Mar 19, 2024 – willowdot21

24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 26.

24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 26, 3/19/24, Part I, The Spring Equinox (March 20 – April 3) Shunbun 春分

March 19, 2024

Colleen at Tanka Tuesday said “The 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge celebrates the spring equinox, a time of new beginnings and seasonal changes. Participants are invited to use specific seasonal words in their poetry. The challenge encompasses various forms of poetry and encourages creativity.”

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depth of field photography of tulip flowers

🌷 Welcome to the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge for #TankaTuesday! 🌷

I have chosen to write three tankas today. I have used the Kigo words, Spring Dawn, Squirrels, foraging, playing in the fields, Meadows, Mad march hares, March winds. The last Tanka I tried something different, I took some words from a song Sam wrote added my own words and changed them into a Kigo . I tried hard to match his metre.

Spring dawn sees Squirrels
foraging and playing in
the fields and meadows
they’re all as mad as March hares.
the year is flowing on by.

The barometer
swinging madly up and down
spring catches us out
anticipation of warmth
keeps our wardrobe in real flux.

Let’s all be quiet
the garden is a riot
yellow purple pink
they are tipping us the wink
the March winds are ignited.

M.M.M.M. on Tuesday !

Good morning everyone…I am a day late with this post but as they say better late than never. Now this week our hosts at MMMM decree it’s a choose your own week. Well I have a few issues weighing on my mind so I am going for the songs and parts of my life that lift my soul.

Below in no particular order some of the things that lift me up.

Firstly Take That with Greatest Day from 2008 it’s such an uplifting song and the video at sunrise just gives me hope.

Secondly this song is for my family, our sons, partners, grandchildren and wonderful hubby it’s You raise me up by Josh Groban from 2004.

Those two above always raise me up 💜

Lastly if I could just escape the now, ( just for a little while I really do) I would go to Narnia . But for now the best I can do is listen to Imogen Heap and her theme for The Chronicles of Narnia from 2005.

I have just looked at the songs I have picked today and it looks like I am stuck in the early 2000s! ..Hey ho where my lippy and my smile on with the day. I hope everyone out there is well and happy 💜💜💜💜

Here is a bonus track that’s uplifting by the Lighthouse Family Lifted. From the year 1995.

This is part of Monday Music Moves Me 🎶🎶

Monday’s Music Moves Me is sponsored by Marie, Cathy, Alana, and Stacy, so be sure and visit them, where you can also find the Linky for the other participants.