Hello, beautiful readers! This week, Colleen Chesebro celebrated her 65th birthday, so for this week's #TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge, she asked each of us to create a syllabic form with 65 syllables in it. I chose to do a variation of the shadorma.
My new poem form is called an adorna (nod to the shadorma). It consists of three stanzas and is unrhymed. The first two stanzas have a syllabic pattern of 3/5/3/3/6/5 and the last stanza's syllabic pattern is 2/3/4/4/2. In total, there are 65 syllables. The poem should be titled.
As we are celebrating Colleen's birthday, I chose to write a poem to celebrate life. Happy birthday, Colleen! :-)
a child's birth
blessing from above
miracle
joyous gift
hopes for a great future
fills the heart with love
each birthday
new milestones are met
babe to child
teenager
leaves home to start new path
her journey unfolds
each year
celebrate
trip around sun
best gift of all
living
Would you like to try your hand at writing an adorna? I'd love to read it!
Do you want to create your own poetic form and have it published on Colleen's website? Then, join in on our fun here.
A lovely look at aging, Yvi! So uplifting. Happy Birthday to Colleen. Hugs, Harmony 💕🙂
ReplyDeleteThank you, Harmony! I'm happy you liked it. :-)
DeleteI love the form name "adorna," Yvette. Perfect for Colleen and her birthday/birthweek celebration. A beautiful poem about the beauty of growth and life. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diana! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteA beautiful poem and tribute to Colleen!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jan! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteA wonderful tribute 🙌 (AJ)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angela! :-)
DeleteI love how you've captured the movement of time, Yvi. Beautiful -- and a perfect happy birthday to Colleen. ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gwen! I'm happy you liked it. :-)
DeleteLovely, happy poem :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-)
DeleteGood form! It works well and the poem is truly a celebration.
ReplyDeleteThanks, D! I'm happy you like it. :-)
DeleteI like the name of your form and it has a light and airy feel to the one you wrote using it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jade! I appreciate your comment. :-)
DeleteLife is always a good thing to celebrate! and the form matches your words well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kerfe! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteBeautiful journey you've captured, Yvette:) Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise! I appreciate you sharing that with me. :-)
DeleteGreat name and great poem Yvette 🙌
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm happy you like them both. :-)
DeleteThis is splendid. The form works well. And I loved the progression of time that culminated with Colleen’s birthday. What a fantastic thing a birthday is. Happy birthday to Colleen and to you, Yve, thanks. Lovely poem. Xoxo Selma
ReplyDeleteThank you, Selma! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :-)
Deletea lovely tribute to life and Colleen :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lady Lee! I appreciate you visiting! :-)
DeleteBeautiful celebratory poem, the form is great!
ReplyDelete(Jules) Lovely... I can see so many good celebrations being played out in your verses. I copied your info to try your form - Not sure when though as I am way behind ... Spring has me out in the garden. :)
ReplyDeleteThough with our bowling almost done... I should be able to catch up soon.
Are you in a bowling league, Jules? I love bowling and was part of a league when I was a kid. It's so much fun. I would love to read your poem with my form once you get around to it. Thanks for stopping by! :-)
DeleteA beautiful poem of the circle of life 💜
ReplyDeleteThank you, Willow! I appreciate you visiting and commenting. :-)
DeleteThis lovely poem gladdens my heart, Yvette...
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
David
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Thank you, David! I'm happy I made your heart smile. :-)
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