compression, poetry

Tanka Tuesday — Season’s Flag

Posted by Lisa or Li on

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green serves as flag
verdant announcement
upon which seasons hang
spring green to summer lawn,
fall’s fade to yellow,
and winter’s lack

Compression form poem
note:  rhymezone categorizes “lack” as having a 90 rhyme rating

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Colleen is the host of Word Craft Poetry.  Colleen says:
Hello everyone. Happy October! My favorite month is finally here!! This week, choose your own syllabic form and a color to feature in your syllabic poem. Think about the different ways you can use color in a poem.

Colleen M. Chesebro

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  1. Colleen Chesebro's avatar Colleen M. Chesebro says:
    October 4, 2022 at 2:38 pm

    Very nice… I like how you chose the color green and how it changed through the seasons to nothing at all in winter! Brilliant.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 4, 2022 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks much, Colleen. I’ll be using that form again.

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      1. Colleen Chesebro's avatar Colleen M. Chesebro says:
        October 4, 2022 at 2:54 pm

        I wasn’t sure on the rhyming, so I’ll have to work on that some more. You did fabulous!

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        1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
          October 4, 2022 at 10:34 pm

          Thanks much, Colleen :)

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  2. Ron.'s avatar Ron. says:
    October 4, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    I’m green with envy.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 4, 2022 at 10:33 pm

      Thanks, Ron!

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  3. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    October 4, 2022 at 3:26 pm

    Love this, love green 💜💜

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 4, 2022 at 10:34 pm

      Thank you, Willow, I do too :)

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  4. Eugi's avatar Eugenia says:
    October 4, 2022 at 3:27 pm

    I’m green with envy too! Superbly done!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 4, 2022 at 10:35 pm

      Thank you, Eugenia :)

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  5. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:
    October 4, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Those colors indeed say spring-into-summer. It will roll around again…(k)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 4, 2022 at 10:40 pm

      Indeed, K. We count on it, don’t we.

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  6. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
    October 4, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    Nicely done Li.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 5, 2022 at 10:41 am

      Thanks, Sadje!

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      1. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
        October 5, 2022 at 11:10 am

        Always a pleasure

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  7. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:
    October 4, 2022 at 11:18 pm

    Great job Lisa…also green is my favorite color. The shade of green that the Peanuts cartoons use for grass.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 5, 2022 at 10:43 am

      I love that green also! Green is life!

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      1. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:
        October 5, 2022 at 11:51 am

        Jen gets a lot of my shirts in green…green and yellow I like together also.

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  8. areadingwriter's avatar areadingwriter says:
    October 5, 2022 at 1:09 am

    love that closing line, Lisa.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 5, 2022 at 10:43 am

      :) Thank you.

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  9. D.L. Finn, Author's avatar D.L. Finn, Author says:
    October 7, 2022 at 1:18 am

    What a fun way of taking green through the seasons.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 7, 2022 at 4:33 pm

      Thank you, D.L.!

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  10. Jules's avatar Jules says:
    October 7, 2022 at 5:28 pm

    Most greens are my favorite colors. ;)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 7, 2022 at 5:33 pm

      Good to hear and not surprising, Jules :)

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      1. Jules's avatar Jules says:
        October 7, 2022 at 5:50 pm

        While not all, some frogs are green – and I like frogs :)

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  12. TheHiddenEdge's avatar TheHiddenEdge says:
    October 11, 2022 at 4:31 am

    Compression form, interesting, I’ll have a go at this, too. I love your ideas. 💚

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      October 11, 2022 at 11:19 am

      Thanks much :)

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