I blow to challenge tree trunks supporting branches which sway to please me. Inspired by Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge #134 https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-134-blowplease/
Crafting your success manipulating it to make you a top star. I had to rise above my own needs and ambitions. Inspired by Colleen's Weekly Tanka Poetry Challenge-19 https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/01/31/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-challenge-19-craft-rise/
The broken vase separated from its lovely flowers its soul sliced by a knife. The rug speaks of a woman’s honor traded for a shopaholic life. Inspired by Saturday Mix- Bastet https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/saturday-mix-bastet/ Image Credit: 123rf.com
Your body quivered with the sound of crackers I saw the fear in your eyes and I hated noisy celebrations forever. Inspired by Patricia's Place - In other words, quiver https://patriciasplace.me/
Your charm and visage touched chords in several hearts to make them believe the charisma training was the real you, not a mask. Inspired by Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka #Poetry Challenge #18 – “Charm & Touch” https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/01/24/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-challenge-18-charm-touch/
Smidgens of truth and edited highlights conceal manipulation. Fake magnetic fields attract and disempower the nation. Inspired by Patricia's Place - In other words, smidgen https://patriciasplace.me/2017/01/18/in-other-words-smidgen/
Wonderful lines…
Today, I thought I’d join in with Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka poetry prompt. I’ve never written a Tanka before. I have had some experience of writing haiku so hopefully, it shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, it’s just a case of adding two extra lines at the end of a haiku format, so instead of 5,7,5 we have 5,7,5,7,7…. in the first section you put forward the image in the reader’s mind that you want to convey and the final two lines should express the poet’s ideas about that image.
Colleen’s prompt words are:
Bloom and Late
So here goes… Be gentle on me it is my first Tanka!!
Ahem, I’m not quite sure where that last line came from…. LOL!!!
Do pop over to Colleen’s blog and join in the challenge too…
Colleen Chesebro’s #Tanka challenge
Bye for now,
Oceans lose color as intense pain emerges from stormy depths. The grey water and clouds darken the horizon. Inspired by colleens Weekly Tanka Poetry Challenge-17 storm color https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/01/17/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-challenge-17-storm-color/
Only the moth knows the love that inspires it to go kiss a flame. Inspired by Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #142 Flame&Kiss https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-132-flamekiss/
Warm yellow specks Offer hope in blue winters Alas, it’s too late for buds buried in the snow to bloom again and re-live. Inspired by Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka #Poetry Challenge #16 – BLOOM & LATE https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/01/10/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-challenge-16-bloom-late/
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