This week on Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Challenge 189 it is Poet’s Choice. I have chosen to write a Haiku Sequence about one of my favourite topics of conversation…Rain.
Haiku Sequence – Rain
It can be daunting
to find beauty in the rain
when it drowns the earth
Summer flowers strive
to retain vibrant colours
under such onslaught
Wind joins its cousin
laughing at the destruction
combined efforts bring
Birds sit and shiver
in the glistening hedgerows
desperate to feed
Then a ray of light
as sun fights its way through clouds
it has come to play
The wind and rain pause
waiting for the sun’s next move
in nature’s board game
They admit defeat
no match for the sun’s power
and leave in silence
Birds begin to sing
and flowers lift up their heads
to smile at the world.
©Sally Cronin 2020
If you would like to participate in this week’s challenge here is the link again: Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Challenge 189
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Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have enjoyed.. thanks Sally.
Excellent Sally truly 🌹
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Thank you very much Willow ♥
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Superb!
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Thank you very much Alex..hugsx
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I loved those haikus, Sally. And I love rain too – it makes me feel physically well, really extra well.
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Thanks Elizabeth.. I love rain too.. but wish it would allow a little more sunshine through occasionally… like today.. hugs xx
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Beautiful haikus, Sally. Toni x
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Thank you very much Toni.. and the sun came out today to play..xx
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just beautiful! perfect description of nature’s power 💙
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Thank you very much Elizabeth.. enjoy the rest of the weekend. x
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Its a wonderful painting your had created in verses,Sally! The “nature’s board game” i enjoy very much, equal to a summary. Michael
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Thanks very much Michael.. it was fun to write..hugsxx
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A really great one, Sally! Thank you for sharing. I am always surprised how you all get the best words for the metrics too.
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Thanks Michael..I just keep playing around with it until they fit.. half the fun of the form…hugsx
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Great work. Have to learn much more vocables- beside the metrics i have to learn too. Lol
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Perfect sequence to describe the rain, Sally. Well done.
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Thank you very much John.. it seemed to have worked.. its hot and sunny today… must try this more often lol..hugsx
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Hahahaha. Could be a spell rather than a Haiku sequence. 😁
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Perhaps John.. perhaps something to do with my occupation in a previous life so I have been told..xx
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Hahahaha.
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One of my perfect moments, when the sun kisses raindrops away. Beautiful, Sally ❤
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So pleased you enjoyed Jacquie..♥
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Beautiful… Oh, the wonders of words and of nature!
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Thank you very much Bette..hugs ♥
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We need both, and each has its place. But there’s nothing like the sun after a rainstorm. (K)
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I agree.. and love the fact that here in Ireland we are very green…
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So, the Mr. Blue Sky dance worked!!
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It did.. sorry a bit out of breath.. it has to be kept going!!! lol ♥
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😀 😀
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That was a stunner Sal. Beautiful sequence. ❤ xx
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Thanks very much Debby…it must have worked the sun is still our today lol ♥
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Lol, I told you I was loaning it to you for a few days. Enjoy! ❤ xx
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I have been making the most of it.. need to do a bit of work now..♥
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🙂 ❤
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Beautiful, Sally. The sequence fits together seamlessly. ❤
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Thank you Diana, I had a lot of fun with it..♥
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Rain has such a good time, it’s surprising we all don’t yearn to reincarnate as water falling from the sky! 🙂
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I think I might have had enough in this lifetime Annette.. perhaps next time I could come back as sunbeam…♥♥
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Absolutely brilliant haiku sequence, Sally! I love the flow of the stanzas. Isn’t this a lovely way to make syllabic poetry longer? ❤
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Thank you Colleen.. I enjoyed writing it and for story telling it is a great form and will play with going forward..♥
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Sounds marvelous. Any of the forms we work with would make great sequence poetry. I look forward to reading more. ❤
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Thanks Colleen for the inspiration to try different ways of writing our stories.♥
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I love it. I want to experiment with using a couple different forms together, like a shadorma and Etheree combination. I don’t want to mix Japanese and American forms, but I suppose you could if you wanted to. ❤
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A little fusion certainly works well in the culinary world.. why not in poetry.. I will take it slow..♥
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I agree. Sometimes the unexpected is pure magic! 🔮
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My compliments.
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Thank you Pamela.. enjoy the rest of the week. x
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Love the feel of this series. It comes together like a story. Nicely done.
Pat
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Thank you Pat.. appreciated. Have a good week.
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