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#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge

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This week’s challenge is “Synonyms Only”

Mind plays silly games
pulling delightful moments
memories emerge
monotony of days end, 
effacing the darker hues.

***

dreary hours stand still
thoughtless walk into the past
pernicious practice
hampers the journey of life,
shackles my fidgety muse.

***

submerged in the deeps
she emerges to have a look
just for a minute –
amnesic and dull-witted,
oblivious of perils.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Selma who is hosting Tanka Tuesday this week.

The words she gave are: Mindless and Humdrum. We have write a Tanka, using the synonyms of the words. I have written a string of Tanka and highlighted my synonyms.

Thank you dear readers.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

Image from Pixaby.

#Tanka Prose – Specific Theme

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The challenge this week is to write a syllabic poem about something that brought a big change in your life.

A Paradox

Each October strengthened our love for each other, a reminder that our souls were fused forever. Can there be a more haunting paradox – that the celebratory month of marital bliss converts into life-long mourning? When precious moments of togetherness are knocked off in the same month, when priceless memories get linked to a shocking reality, Almighty sounds ruthless.

This path is dead now
as you departed halfway
oh! in October
fate conspired to betray us.  
irrevocable havoc!
© Balroop Singh

Sadje is the host for this week’s Tanka Tuesday challenge. Thank you for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

Thank you dear readers.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

#TankaTuesday 24 Seasons #Poetry Challenge

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This Tanka prose is inspired from the year-long challenge of 24 seasons that ends this week.

Clamoring for Comfort

Oh! How painful is it to accept changes, to search for a new path when you feel lost and wander in an unknown wilderness? If little changes bring heartache, how do you accept mammoth changes that erase your existence; wipe away all hope? Shadows hover around you, clawing at the bleeding entrails. How do you steer a sinking boat out of turbulent seas of grief? 

A seared soul clamors
to break free and cross over
autumn dusk beckons,
wall of fog inches forward
a turmoil within me whirls.
© Balroop Singh

Kigo phrases: autumn dusk, wall of fog.

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

If you like poetry: click here to hear Magical Whispers

Or hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

Image from Pixaby.

#TankaTuesday 24 Seasons… #Poetry Challenge

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Dew Delight?

Dew doesn’t delight me now. Morning walks sound lusterless without you, yet I plod on the old, preferred path, knowing there can be no new beginnings. Cloudy skies, autumn hues and vermilion sunsets may brighten my day for a moment, but I live in the shadows. White drapes dance around me every morning. They fail to stir a comatose mourner.

Mourning never ends
change in seasons reinforce 
the grim reminder:
darkening days is your fate
loneliness – your only friend.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry. The challenge this week is to write Tanka Prose. My kigo words have been highlighted.

If you like poetry: click here to hear Magical Whispers

Or hang out with  Hues Of Hope 

Image: I clicked it.

#Haibun 24 Seasons Syllabic #Poetry

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A Pleasant Morning

I open my front door to be greeted by the marvels of Mother Nature. No more subtle, autumn shines through some leaves while myrtle trees compete with them in their own way. A pleasant morning is adorned by the mackerel clouds, promising a positive change. Sun peeps through them, refusing to surrender. After a smoldering summer, we heave a sigh of relief and look forward to night parties in the backyard to honor the change of season.

time to revel as
remaining heat dissipates
Milky Way beckons.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry, using kigo phrases:

remaining heat dissipates, mackerel clouds, Milky Way.

If you like poetry: click here to hear Magical Whispers

Or hang out with  Hues Of Hope