A Shadorma
soup of clouds
spills shade on bushes,
splatters rocks;
legs slow to
sweet luxurious saunter ~
slip into fancies
Tanka Tuesday
For Tanka Tuesday, Colleen encourages poets to pen shadormas using three to five of the words from the following list:
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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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I like this very much. I also slow down to watch clouds.
๐๐๐ป Roberta ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks so much!
Sincerely,
David
A brief movement of day well caputured! ๐
๐๐๐ป Jules ๐๐ป๐
[โฆ] ben Alexander [โฆ]
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Soup is a very unexpected nature metaphor. Wonderful and fun!
๐๐๐ป Mark๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks!
~David
Love the word choice, flow, and use of alliteration in your poem, David. It all comes together beautifully. ๐
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Jai ๐๐ปโค๏ธ ~ thank you so much
The saunter and then the slip into reveries! I’ve done that walk with imagination before!! โค
๐ค๐๐ป Muri ๐๐ป๐ค ~ me too!
Great words strung David! Why not just stay home.. ๐
๐๐๐ป Cindy ๐๐ป๐ ~ good question ๐ค
Ya work hard for da money… that’s why or maybe you loafed a little today I hope! ๐
David, lovely poem!
๐๐๐ป Luanne ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you so much
You are welcome!