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Popular wisdom
A rose is splendor
But her thorns pierce ike needles.
If you have a bunch of them
make a nosegay and
If they give you a lemon
make a lemonade.
Love in a cottage,
moment of awakening!
Next: yarn, yellow, apotheosis, foliage, strident,, loveable.
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Challenge: yarn, yellow, apotheosis, foliage, strident, lovable
Fair Hyarnustar
I long for fair long past Hyarnustar | the radiant pearl of the people of Númenor | the cliffs, the beaches, the highlands | fertile vast vineyards and farmlands | golden yellow gilding adorning the foliage | those days were truly a golden age | in the days of Númenor's apotheosis | when gladsome mariners lived in bliss | lovable was each wee lad and lass | never strident in their countenance, alas | the Downfall of Númenor came through pride | by defying the Valar whose shores they eyed | hence Eru Ilúvatar commanded the flat world be- | come a sphere, thus was Númenor buried beneath the sea | t'was dour Elendil led survivors to distant shores | thus began the Second Age culminating in Sauron's wars | ... the destruction of the One Ring | but it's fair Hyarnustar forever in my heart - its bittersweet memories to which I cling
Next: helix, ladybug, grotto, pixie, sanctuary, bloom
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Enjoyed the fable and the form¡
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Next: helix, ladybug, grotto, pixie, sanctuary, bloom
Next: helix, ladybug, grotto, pixie, sanctuary, bloom
The ladybug and the pixie
Once there was a ladybug
That enjoyed traveling near and far.
She delighted in new landscapes.
But she was a very lonely little bug.
One day curious as ever she mounted an helix.
The helix took her to a grotto
which was a pixie sanctuary.
But the place had been abandoned
only one pixie was left
to take care of the grotto.
To make a long story short:
the pixie and the ladybug became friends
and with the luck the beetle brought
the grotto, swarming with ladybugs and pixies,
started to bloom again.
And if they didn't die,
they are alive to this day.
Next: honey, wintersport, lucky charm, eagerly, blast, firmament
Delightful ! Enjoyed :)
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Challenge: honey, wintersport, lucky charm, eagerly, blast, firmament
celestial ekphrastic tanka 57577
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In the firmament
a celestial lucky charm
honey colored moon
watch stars blast eagerly by
mock-playing at wintersports
3/11/2025
Next: bucolic, effervescent, samba, energetic, shamrock, sparrow
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tailor
Charming and concise tanka. Enjoyed also the pic!
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Next: bucolic, effervescent, samba, energetic, shamrock, sparrow
Next: bucolic, effervescent, samba, energetic, shamrock, sparrow
Traveling
I like the sensation of impermanence
while traveling by bus.
Bucolic landscapes seem to slip by and
effervescent communities ,
the cadence of a lost samba floating
in the afternoon...
Bunches of shamrock grow on the margins
of the dusty road...
Later, much later
the energetic cry of the sparrow
announces the impending dusk.
Next: radio, music, floating, stars, overt, symbol
Wonderful poem! Enjoyed so much :)
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Challenge: radio, music, floating, stars, overt, symbol
radio music; tanka
radio music
it's floating between the stars
no covert symbols
proof that we are not alone
greetings from Trappist-1 e
4/25/2025
Next: bell, silver button, glimpse, misty, forest, mouse
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Enjoyed the light musical poem
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Next: bell, silver button, glimpse, misty, forest, mouse
Sequel
A little gray mouse, ate a little white louse in a big white house with a silver button. It wasn't a piece of mutton but it rung a silver bell.No rebel the little mouse started to yell. All I can tell is, it got a glimpse of a misty forest and there it went. Farewell!
Next: trunk, wilderness, bonfire, light, universe, dreamlike.
Lol... so light and lyrical... Loved it :)
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Challenge: trunk, wilderness, bonfire, light, universe, dreamlike
Trunk
I am ageless whose name is Trunk
found in the wilderness
on a deep dark spelunk
I followed them, the spelunkers, I must confess
into the light of above
with all the stealth that I possessed
I hadn't shown them my mettle
there in the down below
showing myself first at their bonfire
whilst they put on their kettle
so dreamlike was the flame
I lost my composure and did exclaim:
"arrrrrrrrrrrrr-a-warrrrrrrrrrrr-
rag-a-tin-tagularrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !" -
(clearing my throat
for the first time in ages)
"the rocks have told me
of the heavens and stars
they whispered of seas
but told me naught else of above
for they thought I wouldn't believe"
needless to say they all disbursed
in a ragtag fashion
as bats are versed
I stayed by the bonfire till my passion had cooled
pondering the odd beings
and their ill manners
soon the full moon hung directly above
I called it by name
and it beamed ever the brighter
taking a liking to me
and sweetly sang as we conversed
and I learned the ways of the universe
the bonfire now lies cold
without even a whisper of smoke
spelunkers long gone
having entreated their authorities
who now comb the environs
for Trunk, who has left for the stars
4/26/2025
Next: jealousy, Saturn, hedgehog, mask, cluster, fairy child
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Enjoyed so much! Would only change the name of the creature.
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Next: jealousy, Saturn, hedgehog, mask, cluster, fairy child
I liked the symbolic meaning of the word 'trunk', whether pertaining to a tree or an elephant :)
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