#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #258 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #ThemePrompt #Etheree
Hi everyone! 🙂
Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for poem based on the concepts of Memories: Sweet and Sour. I’ve written a stacked (or double) Etheree, which has ten lines in each stack in the following syllable count … 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
You can find Colleen’s post HERE.
Entitled: New Girl on the Block
Wine
Fine talk
Company
Led to believe
We were best of friends
Spent most days together
Found a lot of common ground
Drawn into the inner circle
We five went on summer holiday
Wine, loose lips, destroyed any illusion
Shocked, even your oldest friend gaped askance
Could you truly mean what you had said
To the strangers sat next to us
When asked how we had each met
Pity the disabled
Unattached woman
Faith undermined
Truth from drink
Fine talk
That
I hope you enjoyed this double Etheree. I tried to explore the sweet in the first half, and the sour in the second, and overall, take a look at how friendships are not always what they seem.
Have a lovely day! 🙂
© Harmony Kent 2022
Found the episode so true and relatable!
Awesome attempt!
Thanks so much! 💕🙂
Oh, man!! I know how this feels! It’s almost like a betrayal, don’t you think? Hugs to you, Harmony. <3
It sure is. Thanks, Colleen. Hugs 💕🙂
This combination exists. You wrote a great likeness of some people I know. Just so good. Thanks for sharing. xo
That’s great that you connected so well with it. Thanks, Selma 💕🙂
I have found through the years there are those I can, and those I cannot trust.
I attempt to say far away from those with ‘loose lips’. 🙂
For sure! Thanks, Jules 💕🙂
I’ve known people like that.
Yup!
Your poem portraited the theme perfectly, Harmony. How sad when the sweetness of the friendship turned sour when betrayed. It’s powerful and well done.
It is so sad. Happy you enjoyed this. Thanks, Miriam 💕🙂
You did a wonderful job with the prompt, Harmony. That was creative how you divided the sweet from the sour. It left the poem with a clear sense of disillusionment with that friendship. Not everyone is who they seem. 🙁
So pleased you enjoyed this. Thanks so much, Diana 💕🙂
Fantastic, Harmony! It’s funny how friendship can seem so perfect until they aren’t. 🙂
For sure. Thanks, Yvi 💕🙂
Well done as always, Harmony.
Thanks so much, Mar 💕🙂
Good show of what friendship is and isn’t. I think we all have known someone like that in our lifetime. Loved this Harmony and it made me mad at that person 🙂
So happy it moved you. Thanks, Denise 💕🙂
I think this is very good, Harmony. I know people exactly like this.
Thanks so much, Robbie 💕🙂
Some lessons are harder than others. Well done.
They sure are. Thanks, Ken 💕🙂
Well done Harmony! <3
Thanks, Debby! 💕🙂
What a powerful journey! The hopes and dreams — and then the reality. Fantastic take on the prompt, Harmony. 🤗💕
Yep, we rarely get one without the other. Thanks, Gwen 💕🙂
A powerful pair of etherees. It is sad when you find out your friends aren’t true friends… 🙁
It sure is. Thanks, Veera 💕🙂
i found this poem to be very powerful and filled with honesty. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome and thank you! 💕🙂
Wham, bam! You penned quite the stirring piece here, Harmony. Well done you.
Thanks so much, Annette 💕🙂
Whoa! Incredible, Harmony. From the highs to the lows. Great job!
Life’s ups and downs, eh? Thanks, Jan 💕🙂
The sour part hurts! It’s hard to find genuine people/friends, but when we do, they’re precious!
For certain! Thanks, Priscilla 💕🙂
It’s a shame not all friendships can be trusted. Powerful stuff, Harmony. Sad, but poignant.
It sure is a shame. Life’s too short. Thanks, Staci 💕🙂
Wow, Harmony. It’s like we were there and couldn’t un-hear what was said. Terrific.
That’s so good to read. Thanks, John 💕🙂