#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #285 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt #4-11 @ColleenCheseboro @gmplano
Hi everyone! 🙂
Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create an Ekphrastic syllabic poem based on a photo prompt. Reena Saxena provided a piece of her artwork for this week’s challenge …
I loved the new form of 4-11 created by Gwen Plano, so much that I used it again this week.
The 4-11 poetic form has 11 lines of 4 syllables each, and the first line repeats on the last line.
You can find Colleen’s post HERE.
Here’s my take …
Fabric of Life
A patchwork quilt
Warp overlaid
Stitches undone
Shifted and shaped
Nap rearranged
Metamorphosed
From chrysalis
To butterfly
Freely expressed
Myriad choice
A patchwork quilt
Today’s poem, as happened last week, can be read from bottom to top as well as top to bottom. I hope you enjoyed today’s poetry. Have a lovely day! 🙂
© Harmony Kent 2022
How interesting that you saw it as a patchwork quilt, Harmony. Now that you say it, it does look like that and in fact, reminds me of a puffer jacket. Lovely poem!
Thanks, Smitha 💕🙂
I love this, Harmony! Beautifully stitched together. 🙂❤️
Thanks so much, Punam! 💕🙂
A beautifully woven poem Harmony. <3 x
Thanks so much, Debby! 💕🙂
Incredibly clever, Harmony – especially the dynamic between the lines that start with ‘to’ and ‘from’ – that’s just ingenious!
~David
Thanks, David! Much appreciated 💕🙂
Superb! I like the idea of ‘stitches undone’. It leads to reconstruction.
It does! Thanks, Reena 💕🙂
I like Gwen’s poetry form too! Your poem is so good! Your take on Reena’s artwork is unique, but as soon as I read the word patchwork it made total sense to me. Excellent!🥰
Thanks so much, Vashti 💕🙂
Love it, Harmony! 🙂
Thanks, Yvi! 💕🙂
I am always amazed at the patchwork quilt patterns. So different and yet some similar. It just depends on ‘your’ scraps.
Here in Amish country… we see quite a few patchwork quilts hanging on the lines at Amish farms 🙂
Nicey word-stitched!
Thanks so much, Jules 💕🙂
Beautiful, Harmony… Sharing!
Thanks so much, Bette! All shares much appreciated! 💕🙂
So beautiful, Harmony. I love it! You’ve captured the movement of life in your poem – as seen in this image. Well done, my friend! ❤️
Thanks so much, Gwen, for your lovely words. Hugs 💕🙂
Love this, Harmony. Our lives are beautiful patchworks, some tattered, some lace, all lovely <3
They sure are! Thanks, Jacquie 💕🙂
Beautiful picture and poem. I love making crazy quilts. That’s what the picture reminded me of when I first saw it.
That’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw it. Thanks, Molly 💕🙂
This was fun, Harmony!
Thanks, Denise! 💕🙂
Excellent poem, Harmony. I love how you saw a patchwork quilt, and how you fit the natural world within the folds. The 4-11 form is really a lovely one to write. 💜
I love Gwen’s 4-11 form! Thanks, Colleen 💕🙂
Great job! I could visualize.
Fantastic! Thanks, Ruth 💕🙂
I love this, Harmony!
Fantastic! Thanks, Jan 💕🙂
Hi Harmony, this is lovely. My dad used to make patchwork quilts.
That’s fantastic! Thanks, Robbie 💕🙂
You are so right Harmony… the art work exhibits the fabric of life and you have captured it so well through your words. Well-done!
That’s wonderful to know. Thanks so much, Balroop 💕🙂
Oooh, Harmony. Just gorgeous. I loved this one. <3 <3
Thanks so much, Diana 💕🙂
Super cool poem, Harmony. It reminds me of my grandmother’s quilt which I still have.:-)
That’s lovely. Thanks, Priscilla 💕🙂
a fun poem, Harmony.
Thanks, John! 💕🙂
Cleverly written and I love this form too! Well done, Harmony.
Thanks so much, Eugi 💕🙂
Clever! It does rather resemble a patchwork quilt. Well done.
Thanks, Annette! 💕🙂