Category: syllabic poetry

#TankaTuesday – Taiga

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pristine clouds seem like
angels about to descend
will they spray magic,
drenching me with divine love?
mesmerizing spectacle.
© Balroop Singh

#TankaTuesday is back! Thank you dear Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

For challenge no. 1, Colleen invites interested writers to create a taiga, and the caveat is to use a black and white image, paired with a syllabic poem. A taiga is a tanka and an image. 

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#Ekphrastic #Poetry #Shadorma

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Image from Robbie’s inspiration – butterflies

Lilac Love

we adore
juicy wildflowers
pure, untouched
lilac love
encompassed by green cover
sheer serenity
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Robbie for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

A Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5 for a total of 26 syllables with no set rhyme scheme. 

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Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge

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This week, the challenge is given by an accomplished poet, Willow. She wants the poet to choose a piece of music and “write a syllabic poem about how the music either makes you feel or what it suggests to you.”

This iconic song, shot in 1960, still inspires the lovers to believe that love knows no fears. She is a commoner and loves the Prince but the king promises her freedom from imprisonment if she dances in his court. She grabs the opportunity to declare her love that is eternal, despite the consequences.

A string of dodoitsu has been inspired from this song. Thanks to Tanka Tuesday host.

A dodoitsu is a Japanese form of poetry that is sometimes performed as a folk song. It has 26 syllables: 7 in the first, second and third lines, and 5 in the last line. (7/7/7/5). No rhyming. No title.

Magical aura of love 
immerses two souls in a pool 
of divine joy that freezes time
moments dare not stir.

***

it ushers spring into life
it whispers songs of delight  
but adds embers of passion 
love is so sublime.

***

love is a cascading creek
that flows with blithe abandon
donning beams of ecstasy
carves its own pathways.

***

enigmatic yet precious
it smashes all the barriers
power of love is superb
do not challenge it.
© Balroop Singh

Thank you dear readers.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

#Poetry Challenge #Synonyms Only

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like an unmoored boat, I drift
to soothe my fragmented nerves
your vows echo around me
but rogue waves threaten

*** 

I hold my head high to see 
a shadow that follows me
a wonderful illusion
that keeps me alive

***

an eternal bond that soothes
a timeless pledge that persists
despite earthly boundaries
can love be confined?
© Balroop Singh

This week, Lisa is the host for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge. The challenge is ‘Synonyms Only.’ That means we will be using synonyms for the given prompt words: promise and comfort.

I’ve highlighted the synonyms I used. I chose to write a string of dodoitsu.

A dodoitsu is a Japanese form of poetry that is sometimes performed as a folk song. It has 26 syllables: 7 in the first, second and third lines, and 5 in the last line. (7/7/7/5). No rhyming. No title.

Thank you dear readers.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

#Halloween #Poetry Challenge

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This week, Colleen’s innovative challenge is to write Witch’s Brew Poetry for Halloween.

Halloween Fun

Two?
No! ten
‘Fun Friends’ plan
to meet before
the get together. 
collect fifty feathers
one for each guest, round and round
they boogie around the cauldron
stirring special brew for halloween
Tinu pours a big bottle of vodka 
Minu pours juice; Binu brings cranberries, 
crushes them with her bare hands – dripping red
have you gone crazy? shouts Sheenu
ha! ha! witchy sounds echo
stir, purr, stir is the song
that whirls and twirls them
stars shine brighter
blending with 
the wild 
fun.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

I’ve written a double Etheree. An Etheree is a type of poem which consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. So it is called a double Etheree.

Thank you dear readers.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope