Tag: nature

#TankaTuesday #Nonet + #WDYS #PhotoPrompt

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Fading Light

Have you walked the dark corridors
or sat buried in the deluge
where the soul strives to break free?
Have you ever fallen
down the cliff like a
thin waterfall
cascading
down to
sink?

Lost
in the
new alleys
of the valley
with no intent of
crawling back, they sought peace
in the echoes of nature
the glow of fading light lingered
slight hope flickered at the horizon.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen and Willow for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

This week, Willow is hosting Tanka Tuesday, and her prompt is to write a Nonet, and use synonyms for : The state of the world/ or our lives. This is according to our interpretation. We can use synonyms for our life if we prefer.

 A Nonet is a nine line poem with the syllable count of 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. It can be written on any subject and must have a title. A Nonet can be reversed with 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 syllable count.

Many thanks to Sadje for the image and the inspiration — #Whatdoyousee #295

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Spring Delights #TankaTuesday

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Spring Delights

Open
all the windows
welcome the morning breeze
look at the pine branches
decked by tiny
cute guests.

They sing
rhythmically
flit in and out of leaves
dancing to the spring tunes
fill our hearts with
delight.

Perfect
time to step out
behold Mother Nature’s
awesome yellow attire –
fields of mustard
flowers.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Selma and Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry. The challenge this week is to write a Badger’s Hexastitch.

A Badger’s Hexastich is a poem of 6 lines with 2-4-6-6-4-2 syllables per line. It is unrhymed, with optional rising and falling end-words.

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#TankaTuesday – Synonyms only

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Image from my patio

Time twinkles and glows
a fraction of an hour pauses
watch the spectacle!
the horizon celebrates
the design of hued twilight.

***

clouds vie with passion
steal the radiance of sky
momentary splash –
crafted by ardent artist,
articulating finesse.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.

The challenge this week is to use synonyms of CREATE and BRIGHT.

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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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#TankaTuesday #SyllabicPoetry – Tanka Puente

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The challenge of the week is to write a Tanka Puente with the theme of best and worst moments.

If you haven’t heard of the Puente form of poetry, do not worry. Puente simply means ‘bridge’ in Spanish. A Puente poem comprises of three stanzas with the first and third being separate thoughts but sharing an equal number of lines. The second stanza is the bridge stanza and is a single line enclosed in tildes (~) that acts as a bridge between the thoughts in the first stanza and the third stanza. You can use a quote for the bridge stanza which is something I like to do, but this is not obligatory. 

Two Faces

Her healing touch calms
her magical glow enchants
her whispers warble
Mother Nature nurtures us
creates calming symphonies.

~“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H.G. Wells

her wrath is deadly – 
it reverberates for days
she can destroy us
the magnitude of her ire
is unimaginable.
© Balroop Singh

Inspired from the devastation caused by Helena. Thank you dear readers.

Thanks to Robbie, the host of Tanka Tuesday this week.

Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with  Hues Of Hope