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/
Disempowered
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Challenge
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,
Stormy depth
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/
A Moth’s Kiss
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/
Winter
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/
Mirrors
We wring our hands in despair and boil inside with rage as the realization strikes, how we have created you in our own image. Inspired by SAll New Writers' Quote Challenge https://haddonmusings.com/2017/01/12/all-new-writers-quote-challenge-11/#more-2569
Multiple crossings
Reinvent the wheel, restart the engine, discover, invent, invest or start a new innings? Crossroads herald change I welcome new beginnings. Written for Patricia's Place - In other words, beginnings https://patriciasplace.me/2017/01/04/in-other-words-beginnings/ Pic: diginomica.com
Positivity
Positivity sold like a commodity raising self-pity I doubt my own thoughts Am I positive enough? Written for Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge - Week 26 https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/42118842/posts/1283936722
Transience of Beauty
it appeals, but how it keeps changing with time to match every mood. The concept of beauty is transient, yet timeless. Written for Colleen's Weekly #Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge -15 https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/01/03/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-prompt-challenge-15-change-beauty/
The Last Time
When did I last see life renewing itself? Was it the last breath or a new mental vision that inspires desire? Written for Colleen'sWeekly Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge -14 https://colleenchesebro.com/2016/12/27/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-prompt-challenge-14-last-new/
