Hello, beautiful readers! For this week's #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge, poet JadeLi invited us to choose three (or more) words from a word garden and create a syllabic poem with those words. Certain words immediately stood out to me: dune, wave, and woman. The winds were so strong this past weekend, preventing me from getting my beach fix. It makes sense I would be drawn to those words. Hopefully, this weekend will be beautiful.
I decided to write a kimo. A kimo poem consists of three lines with a syllabic pattern of 10-7-6. It focuses on a single frozen image. It does not rhyme and is untitled.
(courtesy of @juliearens on Pixabay)
dunes separate serenity, chaos
waves lap calmly on the shore
woman rests and renews
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Yvette, what a cozy place for respite. Where the word garden is at Cherry Market is just around a corner and a few miles from Silver Lake, which is separated by huge dunes from Lake Michigan. It's a heavenly place that brings my soul respite.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a beautiful place to visit! Thanks for sharing that with me, Lisa! :-)
DeleteYou are very welcome and thank you for making me think of it.
DeleteSounds so appealing, Yvette. Beautiful poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jan! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteOh! To sit quietly and renew. I love your poem Yvette 💜
ReplyDeleteThanks, Willow! With the busyness of the work week, resting and renewing is essential. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteWhat a lovely and subtle message! It's reaching out to reflect.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you received it, Balroop! Thanks for sharing. :-)
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ReplyDeleteis the woman
who wrote this kimo poem
waving to her across the sea
hi there
Hi, Rall! Thank you for the compliment. :-)
DeleteYvi! This even sounds good to me and you know I'm not a beach person. LOL! I love the Kimo. 🌊 🏝️
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :-)
Delete(Jules) I had a chace to visit the NJ shore briefly... So peaceful on the other side of the dunes. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it is! It's like the rest of the world just disappears. Thanks for sharing, Jules! :-)
DeleteA day at the beach sounds perfect, Yvette! I'm not a fan when the winds kick in either and hope you get a still peaceful day. Loved the poem. xo
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