Colleen at Word Craft Poetry, says:
This is the LAST challenge for Tanka Tuesday year seven. There will be NO Tanka
Tuesday challenge the week of September 19, 2023, as I prepare the blog for the
new 24 Seasons Challenge starting 9/26/23. Watch for more information later this
week. 🧡
This week’s challenge is a photo prompt. This year, my friend, and photographer,
Terri Webster Schrandt, from secondwindleisure.com shared her photos with us
for inspiration from January through September.
The best thing about these kinds of collaborations is the many friendships forged
through the love of photography and poetry. I am indebted to Terri for gifting us her
time and sharing her photos. The inspiration was incredible. After 9 months, I feel
like we’re ready to birth the new challenge starting on September 26, 2023.
Thank you, Terri! ❤️
THANK YOU, TERRI.
👩🏼💻This week, your poetry writing invitation is
to write your poem using Terri’s
photo as your inspiration.👩🏼💻
summer
carefree, sun-drenched
fleeting, magical, abloom
chance for new adventures–
vacation
© selma
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A Didactic cinquain: the count is on the words–1,2,3,4,1–not on syllables.
This is my contribution for this week as I work on regaining my balance.
Autumn is weeks away. Many cultures attribute symbolic meaning to the seasonal shift and think of them as potent pivot points to the transition. Within Chinese tradition, the number of leaves alludes to people. Within Pagan rituals, gratitude for the bountiful harvest. Buddhists traditionally believed equinoxes as days when the space between the world of the living and dead is at its thinnest, making the equinoxes important days to honor ancestors and remember. These are reminders that Mother Earth has a powerful influence on our lives: we consciously align our minds with the energy of our planet. What purposeful activity comes with Autumn! I cannot wait to find out what it’ll bring for me.
Thanks for reading, dear ones.
Happy aligning…
Lovely poem Selma
Pleased you liked, Sadje. XoXo
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Love the picture your cinquain paints.
So pleased to hear you say that. Thank you kindly
I would love a vacation, sounds lovely.
Xoxo
Just beautiful Selma 💕
Aww. Thanks.
Always a chance for new adventures–you’ve captured the spirit of the photo well. (K)
Thanks, K. Thanks for saying.
Lovely post, Selma! My daughters enjoy kayaking. My older daughter competes. Love this illustration and poem! <3
Thanks for reading and sharing your world with me, Cheryl. Stay sweet.
So beautiful 💕
🙇🏽♀️ sweet of you. Thanks.
Thanks so much 💕
Lovely poems, Selma
Aww. Thanks. 😘
So nice poem. Nice words written. Beautiful photo.
Glad you liked everything
Thanks,Selma
Beautifully penned.
Thanks, Shabnam. Delightful that you found it beautiful. XoXo bless you
You are welcome 💙
I love your poem and thoughts about the seasonal shift to autumn. You are going to love the new challenge. I’m so excited!! Make sure to incorporate your own holidays and celebrations in your kigo list. Namaste, my dear friend. 🙏🏻🌻
Namaste, Colleen. Xoxo 🙇🏽♀️
So many images within a cinquain that capture the essence of the adventure! Lovely.
Balroop. You’re precious.
😉 I just purchased your new release. Will review when I’m done. Always a pleasure to read your lovely words. (Oh yes, I read you 🤗) blessings.
Carefree and open to adventure sounds wonderful!
Selma, that is a beautiful form and you used it very well. With your signs afterword, this poem would be a good one to link up to dVerse’ Poetics prompt this week 🙂
You wrote a beautiful poem for Terri’s lovely image, Selma. Have a lovely weekend ahead! xoxox
Thanks. Thanks. And you too
Nice
This is so beautiful, like always!