#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge: Javanese poetry, 12/03/2024 #syllabicpoetry #WDYS
Tackling a Javanese poetry form for two prompts this week. I hope you enjoy it.
Tackling a Javanese poetry form for two prompts this week. I hope you enjoy it.
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earthenedthey let themselveslet go and gently landon the face of her who fed them—mother,energy drained — her turn to sleepbut not till her offspringkiss their goodnightsgrateful Copyright ©️ selma Form:…
We wait, we prepare, we wait for the next move, we are waiting.
"There is one spectacle grander than the sea,That is the sky;There is one spectacle grander than the sky,That is the interior of the soul."~ Victor Hugo "It's such a "grand"thingto…
“O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful . . . ” ~ William Shakespeare *** the baby criesand all the hills echowonderful, wonderful! ©️ selmamartin Sunday,…
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A poem I found to help you find a little beauty today— please enjoy.
This Happened To Me: Thank You, Susi, The Short Of It—It can happen to you too.