The 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge for #TankaTuesday welcomed writers to create poetry using kigo phrases for different hemispheres. Participants were invited to select a form and incorporate specific kigo words into their poems.
Below are three kigo phrases for the Northern. Use one kigo phrase in each of your three poems in whatever order you’d like.
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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Well, I’m still breathing in and out so I guess I’m good! Lol! Still cold here, but at least it won’t be below freezing at night. More rain tomorrow. But we didn’t get the snow and ice that other areas did.
Hope you are feeling well Willow and keeping out of trouble. Have you gotten another dog to foster?
Ginger🦋
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Well Ginger that’s great news keep that breathing going. We are plodding along no dogs at the moment, but it’s great watching the grand children play football of a Sunday. I am behaving I leave it up to to decide if it’s good or bad. Be safe be well be happy 💜💜
I always have a hard time sleeping on a full moon night – can really dig that haiku.
I love this, Willow. “Waking the first bird Rips apart the tranquil dawn”
Don’t you love when that happens. As a preschooler, I remember lying in bed at my grandmother’s and being awakened by the sound of birds singing. It was so lovely.
Did you see the full moon the other night? I didn’t grab a great picture of it. I like your AI picture, too.
willowdot21 
Beautifully expressive and relatable!
Thank you Annette 💜
Three beautiful poems.
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You’re most welcome.
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So lovely, Sis ❤
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Wonderful haiku – totally captivated me 💞Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne 💜💜
Beautiful haiku, Willow, and I especially love the last one. 💟
Thank you Eugi, I was pleased with that too 💜💜💜
You’re welcome, Willow.
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Three really nice Haikus Willow, especially the last one. Beautifully done.
Ginger🦋
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Thank you Ginger, how are you 💜💜
Well, I’m still breathing in and out so I guess I’m good! Lol! Still cold here, but at least it won’t be below freezing at night. More rain tomorrow. But we didn’t get the snow and ice that other areas did.
Hope you are feeling well Willow and keeping out of trouble. Have you gotten another dog to foster?
Ginger🦋
Sent from my iPad
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Well Ginger that’s great news keep that breathing going. We are plodding along no dogs at the moment, but it’s great watching the grand children play football of a Sunday. I am behaving I leave it up to to decide if it’s good or bad. Be safe be well be happy 💜💜
I always have a hard time sleeping on a full moon night – can really dig that haiku.
I guess many can 💜💜
These are beautiful poems, Willow.
Thank you Dan…. The grey before the dawn 💜💜
A wonderful set of Haiku Willow, and my favorite was the 2nd one … 🌓🌏😍
Thank you Ivor , I have trouble sleeping these days( nights) so it resonates with me. Like the year I used the dark before the light 😄💜💜
You’ve used these phrases so well Willow. 👍👍👍
Thank you Sadje , it’s the dark before the light 💜
Willow, I could relate to the last haiku. Even the first one creates a dark image. Beautifully penned!
Thank you so much Balroop sometimes the dark prevails the light . Hopefully we can move forward as the seasons do 💜
Beautiful and brilliant, Willow! 💛
Thank you Chris 💜💜
I love this, Willow. “Waking the first bird
Rips apart the tranquil dawn”
Don’t you love when that happens. As a preschooler, I remember lying in bed at my grandmother’s and being awakened by the sound of birds singing. It was so lovely.
Did you see the full moon the other night? I didn’t grab a great picture of it. I like your AI picture, too.
Thank you Marsha yes I do love the dawn chorus it’s beautiful!
Do you mean the first picture it’s not my AI. Picture it’s from Pixabay. 💜💜💜
Yes I did see the moon it was beautiful want it 💜💜🎳
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These are perfect, Willow! 🧡🧡🧡
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Beautiful!
Thank you Jennie 💜
You’re welcome!
Beautiful, Willow. Perfect haikus.
Thank you Gwen 💜
I find the hazy moon comforting too. (K)
Beautiful aren’t they 💜
Willow, these are fabulous haiku. The last one really tells a story! 💜
Thank you Colleen …. 💜💜
Beautiful poems Willow 💕💕
Thank you Carol
Wow, Willow, that last verse caught me by surprise – unexpectedly dark! This is excellent!
~David
That is my feelings of late 💜💜