My ongoing desecration of diminutive Japanese poetry forms
Not done one of these in yonks! Let’s put that right…
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for LOOSE and TIGHT.
clothes baggy like sails
billow in wild winds of greed
tossed as left salad
in exchange for sweet, rich fare
trousers slowly strangle me
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A tale of fear and things that go bump bump bump in the night
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for MYSTERY and ATTRACT. I used
Erectile issues
manhood diminished. Scared and
grave, consumes Blue pills
Now can’t sleep on his stomach
Wife hangs her towels on it
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 119 “Mystery & Attract,” #SynonymsOnly
I so need boundaries if only so I have something to cross
Seems that it is a bit of a free for all this week and I can use whatever words I want. How curious. the limitations are usually rather liberating in an odd sort of way and complete freedom just makes me want to be even more stupid than usual.
I decided to open the nearest book and use the first word on page 58 and the last on page 101. the book was Cosmic Traitor (Perry Rhodan 26) by Kurt Brand. The words are THOUGHTS and MILKY. They made me think of an Astronaut…
Once more to the stars
mind strays to places unknown
thoughts of escaping
the shackles of gravity
and his quite annoying wife
A tale of fear and things that go bump bump bump in the night
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for AFRAID and GRAVE. I used SCARED and SERIOUS. Sorry Colleen…
Erectile issues
manhood diminished. Scared and
grave, consumes Blue pills
Now can’t sleep on his stomach
Wife hangs her towels on it
Another Tuesday challenge!
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for CHANGE and DEFY. I used REFASHION and ‘THUMB ONE’S NOSE AT’.
Refashioned, reused
inverted and repurposed
existing fluid
and thumbs her nose at the thought
of penis, now in a jar
Aah the change of seasons feels very much upon us. Time to reflect upon life stuff…
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for CHANGE and DEFY. I used TRANSFORM and DISREGARD
whilst seasons transform
time disregards status quo
forward evermore
’till they put you in a home
and the kids never visit
Another Tuesday challenge!
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for SAD and WRITE. I used MELONCHOLY and SCRIBBLES.
My melancholy.
darkness scribbles on my soul
graffiti in blood
Pfft. Sorry, only kidding
maybe a rude limerick?
I’m wondering if it’s a wee bit obtuse. We shall see.
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for HAPPY and MOROSE. I used CONTENT and DOUR.
uncontent wage slave
dour faced, shuffles through life
home to nagging wife
a new lease of life springs forth
new patio lifts spirits
You absolute tanka!
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for INSPIRATION and PLAN. I used STIMULUS and INTENT.
Heady, hot, beat thuds
primal stimulus released
intent, desires rage
and at the end of the night
lowers standard, desperate
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for BEWITCH and TREASURE. I used CAPTIVATE and PRIZE.
Feint smile, alluring
eyes captivate, draw him in
temptations sweet prize
Door knock, stark reality
sticky magazine pages
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for Magic and Green. I used Enchanted and Pastoral.
Pastoral delight
enchanted billows rising
clouds swirl and mind freed
then succumbs to the munchies
eats an entire pizza
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for Give and Receive. I used bestow and Welcome.
Silver falls the rain
welcome reprieve to parched land
cooling gift bestowed
heads covered people scurry
because it makes their hair curl
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for Dry and Wet. I used Moist and Arid.
MOIST. Clammy and damp.
Dripping and saturated
wet, humid, steamy
Congrats, most cant read past MOIST
Oh, better use ARID too.
There was no way this was going to be anything other than in appropriate. I often try to be serious with these but this was too difficult to not go where I should not.
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for Praise and Excite. I used Eulogise and Rouse.
Spring oft eulogised
Roused from dark, rich mother earth
cold grip, slow released
mostly I see dog walkers
leaving their crap on the paths
I would point out that the crap belongs to the dogs not the walkers. In no way am I suggesting dog walkers poo on the pavements. I mean they might, but I never saw them. Well apart from that once…but they never had a dog. And it was winter and about 2 in the morning after a night out and all the toilets were closed. So probably not the same thing.
I missed last week’s prompt because of reasons so nice to be getting back to a Tuesday tanka again. On a Wednesday.
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday. This week the challenge was to use synonyms for HURRY and LAST. I used DASH and FINAL.
Heart broken and lost
a final embrace, farewell
and once more alone
into her pillow she cries
as he dashes to Tinder
Tank you very much
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for BELONG and DREAM. I used OWNED and FANTASY.
By you, my heart owned
A fantasy unfulfilled
object of desire
but I cant come near you now
bloody restraining order
Tank you very much
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for SING and CELEBRATE. I used CROON and TOAST.
Lights dimmed, spotlight’s glare
Croon to number forty two
a toast at night’s end
In his head a superstar
the lord of karaoke
A Tanka kinda doo-da
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for GATHER and SOFT. I used COLLECT and SQUIDGY.
Years take their toll
Naked he collects his girth
sweating and squidgy
She sighs and turns out the light
smiling thinks of his brother
Okay so I never took it that seriously this week. Sorry Colleen, I shall try harder next time it’s been a long week…:)
A Tanka kinda doo-da
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for DANCE and COMMAND. I used BALLET and DIRECT.
Golden rays command
and direct verdent ballet
to it’s wistful tune
And breathless, new eyes look on
enraptured by her beauty
I’ll keep trying
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for GROW and HONOUR. I used NURTURE and TRIBUTE.
Gold fingers nurture
and coax to life once again
with beauty tributes
to those who have gone before
and birth those then to follow
It’s something I guess
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for CHARM and TIME. I used COAX and AGE.
Coaxed from cold rich earth
with promise of golden clothes
she smiles and walks forth
And across the land she glides
light after an age of dark
It’s something I guess
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for JOY and FURY I used BLISS and RAGE.
Cold darkness rages
as green seeps slowly from sleep
then at last relents
and warm sun shines on my back
as I watch, bliss returning
A grown up attempt at a tanka.
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for GREEN and PATIENCE I used VERDENT and SUFFERENCE.
Verdent and waiting
Her sufferenace nearing end
and cold chains released
Warm, I watch her slow brush strokes
bringing the landscape to life
Another grown up attempt at a tanka.
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for RENEW and REFRESH. I used AWAKEN and RESTORE.
Golden her embrace
and with warmth does hearts restore
embers awakens
yet in her passing cold creeps
and once more restores her reign
A grown up attempt at a tanka.
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
I don’t take many things seriously as you probably know but I am going to make a concerted effort to do Colleen’s challenges properly when I do them. I have scant regard for the correct use of haiku and tanka and often do such beastly things to them but I think it is also important to show appreciation for the little blighters because they are so fabulous when done right.
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for ENERGY and KNOWLEDGE. I used SPARK and UNDERSTANDING.
Universe unfolds
From single spark, life abounds
Ever expanding
Time and space beyond our grasp
Vast expanses of nothing
Afterwards 