Hello, beautiful readers! I'm combining two prompts today. The first is from Moonwashed Weekly Prompt where Eugi provides the following poem and invites us to use the words as inspiration. I've bolded and italicized the words I chose to use in my poem.
impulsive nature
lauds summer in floral dress
intoxicating
The second prompt is from dVerse's Poet's Pub - ...the sun'll come up. In this prompt, Lillian invites us to use the word sunrise in a quadrille, which is a poem with exactly 44 lines. I chose to write a tanka prose for my quadrille.
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Political Overload
She missed the days when elected leaders ran the country without pomp and circumstance, when they just protected the country's values without needing constant attention.
impulsive chaos
darkens the hopes of many
summer is coming
sunrise on the horizon
new way forward is brewing
Would you like to write a poem for either of these prompts? Click the links below:
Great Tanka!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Helen! I appreciate your visit. :-)
Deletei enjoyed your tanka, yvette! i'm not sure i've ever written a tanka poem before ... will have to give this a try sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ren! I appreciate your visit and look forward to reading your tanka in the future. :-)
DeleteA very timely poem, Yvette.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nolcha! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteWell said. It is overload and we can only hope for a peaceful future. Xo
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise! I do hope for a peaceful future. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteNever before have we had an administration in the US that, from day one, issues executive orders like he's signing autographs for a rabid crowd....who appoints people unqualified for cabinet positions....who attempts to take over universities and colleges.....who actively pursues an isolationist state by dismantling USAID in his first week in office and by withdrawing from the World Health Organization etc etc etc. It is indeed overwhelming. We definitely need a new way forward. Thank you for posting to the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lillian! I hope our new way forward brings us away from the extremes and back toward collaboration, compassion, and kindness. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. :-)
DeleteI certainly hope that sunrise is coming, Yvette! I think all the craziness is to distract us from what is really going on.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Merril! I thought of the GOT theme of winter is coming, but I wanted to focus on hope, so I went with summer is coming. Lol! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteI hope the tide will turn before it is too late.
ReplyDeleteSo do I, Bjorn! I truly hope it does. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteHope is a precious commodity...Ain
ReplyDeleteYes, it is, Ain! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteOh, so perfect, and so apt, Yvette! - Eugi
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eugi! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteYou have hit the nail on the head, Yvette! Very apt and timely.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Punam! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteSome politicos are so self absorbed that they honestly don't realize that they are suppose to be working for all the people, not just themselves.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Jules! Thanks for visiting! :-)
Deletedelightful and clever tanka Yvette :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Paul! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteYvette, your words "impulsive chaos / darkens the hopes of many" really touch me. They seem to hold both the weariness of now and the quiet hope reaching for that sunrise.
ReplyDeleteMuch love,
David
SkepticsKaddish.com
Thank you, David! I appreciate you sharing that with me. :-)
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