A jumble

Mind in a jumbled toss,truth unsieved,drifting to stay afloat,rudderless,It knows not whither to go,an endless questfor something unknown,It knows not what it seeks.

TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 284, 8/9/22, #SpecificForm: 4-11

Reena Saxena has provided a piece of her artwork for this month’s challenge. I have attempted a sequence of Gogyohkas A Melange colours of life blend to tell a taletales of irridescent joyshaded with teary trailsdotted with dewy dropssparkling in translucent hue colours variegated and splatteredmingle in a symphonic arraydull and dreary fringed with fiery flamessubtle…

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 282, 7/26/22, #THEMEPROMPTWELCOME TO TANKA

 Harmony selected this month’s theme as“The Longest Day” I have written an Alouette, created by Jan Turner It consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, (12 lines or more)with the following set rules:Syllabic: 5/5/7/5/5/7 andRhyme Scheme: aabccb.This Alouette is about that long day when you forget everything to Shake hands with that stranger…

#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 278, #SpecificForm: tanka prose

Image from washttps://www.pexels.com/photo/human-green-eye-reflecting-building-and-blue-sky-4526475/ Illusion She lived in a bubble caged in the glassy cocoon. Seeing the outside world in a pristine hues that merely refracted the veiled truth her life was a frothy placebo weaving an illusionary web. And then Tides turned! Tossed and battered in the vicious vortex,she simply drifted along.tempests burst bubble.tossing her…

#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 277: #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry

"Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow – no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that’s real.” ~Amy Grant My color of the day is black.Black is not always…

#TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 276, 5/31/22, #ShareYourDay

Image from https://images.app.goo.gl/6Qp71f6nGBYU9m1e6 I have written an Argonelles. It is composed of an unlimited amount of 5-line stanzas (quintains). The syllable count is 2-6-8-8-6, with line 2 & 5 having the same syllable count and limes 3 & 4 composed of the same syllable count. The rhyme scheme of an Argonelles is : a-b-c-c-b. Day…

Tree of life

I have experimented with Concrete Poetry. Concrete poetry uses the space of the words to convey meaning, rather than the words themselves. The colors, letters, words, and the print itself create a visual experience that creates the idea in the mind of the reader Winds whispered tales of time long ago, Reminding me of things no more…

Strange games

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One-Liner Wednesday

Make some tweaks when bones creak and try not to squeak. Via: https://lindaghill.com/2022/04/27/one-liner-wednesday-bring-back-confucius/

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…