IMMORTALITY unfolds with Tanka Poetry
Tag: Tanka Poetry
The Dark Side — a poem
EKPHRASTIC Poetry
The Image
The Poem
Black wings — black petals
Fierce winds blowing to and fro
Why turn?— open eyes!
Learn to love songs of angels
Think peace, enjoy forever!
A Themed Poetry Prompt or is it an ILLUSION?
Colleen has asked her experts to put a poetry writing spell on poets! This is the 200th Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge! Happy Poetry Writing!
Clear illusion; Pride!
We fall, we rise, we restart!
Lack of prayer — LOST!
Humility a gift — FOUND!
Our journey our time; our goal!
Reflections to Enjoy
Tanka poetry inspired by a tranquil image of Trent P. McDonald as seen above.
Colleen suggests Synonyms for two words; move and make. I chose to use “create” for make and “drift” for move.
Magnetic water
Draws life from above —peaceful!
Create reflections
Holding captive souls as it
Obeys — drifting straits foretold.
A Poem about a Poem
Today and yesterday too! One of those days with little inspiration to write, but determined as I was; I wrote a Tanka poem about Tanka Poetry. The synonyms are in caps for the words “Hint & Bold.”
Tanka poetry
Syllabic number to count!
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Refined, VIVID as can be
Desired Tanka poetry!
Just a simple poem!
What I love about WordPress is fun prompts for inspiration.
Loving Tradition as I do, I chose a Tanka Haiku Senryu syllable count of 5-7-5; three lines. The prompt word is MAP/MAPS, short and simple my creation below: MAPS
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GPS is in
Latitude and Longitude
Maps today are out
A Shoutout to Spring—Today First Day
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Spring and Sing” look for the synonym underlined.
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Little bits of life
Surge forward awaken from
That cold Winter sleep
Wipe the twinkle from your realm
All shoutout the beauty wrought
My art not copyrighted free to use
Start your New Year with a Tanka Poem
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words .”Begin and
fresh”
Opening my eyes
A question appears; new birth?
Am I still dreaming
Lively, bright Vivid such cheer
I forgot its a New Year!
Beauty in the Rough
Ragtag Daily Prompt — The word today is “Inspire” along with my contribution to Tanka poetry.
Rugged, tough, lumpy
Inspired via the knobby
beauty found offbeat
hidden right before your eyes
behold before you stumble!
My photo image of the said tree nearby a school
A Poetic Prayer
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Congregate and Passion” Numerous synonyms will be underlined. To join the fun click HERE.
Gather together
poetic prayer with zeal
on fire — Swarm like bees
desire honey — God’s Will be
on earth as is in heaven!
My Confession in Haibun Poetry
dVerse is asking for a poem about one or all of the 7 Vices or Virtues and how our life has been affected. Do we see a complementary function between vice and virtue? Is there one, in particular, that has played a crucial role in your giving into temptation? Or one that has provided a valuable lesson?
My Confession of Time
Confession begins while pleading guilty of all, Pride, always the root. Yes, with each passing day the realization of “looking back” has already started, it is Pride, greatest enemy of my life! I demand, could this be the reason why I have been asking for humility lately? You see today I am older than yesterday, and growing old is a gift. TIME!
Understanding the use of this gift is to arrive at my eternity. To correct a sinful life, while that “stranger” the conscience is always nagging, “pray” it warns, for spiritual wisdom to know my sins and be sorry for them … why do I wonder?
Recognizing time —
a reality of Life.
Vice, Virtue our choice.
Eternity always there
on the mind ever-present.
Free Wealth
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Bewitch and Treasure“. My choice was “Captivate & Draw for the word Bewitch and Fortune, Love & Wealth for the word Treasure.” This is a Tanka a poem about “The Gift of Faith.” Written for today’s challenge, July 10.
God’s most precious gift
Will captivate and draw us
Free fortune of love —
Acquiring this wealth of faith
Priceless riches supervene!
“When a child I thought as a child”
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Magic and Green” my choice was “Hocuspocus & Enchantment for Magic/ Unseasoned for Green.”
Hocuspocus chant
delight for the unseasoned.
Enchantment received —
the child now ripened with age
profits through prayer instead!
Why I love TODAY!
Thank you, God, for this glorious morning in June, I woke up today to another day, with so much to thank you for. Feeling so happy I sat down and wrote a poem to express my feelings just now about Mondays.
Drowsy on Mondays
Yeah — I survived the weekend
Seven days ahead
Scheming reciting with joy
I’ll do all that tomorrow
Tanka Tuesday — St.Joseph Worker
The Church remembers Good Saint Joseph, today May 1st with this Tanka poem.
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Sing and “Celebrate” my choices (plural) are chant, harmonize, honor, rejoice. So many synonyms to choose from, thank you, Colleen.
May 1st honor to
Our St. Joseph — the worker
called foster-father
rejoice harmonize with chant
today we remember him
My painting of St. Joseph
Imagination Tanka Poetry Challenge
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “enchant and shape” my choice was “mesmerized and silhouette” –
Imagination
silhouette upon the wall
moonlight shining through
hurry now begin to pray
Oh! just my mind mesmerized
#Tanka Poetry – Empty Pews
My post here is an acceptance to Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry, her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Joy” and “Fury” my choice was “Elation” and “Passion” –
#TANKA POETRY – my photograph, choir loft inside my Church.
My post of yesterday Titled: “A World Without HIS Cross – WHAT IF?” I felt inspired to compose a Tanka Poem to be included in my post of yesterday – HERE for those interested in reading, my use of the same synonyms of “Joy” and “Fury.” Synonyms there are italicized.
I Believe, BECAUSE - 