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 #Poetry Challenge No. 256, Colleen’s Specific Form: haiku

tangerinetrail to distant dreams-new hope dawns

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…

#WritePhoto – Shopping

I have written a Limerick on the the great thrill to shop and it's great therapeutic effect Many a time I go shopping When my emotions need a mopping, Buying something new, All pain I eschew A sublime ecstatic thrill popping. Via : https://wp.me/p1mNOd-1DF

Detached

A calm repose, Placid waters, Rhythmic rippled mirth, Rolling in myriad shapes. The cerulean expanse, Embracing, Pervading, Absorbing the joys around, The detached Cumulus clouds, Finding a home in the idyllic retreat, Safely enconsced. My turbulent soul looked on, Bereft, Trying to find a tranquil niche. The serene vibes, Infusing inside, Placating the stormy surges,…

#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge: #Poet’s choice

I have written a sequence of  Lanturne. It is a verse of 5 lines shaped like a Japaneselantern with a syllabic pattern of 1/2/3/4/1. Light of Life hope'stinygrains gleam topaint rhapsodyrhythm Shapesof life'sdeep beauty-a euphonygleams shadesmerge inharmony-life's paletteone Via : https://wp.me/p4xNpg-cDp

#WritePhoto-The Fisherman

Fishing for joys, In the waters of life, Inverse images, Sharp and bright, Look at you, So near and yet so far, A placebo, It is, To not to be. And, Still, You hold the nets, Adamant, Patient, Awaiting the bounty, That would fall into your lap. Via :writephoto

#Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 228, #Poet’sChoice

Image from https://pixabay.com/ I have written an Andaree,a syllabic form created by Andrea Dietrich writing on PoetrySoup in Feb, 2015 It is syllabic, with lines of 11/9/7/5/3/1/3/5/7/9/11 Rhyme Scheme: Aabbcbc bbaA It requires a Refrain: Line 1 is repeated as Line 11. Generally displayed centered Hope Blossoms Via : Tanka Tuesday

#WritePhoto-Steps

Steps – Image by Jemima Pett Walking on the roads of life, Meandering through its mundane alleys, Transgressions aside, Myriad paths circambulate, To meet at the steps of time. I stand at the crossroads, For I know not which path to take, I sweep the panorama, Gaping at what has gone by, As flashes of…

#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…