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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Full Tide

Credit: Ratna Pochiraju


Full
It rose
Across the sky

Blue and white
Spreading across
Azure

Higher
It stretched
Touching the clouds

Curving and curling
Into playful
Waves

Up
It splashed
Bonding- Earth, Heaven

Carrying shells along
Gifting them
Lovingly

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Note: The style a series of Hay(na)ku and Inverted Hay(na)ku alternated to get this pattern of a wave. 
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17 comments:

  1. Prakash HegadeApril 7, 2020 at 11:14 AM

    The bonds with the gift! :-) Nice one. :-) The lines are short and crisp.

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    1. Srivalli RekhaApril 7, 2020 at 4:59 PM

      Thank you, Prakash. :) This a favorite style (one of them).

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  2. Sonia DograApril 7, 2020 at 11:42 AM

    Great attempt. I will try it too after this challenge. Nice visiting you.

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    1. Srivalli RekhaApril 7, 2020 at 5:00 PM

      Thank you, Sonia. :)
      Please do. It's a fun style to work with.

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  3. Keith's RamblingsApril 7, 2020 at 7:37 PM

    I felt I was standing at the water's edge. A lovely format.

    F is for....

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    1. Srivalli RekhaApril 8, 2020 at 9:44 AM

      Thank you, Keith :)
      It's one of my favorite forms.

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  4. Rethink MindfulApril 7, 2020 at 8:09 PM

    Nice poem Sri. I really love the structure of your poem. And how beautiful are the paintings! Just awesome!

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  5. Ira MishraApril 8, 2020 at 1:45 AM

    Wow such a lovely painting and the words of the poem describe it so very beautifully... Awesome lines!!

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    1. Srivalli RekhaApril 8, 2020 at 9:46 AM

      Thank you so much, Ira. :)
      The paintings are truly awesome.

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  6. Anne E.G. NydamApril 8, 2020 at 1:56 AM

    It was clever to make the form wave-shaped. I like this one!
    Black and White (Words and Pictures)

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  7. CRDApril 8, 2020 at 6:11 AM

    Short and sweet description of the waves. The rising, the curling, the colours, the shells... you've covered it all.

    I know about Haikus...is this a variant of Haiku?

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    1. Srivalli RekhaApril 8, 2020 at 10:04 AM

      Thank you, CRD. :)
      It actually is. This is what they call an easier and modern (non Japanese) version of a Haiku.

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  8. Weekends in MaineApril 8, 2020 at 8:05 AM

    Beautiful imagery in your poem. Weekends In Maine

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  9. NamrathaApril 9, 2020 at 8:02 PM

    The bonding and the shells as gifts were my favorite part

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