TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 267, 3/29/22, #ShareYourDay

This week's challenge is #ShareYourDay to get to know each other better. We have to take a photo and write a syllabic poem about our day. I have written a GogyohkaThe photo is of my temple where I pray and meditate.And right now,I am in Zen mode for fasting for 9 days. Detox of mind…

#Tanka Tuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 225, #SynonymsOnly

My synonyms for Life and Move are Soul and Shift. I have experimented with a Diatelle today. Life, Inane, Joys now wane, Dreams gone awry, Lost in deluge of pain, Rough high tides turn to terrify, Fates laugh loud only to mock and defy, The soul's deep cauldron noisily simmers with strife, Rustling up a…

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 224, #POET’SCHOICE

Image from http://Pixabay.com Walking through clouds( A Tanka) Alone I climb high leaden feet tremble to keave a misty silence-- diffuses azure frail cloud a haloed dawn awaits me Via Tanka Tuesday

NaPoWriMo 2021 #TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO 223,# THEME PROMPT

Kat from last month’s challenge picked the theme: “Pick a Flower” and using one of the syllabic forms we use, tell us why it is special to you.“ My favourite flower is the white rose in my pot on the window sill. I have written a double nonet. A solitary white rose perched high, Untarnished…

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,…

#NaPoWriMo 2021#Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 221 #SynonymsOnly

"This week, Jude chose the words for synonyms: Search & Lost." I have written an Abhanga and my synonyms are Quest and Adrift. A soul adrift and lost dreams dear now gone awry tides turn to terrify inane fears jest. An enigmatic quest I walk to find a niche all life's pretence I ditch to…

#NaPoWriMo 2021#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 220, #POET’SCHOICE

I have attempted A Senryu in the short-long- short version. 1:: Fiery rays caress a heart numbed- love blossoms. 2:: Sharp rays golden edged caress softly a heart numbed- fragrant love blossoms. 3:: Rays thaw a heart numb- love flows. Via : Tanka Tuesday

#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 219, #SpecificForm

A Rainy Night I have attempted Sequence of haikus The silent dark night, Distant thunder all around, Rumbled with flash bright. Large Grey Clouds leaden- Sultry,silvery edges, Hold a cache of life. Manna from skies fell Splashing pearly drops white and, Euphony profound. Via :Tanka Tuesday

#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. 217, #THEMEPROMPT

"It’s the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Merril D. Smith from last month’s challenge selected the theme of…“Immortality" I have attempted a Gogyohka. Walking under life' s willows, Leaving imprints on the eternal trail, A cache of past filling today's repository, Hording the coffers of future, Living life…