Originally posted on rivrvlogr: most needed sweet rain, cleanse me fall freely This senryū, a bit of a kōan, perhaps, is my poem for Day 3 of  National/Global Poetry Writing Month, I’m not motivated by the prompt at napowrimo.net, but I’m determined to keep going. Image source: Honolulu Museum of Art – Rain in Miyajima,…

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I had a reasonable opportunity to do some writing today, and squandered it away. This is my two day weekend, and Old What’s Her Face is off. That makes it kind of hard, but not impossible. I dabbled. I switched back to Lanternfish, but it probably didn’t amount to 300…

Originally posted on The Writer Next Door | Vashti Q: Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog. March is the first month to feature five Tuesdays. So, Colleen Chesebro from Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Poetry Challenge would like us to work with a specific syllabic poetry form. This week’s form is: The Cinquain & It’s Variations, (excluding…

Originally posted on Padre's Ramblings: Pixabay This week Colleen’s syllabic poetry challenge is to write in the specific form of a Cinquain.  “A Cinquain is a form of shape poetry and is always centered on the page. The required syllables needed for each line give it a unique shape.”  The Reverse Cinquain form I have…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Colleen’s challenge, a butterfly cinquain to go with a painting (by Franz Marc) I found yesterday.   Red dog alone, watches no one pass on the lane, no door opens, no friendly voice calls, hand outstretched in a tender gesture. Days pass in boredom for useless hounds—chain rattles.

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Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): Water Wispy curtains Clothe rock in twisting threads The cool air throbs with moist thunder And peace *** This was written for Colleen’s Poetry Challenge.  This week was for a specific form, the Cinquain.  I chose a version of this form that is, in order, 1, 2,…

Originally posted on Susan's Place: The following cinquain was written in response to Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge. I chose to write a reverse cinquain. Image by woong hoe from Pixabay  Falling … Soaking the ground Nourishing the grasses Vegetation growing quickly Springtime © Susan Zutautas 2020 ? ? ? ?

Originally posted on Does writing excuse watching?: meone morethree of ussoon the world fillsup my example of a lanterne(1, 2, 3, 4, 1 syllables) for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday