A Garland Cinquain
soft down over sunlight noble snowy owl soars white citrus cotton candy skies easeful glaciers in bleached silence glide through foamy white caps sportive belugas vocalize play tag chubby still harp seal pup blends into vast snowbank defenseless in mother's absence wide-eyed arctic hare races past watchful for predators white winter coat camouflages alert burrow deep underground once home to small rodents clever black eyes flash in hunger ermine soft down in bleached silence blends into vast snowbank white winter coat camouflages ermine
#TankaTuesday
The above garland cinquain was written for Colleen M. Chesebroโs โTanka Tuesdayโ prompt: Poets were prompted to write syllabic poems inspired by a color of their choice. I chose the color ‘white’.
Twiglet #282
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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That is an incredible garland cinquain David and it told a wonderful story.. thank you.x
๐ ๐ Sally ๐ ๐
Beautiful imagery that is so evocative and real!
๐ค ๐ Sujata ๐ ๐ค
An excellent format for this poem and challenge!
David, the garland cinquain is one of my favorite forms. The imagery in your poem, and the animals, and colors, take me to a magical place. Well done! โค
โค ๐ Colleen โค ๐ ~ that makes me very happy. Thank you.
BTW, even though I'm subscribed to your blog, it seems that your posts don't always come up in my reader – do you know what's going on?
Well, I’m on the Pro Plan which must kick me off the reader. I don’t know. It’s very frustrating. I’m still on WP.com so my posts should show up in the reader according to WP.
wait, being on the ‘pro’ plan penalizes you? that doesn’t make sense!
I think it takes you off the โcommunityโ serversโฆ that is the only thing I can think of. Itโs a puzzle to me. I know Eugi is on the Pro Plan and I find her posts in the reader all the time. You might have to search for Word Craft Poetry.
A truly wonderous flight through the snowy tundra the words touched me and the photo warmed my soul , thank you David.
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Polar Bears โบ๏ธ
icy biomes
Polar owl soaring
Above the tundra
arctic coastal waters
Saddleback Seal, simply gorgeous!!
Defenceless eyes dreamy and
Scary at the northpole
Cold and enchanting
Stoat, the weasel, yes the master camouflage in the low temperature and short growing season – the arctic tundra
Bravo, riding upon a Garland Cinquain, was it 6 ?
Marvelous exploration !!! David
Above the Arctic Circle
๐ Abi ๐ ~ I had to do my research for this one!
A great geography lesson ๐ David.
Study notes, set in poetry
One feels the enchanting teaching in each cinquain๐
Such a lovely combination of poetry and photography.
๐ Lauren ๐
Aw so good to be back on here and reading this the first thing in the morning! ๐๐ค
Wow, Shruba! I thought you had abandoned WP!
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David
Haha nope. I love this place, it’s given me so many friends I look upto, and I really admire your works!
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