Summers wings, well and truly clipped Autumn is here and leaves will fall. Smoke rises from the bonfires pall. Harvest of fruits exotic sipped Dancing leaves like fairies have tripped. Squirrels gathering winter’s stores Birds migrating to foreign shores. The nights are drawing in so fast Later mornings, bright sunrise past. Acorns, chestnuts line woodland floors.
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It’s the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It’s up to you! Are you looking for inspiration for your syllabic poetry?
The earth keeps turning Gia changes her seasons Untouched by man’s time She needs no rhyme or reason She is patient with us all.
For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the Poetry Challenge Cheatsheet:
Poetry Form Cheats sheet. This tutorial will help poets learn the different forms to use for Colleen’s Weekly Syllabic Poetry Challenge. Image by Thought Catalog from Pixabay HAIKU IN ENGLISH: 5/7/5, 3/5/3, or 2/3/2 s…
I wrote my Haiku in the 5/7/5 form that I always use. Colleen suggested I the other forms of 3/5/3 and 2/3/2. Colleen even showed me an example of each. Well I try never to shrink from challenge so I am going to have a go .
Here is my original. The prompts were Calm and Present.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the prompt words will in some way be reflective of that. The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI is a big part of this.
Our dear Ronovan said :”Those of you who have been with me since the beginning of my blogging time for the past 6 years know that I’ve had my own problems, which was one reason I started blogging in the first place. Through the friendships I developed and the outlet blogging gave me I’ve improved a great deal. I have neglected those friendships, and however much I want to improve in that area I’ve been in a not very energy filled place in parts of my life and those parts have suffered.”
Ronovan’s words resonate with me too because I have suffered on and off with depression. I know the Black Dog well.
