Tag: poetry
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#Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge
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#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 233, #POET’SCHOICE This challenge is a true poet’s choice! Use any syllabic poetry form that you’d like. As long as there are syllables to count, you’re good to go! Be creative. If your form is something new, teach us how to write it. Have fun! Onewinterwhen snow fellangels whisperedmy impending…
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MLMM ~ Photo Challenge #371
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Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie She is the perfect shadowIn her Sunday best,standing on Waterloo stationShe has until sunset to find her matchTo join the living the rushing crowd,few notice the still shadowFewer still would give a tossabout the disembodied shadowWho has time to wonderNot even a shadow can breathe easySunset is moments away… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge
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#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 230 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT It’s the third week of the month! Time for an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt old water will lead you under snow moon secrets will be found go after the blue bird a prize, but not the right one The blue moon pearl is waiting where? the hand hides what…
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#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 223, #THEMEPROMPT
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DarkMagicSoft velvetBearded wonderPale blue by waterBy moonlight shining seenIris spirit dancing freeTime returns, my childhood pleasureOf gentle angels leading my waySchool journey made easy by gentle touch… © Anita Dawes 2021
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Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Challenge
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#TANKA TUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 214, #THEMEPROMPT This month’s theme is: Dreams DoesDreamingcome from adifferent bedDo we dream their dreams?Is it sad and lonely?Do we enter the unknownA universe of do it twiceWhere any old dream they think will dofor a night spent in someone else’s bed… © Anita Dawes 2021
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#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 210 #SYNONYMSONLY
PAST & PRESENT SlowSummerDays are gone.Now we have snow.Hungry birds to feed.small footprints left behind.Visiting cats passing throughI have turned into Sherlock HolmesLeaving my prints behind as I goAs I search for the abominable snowman… © Anita Dawes 2021
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The Sunday Whirl ~ #Wordle 490 #Poetry
I try to run right through the stormTo hide. I am a failure, a fraudI have been too proudThinking myself smarter than the restI am brought low by the company I keepI do not speak up, to say how I feelI am craven, a coward in disguiseI have not joined in the treason they speak…
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#WritephotoTribute ~ Murmur #Poetry
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Thursday photo prompt: Murmur #writephoto Red sky, flames from a hidden fire Illuminates the dark barren land Black clouds tendrils reaching Searching the darkness for something lost The sheer weight of it pushing me down Slowing my footsteps I longed for the murmur of waves along the shore Where I paddled as a child Somehow, I…
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
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#Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 206 #SynonymsOnly WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This week, Kerfe Roig selected the words: “mingle and drift“ PLEASE support the other poets by visiting blogs and leaving comments. Peer reviews help poets perfect their writing craft. Remember… sharing is caring. ISlideSlip awayOn virgin snowFloating in the airUnited with childhoodFree to remember days…
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#Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge
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WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT It’s the third week of the month! Time for an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). Diana Peach from last month’s challenge has provided the photo for this month’s challenge: WhathappensWhen a ghost’spale white imageshe sees reflectedWith the tears she lets…