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Spring Delights #TankaTuesday

Published on March 20, 2025 by balroop singh53 Comments

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.

Thank you for reading my poetry.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope

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#TankaTuesday – Synonyms only

Published on March 7, 2025 by balroop singh34 Comments

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

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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.

Thank you for reading my poetry.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope

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#Ekphrastic #Poetry #Shadorma

Published on January 19, 2025 by balroop singh30 Comments

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.

Thank you for reading my poetry.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.

For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope

#TankaTuesday #SyllabicPoetry – Tanka Puente

Published on October 1, 2024 by balroop singh42 Comments

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.