#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge ~ Tastetherainbow

#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 292, 10/4/22: #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry

Image by Joëlle Ortet from Pixabay 

The
colour
of rage is
like a red rose
yet never as sweet.
purple to black temper
I go, when all things go wrong
love is soft, inside a white cloud
why not live like a cloud, soft inside…

©AnitaDawes2022

This week I chose a red rose to go with Anita’s nonet poem for #Tanka Tuesday


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25 responses to “#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge ~ Tastetherainbow”

  1. I often imagine floating in the clouds. They are beautiful in the Prescott area of AZ. Your poem captures the softness so perfectly.

    1. Thank you, Gwen. It seems everyone likes the idea of floating on a cloud!

  2. Absolutely lovely 🌹

  3. Makes me want to go inside that soft white cloud.

    1. It does doesn’t it? Absolute bliss…

  4. Awesome! Yes, who wouldn’t want to live in a soft cloud?!?! :)

    1. Instead of this miserable planet, oh yes…

  5. This is beautiful, Anita. This is a good analogy: “The colour of rage is like a red rose yet never as sweet.” 🌹

    1. Glad you liked this, Colleen…

      1. Tell Anita she did a great job. 🌹

        1. I do, Colleen… Life has taken away her health, but not her ability to write, thank goodness…

          1. Poor dear. I’m glad you’re there with her. ❤️

            1. She is getting stronger, Colleen. I’m beginning to think she may outlive me!

              1. LOL! Hugs and love to you both! ❤️

                1. Thanks again, Colleen…

  6. D.L. Finn, Author Avatar
    D.L. Finn, Author

    Beautiful if we all only be as soft as the clouds.

  7. So beautiful. And fresh too.

    1. a lovely comment, Jude…

  8. A lovely response to the prompt!

  9. Beautiful 🌹💕✨

    1. Bless you, Amber…

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