Wise
In garden dwells a human sage
who gathers herbs for casts. A crone
with shelves of spells in jars, her nimble
shaman fingers mix. Voice intones
sleepy spells of ancient seer.
Skilled, she mixes with spoon of bones,
Expertly waves her wand, and Poof!
Savvy success! Arise a ghost!
Foolish
In ev’ry realm juggles a clown
whose brain has more feather than goose,
hen who twitters all over town,
flippant backflips in jello ponds,
tells bad jokes and dips smiles from frowns,
walks ‘round town blissfully blinkered,
always dizzy, some say unwound;
feckless, yes, yet entertaining.
My New Form: Syndom
Rules: Choose a one-word title (the 65th word) using any word that has synonyms and write eight, 8-syllable lines that each includes a synonym of the one-word word title. Even-numbered lines rhyme with each other. Optional and considered a second poem because of word count: write one with the antonym of the original title and have odd-numbered lines rhyme.
Wise
sage
crone
skilled
seer
nimble
expert
savvy
shaman
x1In garden dwells a human sage
a2who gathers herbs for casts. A crone
x3with shelves of spells in jars, her nimble
a4shaman fingers mix. Voice intones
x5sleepy spells of ancient seer.
a6Skilled, she mixes with spoon of bones,
x7Expertly waves her wand, and Poof!
a8Savvy success! Arise a ghost!
Foolish
goose
clown
dip
hen
feckless
flippant
blinkered
dizzy
a1In ev’ry realm juggles a clown
x2whose brain has more feather than goose
a3hen who twitters all over town,
x4flippant backflips in jello ponds,
a5tells bad jokes and dips smiles to frowns,
x6walks ‘round town blissfully blinkered,
a7always dizzy, some say unwound
x8feckless, yes, yet entertaining
Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says:
This week’s challenge is to create a syllabic form with 65 syllables, or a combination of words that amount to 65. Remember we have an entire week to write our poem.
Name the form, and tell us how to write it! I’ll add these new forms to the challenge cheat sheet so we can write them again. 🎂 🥳
Tao Talk 
you really nailed these prompts Lisa, love your enchanting depictions 🙂
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So happy you like them, Kate 🙂
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put a smile on my dial 🙂
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This definitely caught my eye. Anita
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Thank you, Anita!
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How fun! Love the creative new form/s 🩷
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🙂 Thank you ❤
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So creatively done Li. 👌🏼👏🏼
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Thank you!
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You’re most welcome
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I enjoyed these, Lisa 🙂
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Thanks, Ingrid!
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Good one!
I especially love the imagery of “flippant backflips in jello ponds”, although I’m not sure I would like to do one!
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🙂 Thank you, Melissa!
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Cool! There’s a lot going on in a syndom. What struck me as I read these poems was the lilting rhythm provided by the rhyme scheme and regular syllabication.
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Thanks much, D 🙂
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Very inventive!
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Thanks, Jane!
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Wow, love that wise poem. And the whole form and idea is fabulous.
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Luanne, thank you very much ❤
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You are welcome!
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Oh my goodness, this is so amazing, Lisa. I can’t wait to put these all together in a page to see all the new forms. Thanks so much!
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Colleen, I hope you had a wonderful birthday. I’m totally delighted with the forms everyone is creating and so happy you are saving them for us to use later. Thank you ❤
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You’re welcome. The forms are the forever birthday gifts. How cool is that?
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Love the new form Lisa I’ll need to read it a few times I think before it sinks into my head 😆
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Cool! Thank you, AJ.
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You… rock, Lisa! This new form is so much fun!
Much love,
David
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David, much appreciated, thank you ❤
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Wow, Lisa! What a creative form, and you made it seem easy. I love your poems.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Yvette, thank you very much ❤
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Great forms and poems, Lisa 🙂
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D.L. thank you so much 🙂
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Starting with a word list is a good way to focus your thoughts. I like it! And I’ll be on the lookout for those ghosts…(K)
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Thanks, K!
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Excellent word play. I hope Colleen puts all these new forms on a page! Some, like yours to me, seem a bit intimidating… But maybe one of these days –
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Thanks, Jules. It may look intimidating but if you use rhymezone for the synonyms pretty easy.
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I’m not particularly a fan of writing rhyme (sonnets etc). Hopefully Colleen will add these forms to a special page so we can visit them and try them… maybe one day 🙂
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Wow I am impressed 💜
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Thanks much, Willow ❤
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