#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. 272: #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry

Happy Mother's Day to all!Mother's love,a palette of so many colours encompassing different facets of life-pure, selfless and unconditionalThis Tanka is an Ode to love that nurtures us all! fragrant rosy huedis solace of mother's loveazured love boundlessrolling back to share love morebrowned -yellowed yet eternal Via : https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/05/03/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-272-tastetherainbow-color-poetry/?amp=1

TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 268: 4/5/22 #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry

I have taken a Tanka to play with some colours red roses pressed tightbetween lined yellowed pagesage ombred true love cached-crimson flames in withered loveinfuse life into greyed dreams Via: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/04/05/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-268-4-5-22-tastetherainbow-color-poetry/?amp=1

TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 266, 3/22/22, #THEMEPROMPT

Donna Matthews from last month’s challenge picked this month’s theme as FIRE &  WATER I have attempted a Tanka Prose Strange are Nature's Ways Winters are a distant memory in spring that is no more.The pleasant days that thaw the icy dew sizzle and have become incredibly hot.The cuckoo that sang each year is heard no more…

TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 262, 2/22/22, #THEMEPROMPT

 Ken Gierke (Rivrvlogr) from last month’s challenge picked the theme:TRANSITIONS I have attempted a double Tanka wintery bloom thawsburbling along cobbled slopessandy grains awashedcoalesce in loamy bedrich with dormant seeds thriving basked in summer suntiny shoots rupture intoserrated lush leavescrowned with bright fragrant blossomsladen with tiny winged seeds Via :https://wp.me/pp04xNpg-cVt

#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 257 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt

The Crystal Ball is a charming painting from John William Waterhouse which features a plethora of influences from Renaissance architecture to British Pre-Raphaelites like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. ~ via John William Waterhouse she stared into pastto find a future unknownspell cast to turn Fates-defeated,she just danced intrance to symphony of Fate I have…

TANKATUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 254, #SPECIFICFORM

Dreams We all are born dreamers for we conjure little dreams in tiny corners of our heart and nurture them through the life's tempests. But many a time, these tiny beacons of hope get extinguished and seem out of our reach. We tend to start doubting ourselves. doubt pervades the mindwhen your dreams seem faraway-miles…

#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 238, #SYNONYMSONLY

Words of the week are Sanctuary and Follow. Synonyms are Refuge and Pursue I have attempted a Tanka solitude inside my refuge in life's turmoils weary soul retreats in calm repose to weave dreams it dreads to ever pursue Via: Tanka Tuesday

WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 231, #THEMEPROMPT

Jules has picked this month's theme as "Discovery". I have attempted a Tanka on the above theme. seeking love each day utopian quest endless selflessly she gave- to be bestowed with deep pain inciting self love sublime Via : Tanka Tuesday

#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 230 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

Image Credit: Kerfe Roig I have attempted a Tanka dreams unrequited float in a deep dark chiasm to touch distant stars basking in their luminance- as the world looks on in awe Via: Tanka Tuesday