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Hello, beautiful readers! Today I'm participating in Colleen Chesebro's Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge. This week is all about colors. Recently, I wrote a scene in my current WIP where mother and child lie on the grass and stare up at the sky to find familiar shapes in the clouds. As a child, I used to love how fun it was to use my imagination in this manner. It was such an easy way to find peace and enjoy a lazy afternoon. Sadly, today's youth are so fixated on their phones, they barely even look at eye level to see the beauty around them (or the pole in front of them). If you have a small child, I hope you take the time to stare up at the clouds and bask in your creativity for a little bit. I hope you enjoy the haiku that came from this inspiration:
I still love to watch the clouds and am amazed at how many figurers, symbols, animals, etc. I can"see". Wonderful Tanka.
ReplyDeleteEach week I plan to participate and then suddenly the week is over!
Thank you, Karen! Your writing is always so beautiful, so I hope you can participate soon. :-)
DeleteAhhh, so perfect! I love it, Yvette. 💙
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gwen! I appreciate you sharing that with me. :-)
DeleteBeautiful, Yvette! You created a vivid scene in those few words!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jan! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
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ReplyDeleteI loved looking up at the clouds when I was child and a teenager. In fact, I still love to look up at them. Very well said.
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Thanks, Pat! I, too, still find myself enjoying a few moments of cloud-gazing. :-)
DeleteThe sky colour has a magic mix of colours before a storm! Lovely poem!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Elizabeth! I'm happy you enjoyed it. :-)
DeleteThis is beautiful, Yvette.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robbie! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteLovely, Yvette! I'm still in awe of cloud formations and the majestic beauty of their ever-changing transformations. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteSo am I, Natalie. They are such a wonder for me. Thanks for commenting today. :-)
DeleteI agree, Colleen! Moments where I can pause and just be in the moment are so precious to me. Cloud watching naturally lends itself to those experiences. Thanks for sharing! :-)
ReplyDeleteI loved cloud watching as a child and did it with my kids when they were little. Your beautiful poem sums it all up. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark! My memories of cloud watching always make me smile. :-)
DeleteLooking for those skies after the storm too! :)
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Absolutely, Jules! I love a good thunderstorm, but I always look for the sunny skies to return after the earth is hydrated. Thanks for stopping by! :-)
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