This challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s challenge.
I took a long look at the photo and eventually a theme offered itself to me. What we see through the eye or the lens we also can see through the soul.
I wrote a Nonet, that can be read from top to bottom and bottom to top, hopefully meaning the same and making sense. I have also written the poem both ways so you can judge for yourselves. The punctuation in each version is different but the words and meaning are the same. So a mirror Nonet.
Through the lens of the omnipotent To soar high beyond the body. To attain the higher plain Past the confines of life. Further than the eye, The horizon Life beyond Captured Truth.
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Truth Captured. Life beyond The horizon Further than the eye Past the confines of life. To attain the higher plain To soar high beyond the body Through the lens of the omnipotent.
Last month, Colleen asked Sally Cronin to select a syllabic form for us to learn more about. Her choice was the Butterfly Cinquain.
We have been given a video to take inspiration from, either from the video or the music. Well both inspired me so it’s a combination of both.
Butterfly 🦋 blue.
In blue Wings fluttering Twirling she carries dreams. Bewitched her prince sees only her Cosmic They take flight out into the blue Wishes and dreams she grants Happy ending In blue
🌈 Taste the Rainbow refers to colors. You do not have to write about a rainbow in your poem. Just include a color in your poem. 🌈
I hsve chosen to write a Nonet. A Nonet poem has nine lines, with nine syllables in the first line decreasing to one syllable in the last line. The subject of my poem is Synaesthesia . Synaesthesia, the neurological condition that causes a blending of the senses – colours can be connected to letters and numbers, smells and tastes to music or touch to vision – has long been linked to creativity: famous synaesthetes include Sibelius and more recently Pharrell Williams and Lady Gaga.
Synaesthesia
The colours flew off of him like sparks. Warm hues of luxurious blue Cosy bright sunshine yellows White lines of energy Synesthesia Enhanced her. She Told him, he Said, me Too.
I passed this stump every day while walking Ruby. It called to me softly as I passed. What had knocked it down I did not know. Valiantly it fought for life, sprouting green new leaves. Sadly as time went on it has failed and died. All the green is gone and it is dead, people put their rubbish in it.
so it was gone the tree died where it had stood back to mother earth sun and rain witnessed new shoots and so the earth keeps turning.
I sit and watch her as she sleeps. She’s so tired these days age has taken it’s toll. I really am so grateful to her though the loyalty and love she shows me is far beyond wealth. She would follow me to the ends of the earth and truly so would I her. Oh! She’s stirring now, bless her first action is to look for me.
love is her nature devotion is her default she’s my staff and stay full of dreams of youth and play she lightens my load always.
This week, Colleen said : choose your own syllabic form and a color to feature in your syllabic poem. If the form is from the #TankaTuesday Cheatsheet, let us know so we know where to look for directions. If it’s a new form, share how to write it and where you found the instructions. Think about the different ways you can use color in a poem.”
P.S.🌈 Taste the Rainbow refers to colors. You do not have to write about a rainbow in your poem. Just include a color in your poem.
To day I have chosen an Abhanga. Which is a poem in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. It is customary to title your poetry.
Colleen asks us are you ready to try a new challenge? #ShareYourDay is a way to get to know each other better. Take a photo and write a syllabic poem about your day. Don’t think on it too hard. Make it fun.
For this challenge, write your poem in one of the forms defined on the cheat sheet OR from the forms found on Poetscollective.org.
I have chosen to try The Sijo, I hope it is an acceptable form. A Korean form believed to have first been used in the fourteenth century. It is similar in structure to various Japanese forms such as Haiku. As with many forms of poetry, the Sijo became a preferred poetry form of the yangban or ruling class as well as royalty. They were written in Chinese and were originally short songs set to music. The focus of the Sijo is usually nature and contemplation.
There are three Lines in the Sijo 14-16 syllables per line A total of 44-46 syllables for the entire poem.
My Sijo is a contemplation of those at war brought on by warmth and beauty in my kitchen. I was inspired by some of the flowers brought for me by our sons and grandsons on Mother’s Day.
Flowers in my Kitchen
Beautiful flowers in my kitchen, brightening my day. Bringing hope and happiness on a dull and windy morning. Safe in the heart of my home, I pray for peace for those at war.
Today, is Tuesday and I am sitting in my conservatory, the warmest place in our house. I am thinking about what to write. Then this popped up on my email box.
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
Are you ready for a theme prompt? Donna Matthews from last month’s challenge picked the theme:
This month’s theme is:
🔥 FIRE & 💦 WATER.
My choice of syllabic poetry this week are a Tanka and an Haiku. I have chosen not to use the prompt words but have hinted at the with synonyms .
image from Pixabay
fundamentally liquid and flame should not mix this can cause danger yet all rules can be broken that’s a certainty of life
Selma and Colleen selected the painting for this week’s Ekphrastic#photoprompt. It’s a Degas and you can read more about it HERE.
Remember, we can see what’s in the image, so write your poem using the image as an inspiration. Don’t just describe what you see in the image. Think about metaphor and allegory. Just remember to check which form you’re using. Some of the Japanese forms frown upon the use of metaphors. This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing, inspired by visual art.
I chose to write an Abhanga. The Abhanga is written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. It is customary to title your poetry.It is not the ordinary Russian people’s fault that they are lied to by their government and media. This is what I have tried to express in my poem .
Welcome to Colleen’s Tuesday Tanka. This week Colleen said : “Create Your Own Syllabic Poetry Form & Teach Us How to Write the Form”
I thought about this and finally settled on a poem of two stanzas . Each stanza is of seven lines, each line is made up of seven syllables. The lines in the stanza do not rhyme but the lines in the first stanza do rhyme with corresponding line in the second stanza eg. First line stanza one rhymes with line one stanza two, second line stanza one rhymes with second line stanza two and so on . I have called my poem a Septex. This poem is about all the refugees all over the world past and present.
Gently falls the silent snow Covering all the traces Of the plight of the faceless Hidden, easy to forget. The refugee’s plight is plain Unseen crushed under the boot Of those who started this strife
Ceaseless they’ve no where to go. Fear written on their faces Children to their sides are pressed Some bring their beloveded pets. They look for rest, all in vein. The bombs fall and soldiers loot The remains of their once life.
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