I have to go with what I see with this one, even though it is obviously not what is being portrayed in this painting.
I see her holding a phone And just walking right past him. Dreams and flowers wilt.
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Haven’t written in a bit, but I’m back with another #tankstuesday
This one is an actual tanka, 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic form.
I am wandering Even though I know this trail. The green buds are new. Dressing the familiar in Bright and renewing beauty.
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#Tankatuesday is quite a challenge this week. To celebrate Colleen M. Chesebro’s birthday, we are asked to write a poem with 65 syllables. We also get to name our poem type, and I’m calling mine a “Jinx” because it has 13 lines. Each line has five syllables, totaling 65. Believe me, that math was not easy for me.
Jinx Falling up the stairs. Step on the stair that Is not there. Find your Balance or fall down. Feel the flailing fear. Black cats, cracked mirrors. Walk under ladders. No thirteenth floor, no Button for thirteen in elevators We walk away from Our superstitions And we gain true strength.
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Petals curl backwards
Or forwards. Does it matter
As flowers unfurl?
The challenge this week is to write a Shadorma, which has a syllable count of 3-5-3-3-7-5. Along with this, the challenge includes random words that must be used in the text.
A smile Sticks onto my lips As the song of new spring Is made up of birds singing The flutter of wings
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And yes I’m saying smile has two syllables. I think it could be argued that it’s one, but I’m saying SMY – UL
Tall pines More still than a seventh grader Strong, firm, and evergreen Subtle wind shift Life map
This weeks challenge was to write about what you see through your window. I was in class when I read the prompt, so I decided to use my wonderfully large windows as an inspiration.
I don’t think I quite expressed the contrast between the stillness of the trees and the restlessness of the student, but that’s what I’m going for.
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I was really proud of how this came out. You can listen all week at 1pm and 5pm Eastern Standard Time.
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1 pm Eastern standard time! Victoria in Verse!
The prompt this week is based on this picture by Monet:
I always Had the impression That Monet Needs glasses. The blurs are not purposeful They are myopic.
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How is a kiss so fleeting Yet so persistent? Long after lips have parted, and dried. The feeling lasts as an echo, bouncing back from a distant canyon wall, returning not to the face but to the mind.
Mark Bozeman 