love, rearrange;
alchemize life in
my heart’s ossified veins
may liquid rose flow
as burgeoning joy
in Spring’s fresh rains
Compression form poem
Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says:
This week’s challenge is Synonyms Only. That means you have to select synonyms for the two words below. You can’t use the two words… instead, you must choose two synonyms for the words I gave you and use them in your poem. The two words are:
Change & Grow
Tao Talk 
Beautiful 🌹
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Thank you, Paula ❤
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The return of spring, or love, does make the blood start moving…(k)
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Thanks, Kerfe.
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The rose is stunning! I love the color. I really like this compression poem—may liquid rose flow… Love this! 🌹
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Thanks much, Colleen. That rose was here when I moved in back in 2011 and every year it gives the most beautiful and fragrant offerings.
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The color is magnificent. I love orange so I would love your rose.
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Beautiful
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Thank you, Sadje. Happy Valentines Day! ❤
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Thanks Li.
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Beautifully done.
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Thank you, Dale.
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My pleasure, Lisa.
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I really like the liquid rose line… I had to look up alchemize
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Thank you, Max 🙂
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This was beautiful, Lisa! Spring’s rains always refresh.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you, Yvette 🙂
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Well this is uplifting and inspiring 💜💜
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Thanks, Willow 🙂
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Just beautiful! Spring indeed can melt many solidified hearts.
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Thank you, Elizabeth 🙂
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Exquisite imagery through your verse. ❤️
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Thank you, Gwen 🙂
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Beautiful. I’m looking forward ro springs rain.
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Thank you very much, D.L. Me too.
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This poem is so beautiful! I love the way you’ve used the two words ‘change’ and ‘grow’ to create an image of the fragrant rose blooming in the Spring rain. It’s a great example of how powerful words can be when used to create vivid imagery. Your use of compression to form the poem is really clever, too. It’s really amazing how much a poem can say in so few words. My question is, what inspired you to use compression in this particular poem?
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Thank you very much for your feedback, Frances. Happy you enjoyed it. When looking for forms, I have a folder of ones I’ve liked that others have used and like to try them out if they fit. Thank for you asking 🙂
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This is so beautiful. I love it!
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Thank you very much, Kavyajanani!
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beautiful, and loved the rhythm too.
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Thank you, Jude 🙂
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My pleasure.
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Jude, I just went to look at your blog and it says it has been deleted??
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I changed the name in the url but I don’t know why wordpress isn’t adjusting that. I changed it months ago.
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Sorry to say I just tried it again with your link here and again says doesn’t exist. Did you change the spelling everywhere in your settings??
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Everything is in order. I really don’t know. Sometimes it’s because our browsers have kept the old site addresses, especially when we don’t update our wordpress. But try searching for judeitakali.wordpress.com in your browser. It may then be saved.
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these words really grabbed me, Lisa ❤ ~ beautiful!
Sincerely,
David
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Thanks, David!
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