Conception (Reprise)
1
imagine
growing roots into
fertile ground
fertile ground
the protective cloak
of the earth
of the earth
talking to the moon
with stillness
with stillness
welcome the new year
imagine
2
always, earth
transitioning—life
rearranged
into new
patterns—open your arms wide–
inhale, welcoming
For Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge for the New Year, and Colleen’s #tanka Tuesday challenge to write a poem of hope, I’ve written two variations of the same idea, and reprised a collage I did for an earlier #tanka Tuesday in 2019.
Colleen asked us to use our favorite form of poetry and to tell why we like it. Of course I love pantoums and all repetitive poetry, and I often write using Japanese poetic forms, but I most often write in shadorma. Somehow its rhythm and length work well with the way I express my thoughts, and when I’m stuck, it works to focus me, making me consider the exact words I’m using and why.
I used the haiku form of the first poem, with the repeating lines, in a post on kblog, but couldn’t remember where I had seen it. I’ve since discovered it is called Shi Rensa, and it was invented by Ronovan, who has his own haiku and decima challenges at RonovanWrites.
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- January 12, 2021 -
Beautiful poem and collage! Happy new year!!! 😊
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Thanks Tiffany, same to you!
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The forma you have used encapsulate the cyclical nature of life, of the earth and the whole universe. We’re in a constant state of change and every moment is the start of a new year! Wonderful words 😊
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Thanks Ingrid. Colleen is right, we can’t give up hope.
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That’s so beautiful. Happy new year.
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Happy New Year Suzanne.
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Lovely poems to bring in a New Year. Wishing you all the best. 🙂
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Thanks Marje. Happy New Year!
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Wonderful poem, Marta and nice way of depicting how the earth came to be formed with the beautiful birds in all their different colours.
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Thanks Marta.
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Welcome 😊😊
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #2: Kerfe’s latest #haikai poetry for Colleen’s #Tanka Weekly #Poetry Challenge and my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Thanks Frank!
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I like the repetition and the circling in both poems, and that final welcome inhale! Happy New Year, Kerfe!
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Thanks Merril. Happy New Year!
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I like how you mixed butterflies and birds in your collage. It is beautiful! Your poem is fantastic as always! Happy New Year Kerfe! 😃
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Thanks. Happy New Year!
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Kerfe, this was a fabulous post. I know you love shadorma, and it seems so well suited to you. The Shi Rensa is a new form! I love how it flows. You know my love for birds so your view of the world is one of my favorites. Happy New Year and thanks for all the joy you bring with your art and poetry. ❤
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Thanks Colleen for all your inspiration and support.
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Kerfe, I feel the same way. We have all become great poets and word artists from these challenges. I’m so thankful for you all. ❤
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These poems and the pictures are amazing, Kerfe.
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Thanks Robbie.
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Just imagine! Hard not to with that brilliant collage 🙂
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Thanks Jane.
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Words and artwork — I love it all. Beautiful post, Kerfe.
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Thanks Betty. I hope we will be more mindful of the natural world this year.
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Ah, yes — a hope that’s near and dear to my heart, always.
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Repeating lines echo the circle of life, perhaps, one year gone another coming! HNY to you both …
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Thanks Dave!
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Reblogged this on The Wombwell Rainbow.
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Yes.
imagine
welcome fertile ground
a new year
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fingers crossed–thanks Ken
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Wonderful K. I feel almost the same way about Shadorma. But mostly for expressing deep romance in few words, it has a nice balance about it, the syllable distribution in the poem.
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Thanks Jude. You are right about the balance–I hadn’t thought of that before.
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Love collage oh ny
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Thanks!
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