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#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #277 #TASTETHERAINBOW @ColleenChesebro #Nonet

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Hi everyone! 🙂

Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on “Taste the Rainbow”, where colour features in the poetry.

You can find Colleen’s post HERE.

 

rainbow hues in sky over dark blue sea
Image by Peter H from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/sea-sunset-outdoors-dusk-travel-4955005/

Facets of Life

 

 

flamingo flush of new dawn imbues

comfort in a sky fast-filling

with dark thunderheads of doubt

soul’s waters grow muddied

in the grey downpour

indifferent

rain soaks through

derides

heart

mind

all will

confidence

just live not thrive

days of ebony

domineer and squash all

joy’s crimson sunrise-glow dulled

to the stratos of midnight hue

old and bent well before its season

roots dig deep and branches reach upward

e’en in the dark of endless night

stars twinkle, promise of sun

a fresh start still to come

breath of wind lifts fog

baby leaves bud

on bare limb

promise

hope

bloom

of growth

nourishment

from all the muck

a jewel is born

once polished, it displays

a multitude of facets

veritable kaleidoscope

that will shine through all weathers of life

 

 

Today, I chose a double nonet with four stanzas: At least two or more stanzas with nine lines each, featuring a syllable count of 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 syllables per line with a title. Because of the hourglass shape of a double nonet, it can be used to represent time’s passage. They can be written on any subject. Add a title to all nonet forms.

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s poetry. Have a lovely day! 🙂

 

© Harmony Kent 2022

 

42 Comments on “#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #277 #TASTETHERAINBOW @ColleenChesebro #Nonet”

  3. Your verse reminds me of the lotus… which grows pretty much from muck!
    And yet is a great symbol of prosperity and new dawnings.

    Lovely. 🙂

  4. Harmony, this is so beautiful: “…joy’s crimson sunrise-glow dulled
    to the stratos of midnight hue…” I love the nonet form as well. I can tell you love it. <3

  7. I love the symbolism of the nonet/hourglass with your poem’s theme.

    “joy’s crimson sunrise-glow dulled

    to the stratos of midnight hue”

    That was just beautiful. Nicely done, Harmony.

  8. I love this hourglass nonet I do love nonets . The words are so discriptive and so on point I got your meaning before even reading your discription. This is lovely well done 💜

    • I’ve fallen in live with this form. Thanks so much, Willow 💕🙂

  9. Beautiful, Harmony 🙂 I loved the imagery and flow of this.

    • Oh, Jude, that is fantastic of you to say. Thank you so much. I’m so happy the poem moved you so much 💕🙂

    • That says it all! Thanks so much, Molly. You gladden my heart 💕🙂

  14. Beautiful, Harmony! I love the notion of a “veritable kaleidoscope that will shine through all weathers of life.” WOW! 🤗

    • Thanks so much, Gwen. I’m delighted you enjoyed the poem as much as you did. Smiling away here 💕🙂

    • Thanks so much, Priscilla. I think it’s becoming one of my favourite forms too 💕🙂

  18. “From all the muck, a jewel is born…” Wow, Harmony. Just beautiful and the photo is stunning!

    • That’s fantastic! Thanks so much, Annette. That means a lot 💕🙂

  20. That was beautiful, Harmony. I loved the descent into darkness and then the rise into the light and color at the end. That final line was exquisite: “the weathers of life.” Perfect.