Saturday, November 23, 2024

#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge - #Syllabic #poem #poetrycommunity #Shadorma #awardwinning #karma #shortstory #KarmaDoesntKill @YvetteMCalleiro


Hello, beautiful readers! This week's #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge was brought to us by Cheryl (Rugby843). She encouraged us to write a Shadorma, which is a poetry form that consists of six lines with a 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllabic format. The topic was ours to choose.


Recently, I was informed that my newest short story, Karma Doesn't Kill, was the winner of the 2024 RRBC 90-Day Alpha/Omega Short Story Contest. This is a special honor for me because this story loosely follows the life of someone for whom I care deeply. If this story helps even one person think through his/her choices and avoid negative consequences, then my heart will be full. So, in honor of this recognition, I chose to write a poem about karma.

Karma

choose wisely
actions decide path
contemplate
aftermath
before consequences come
life's transactional

Would you like to try to write a Shadorma? Join us here.

17 comments:

  1. Congratulations Yvette on winning the contest! You’re right that if our writing helps even one person, that a big reward in itself. Love your poem. Sadje

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  2. Do we get to read the story somewhere? Congrats on winning the contest!

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    1. I've embedded the link above. Click on the book cover or the title, and it should take you to Amazon. Thanks for asking! :-)

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  3. Congratulations Yvette....Like your shadorma.

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  4. Congratulations Yvette! We do too often make choices without considering consequences. I know I have on many occasions myself. But hopefully we learn from our mistakes.

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    1. That is the hope, Kerfe! Sometimes the damage is irreversible, though. Thanks for visiting! :-)

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  5. (Jules) All the best - I poked at the rules... gosh I don't think I even know where to start after the writing part. And as for professionally proofing... eek.

    Continued success on your writing. I hope one day to self publish some chap books... but I don't plan on all the Amazon stuff. I'm just not up to that task.

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    1. Amazon is actually really easy to use. I wouldn't mind walking you through it, Jules! :-)

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    2. (Jules) something to consider when we both have oodles of time. I'm a slow learner when it comes to tech. :)
      Thank you.

      I have two e-books I rarely use... mainly because I really don't know how to use them. *sigh*

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  6. Congratulations Yvette, I believe in Karma, great choice - I love this 💞Suzanne

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  7. Congratulations on winning this contest, Yvi. Karma was the perfect subject!

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  8. Yes indeed Congratulations..
    Definitely karma is good 💜

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    1. Thank you, Willow! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)

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