Tag: spring

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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#SyllabicPoetry Challenge #Renga

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Beauty of buds

This week, the writing challenge is to experiment with Renga form.

Renga or Renku features alternating stanzas, usually of 5-7-5 and 7-7 syllables.

The first part of the renga is a (5-7-5) haiku (hokku) written by your guest. The second part of the renga is the host’s response (wakiku): (7-7). A cooperative poem, written by 2 or more poets.

 For this challenge, the poet can write both parts of the renku or work with another poet. 

Colleen’s haiku:

An empty attic
the sound of April showers
thunderous rumblings

My reply:

windy weather scares fledglings
new shoots shiver sans sunshine

My haiku:

April full moon smiles 
silver scatters on the hill
magical aura!

© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to try a new form of syllabic poetry. 

The kigo words: April showers, April full moon

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Clear and Bright? #Poetry Challenge

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Pixaby image

Fascinated by
glow of first cherry blossoms, 
birds bridle the breeze
dawn yawns at the horizon,
transmits vibes of self-solace. 

***

Exquisite attire
of spring is celebrated
rhythmic crescendo 
built by twittering of birds
brightens melancholy mood

***

Ready to harvest
expensive fiddlehead ferns
low in sodium,
you must steam, boil or sauté them.
savor with hollandaise sauce.

***

Solar eclipse struck
a weird emotional blow
dark shadows haunted,
illusory figures hugged,
deceptive dusk unfolded.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for her 24 Seasons Poetry Challenge, which inspires syllabic poetry. I’ve highlighted the Kigo phrases and words.

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Colorless #Spring

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Daffodils wither
my spring is so colorless,
bereft of delight.
dandelions surround me, 
with breeze of hope and healing.

***

Fireflies flutter
gleaming like fleeting moments
when evenings were fun!
In the cage of memories
I yearn for a golden spring.

*** 

This desolate bird
looks at the blue umbrella
song of spring echoes – 
a shrouded inspiration: 
azure sky is limitless.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for her 24 Seasons Poetry Challenge, which inspires syllabic poetry. I’ve highlighted the Kigo words.

Thank you dear readers for your love and support.

Please click for more poetry: Moments We Love

#TankaTuesday – 24 Seasons Syllabic #Poetry Challenge

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Tranquil dawn beckons
bird songs enhance the magic
mellifluous mirth!
spring trots majestically
a delusional design. 

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Mother Earth’s attire
alters within a few days
just like blissful life
that transforms within moments
hazy moon is in mourning.

***

commiserating, 
sharing my gloom with the world,
sending soothing vibes
creating a mist of love 
besotted birds enter clouds.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for her 24 Seasons Poetry Challenge, which inspires syllabic poetry. I’ve highlighted the Kigo phrases.

Thank you dear readers for your love and support.