#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 273, 5/10/22, #SpecificForm

Last month, Colleen asked Sally Cronin to select a syllabic form for us to learn more about. Her choice was the butterfly cinquain.

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Anita’s first butterfly cinquain!


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29 responses to “Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge…”

  1. Wow, Anita – this truly made me shiver… Very relatable for me.

    Much love,
    David

    1. Thank you so much, David …

  2. Fantastic Anita and you have everyone looking over their shoulders searching for those shadows…my favourite form and you did it justice..♥

    1. Thank you so much, Sally…

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    Gwen M. Plano

    Wow…I felt your poem — the darkness, the fear, the sheets. Powerful writing, Anita! 💗

    1. Lovely comments, Gwen…

  4. As Colleen wrote before, very evocative! Thanks for taking the challenge, this wonderful way! xx Michael

    1. Thank you, Michael!

  5. Wow! What was causing it?!?!?

    1. Anita informs that it is a phenomenon called Shado People…

      1. Hope they never visit me!

        1. You mean you never see small dark shapes running around the floor?

          1. Nope. Well, mice, yes.

            1. No, elusive shadows that you can never quite focus on?

              1. Nope.

  6. Well done, Anita! I like all the emotions you were able to evoke in everyone with your words. This is quite powerful. I hope you will write more butterfly cinquain, Anita. You seem to have a knack for them. <3

    1. We appreciate your comments, Colleen and thank you so much…

      1. Always a pleasure. 💜💚💛

  7. Such deep emotion expressed in this poem. A great response to the prompt!

    1. Thank you Jan… Anita (and me!) are thrilled it went down so well!

  8. Truly frightening! So well done, Anita 💕🙂

    1. Er… glad you liked it, Harmony… 💕

      1. 😁💖

  9. Oh, my! You gave me a serious case of chills with this one, Anita! The voice that came to me was an abused girl. Maybe it’s because of my latest novel, but – holy cow – was that powerful! :-)

    1. Glad you liked it, Yvette… sorry to have scared you!

  10. What an interesting syllabic form. I haven’t seen this style before but I loved it!

    1. It’s down to Colleen, Pooja?… she finds all of these lovely forms… 🙏🏻💕

      1. She is amazing for doing that! 👏

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