Hope ( a double etheree) Light, Vibrant, Spreading love, Now cloistered deep And Melancholic, It Fluttered in fury, Darting at the grey cover, Slipping through tiny crevices, The icicles now with a dull sheen A Suffusion of warmth so radiant. Leaving a fiery trail on dreary grey, The errant ray full of lively spright, A…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 188, #ThemePrompt

Sue Vincent selected the theme this week with a quote prompt: “Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” Herman Hesse I have written a double etheree as an an ode to a tree that I see each day! I, Watch you,…