stellar spectacle
beatific burble of
crystalline cascade
silky violaceous skirt
unearthly panorama
frozen quintessence
empyrean domain drains
into glaucous grapes
The frosted look of the concentrated essence (quintessence) is nothing but the melted (drain) colors of the sky (empyrean domain) that have taken shelter inside the glaucous-colored grapes in a frozen form.
More syllabic poetry on colors here -> A-Z Haiku Tautograms.
In response to Colleen’s ‘#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge #268’.
swirling aurora
smaragdine sky theater
stellar optic trance
In response to Colleen’s ‘#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge #263’.
shelter of patterns
offer hindsight or foresight
clear blatant vision
Aren’t patterns astonishing? We take shelter in them while also wanting to break them. Quite ironical, is it not?
The varied hues of clouds at dusk, stars at night, the rustle of a coconut palm, the ripples on a silent pool, the aggregation of ice crystals that present us the snow fractals, animal and human behaviour are all nothing but patterns. On a bigger scale, the Milky Way Galaxy which we’re a part of has spiral patterns depicting a Fibonacci sequence in space. Isn’t that stunning? These regularities that reveal themselves in our observations often offer a sense of satisfaction to confused minds, and act like a shelter to hazed thoughts.
Not only in nature are these configurations present. We plan our days, maintain a consistent routine to manage the time and weave a pattern around us consciously or otherwise. We accidentally meet a good old friend, and at once our brain frames a pattern of longing to meet them all. Rhyme schemes are also patterns used by poets to please their readers. Even chaos we face in our lives is an unrecognized pattern which barely gets recognized. That’s what has transformed into the cliché of ‘history repeats itself’.
But, as much as patterns fascinate me, I feel that they’re also a trap.
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dreamy evanescent pool
smoky spectacle
In response to Sadje’s ‘What Do You See Prompt #104’.
Featured Image:
Photo by Sean Robertson on Unsplash.
Once, the soft whisper
broke my wings
blew me away
extinguished my flame
left behind pearly teardrops.
Now, it hits even harder but
takes me high
fuels my desires
enkindles the flares
leaving behind fierce feelings.
her territory
illuminates beneath the
starry sparkling skin
as his caliginous cloak
catapults strings of silver
The tanka pictures the scene of a meteor shower. The territory is that of the planet Earth and the cloak belongs to the sable sky.
The poem can also be conceived as an expression of love, wherein the act of a man who appears hard on the outside (dark cloak) opening up his soft inner self (silvery streaks) to his beloved would illuminate her world that is already sparkling with the bond they share.
Have you had a night full of peaceful sleep that your eyelids just refuse to open, in spite of you being inspired with dreams of hope to have a productive day? I just had one such today. At such times, which dreams will you let take flight – the dreams of the night or those of the day? Today, sadly for me, it was the former.
Here are two takes on the same thought; each one is a verse of the poetic form – Naani.
Her eyelids refuse to leave the bed of peace, impeding determined dreams when it's time to take a flight.
Syllable count: 25
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flies rolling out rainbow trails
fugitive footprint
In response to KL Caley’s ‘Weekly #writephoto Prompt’.
Featured Image: Photo by A Kehas.
burgeoning blossom
colourful curlicue charm
prismatic petals
In response to ‘Eugi’s Weekly Prompt’ – Petals.
Featured Image:
Photo by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay.
expedition starts
as fluorescent flickers
fan fervent fire
fabricating fantasy
under the whispering stars
In response to Colleen’s ‘Tanka Tuesday #236 – Expedition’.
Featured Image: Pinterest.
skills of symmetry
technical weaver spins webs
shabby chandelier
Inspired by Walt Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’.
In response to Ronovan’s Haiku Prompt Words – Weave and Web.
Featured Image:
Photo by Henor Teneqja on Unsplash.
cohesive bivalves
wiggly irritant injures
crusty self-defense
eloquent protective shield
oyster yields a starry pearl
I had 3 different conceptions while framing this tanka, the first being the direct inference of the biological formation of a pearl in an oyster, and the second about a motivational stimulus. The third perspective, not associated with the entire tanka, is a euphemism with a human hermaphrodite.
Continue readingherald sends love notes
enamored of collisions
ocean kisses land
This haiku has a pivot element (linguistic device – Apo-Koinou), meaning the first two lines can be read together as well as the last two.
Inspired by Ronovan’s Haiku Prompt Words – Note and Send.
Featured Image:
Photo by Leio McLaren on Unsplash.
crepuscular rays
popular daze of blue streaks
musical light show
stellar stars steal the party
as pendulous pearl proceeds
This tanka depicts the twilight scene when crepuscular rays take control of the sky after the sun sets. Alongside the chirping music of birds and the dynamic shades of light rays, stars arrive stealing the show with the moon that appears as a pearl in an unseen pendulum.
In response to ‘Eugi’s Weekly Prompt’ – Twilight.
Also submitted to Colleen’s ‘Tanka Tuesday #233’.
Featured Image:
Photo from ParallelVision from Pixabay.
we become artists
remembering we forget
artistic life bits
drills desire to discover
lively elements of art
Continue readingwaft of swishy wind
fluffy curls of wispy clouds
flamboyant bunny
rushes on the sky canvas
only to obliterate
Inspired by Ronovan’s Haiku Prompt Words – Air and Wisp.
This tanka is also submitted to Colleen’s ‘Tanka Tuesday #228’.
Featured Image Source: Pinterest.
hypnotic beauty
feeds my hunger in dark dome
one cold winter night
pulling me to a new world
immersed in her wilderness
This tanka is written from the perspective of an adventurer experiencing Northern lights for the first time. The verse uses this elusive journey as a metaphor for fondness or passion in love.
Inspired by Colleen’s ‘Tanka Tuesday #227’.
Featured Image:
Photo by Jonatan Pie on Unsplash.
colorful mixed hedges
lavish linear lawn landscape
hillside home garden
serene sunset scene
rich potpourri of twilight trajectory
opacarophile photographs
magician strolls sky
exotic garden of night
tenderness unfurls
bosom of moon blossoms bloom
nocturnal love glows in dark
This is my first attempt at writing a Tanka.
➟ Tanka – Brief History
Tanka (a poetic form with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables) poems are ideal dictions of intimate and deep emotions and act as secret letters expressing love, gratitude, self-reflection, or desire. Unlike haiku, Tanka lets ample visualization with the use of metaphors, personifications, and similes.
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