Here is Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 278. This is a Taste the Rainbow theme with color/weather as the subject.
This is a haibun which is a prose paragraph combined with haiku or senryu. I enjoy offering stories or even insights in this format.
Personal Paradise Lost
In a burst of color, the last of the day falls into night’s waiting hands. I sit on the rocky ledge bathed in the purple, orange, gold, and gray of the event. Although it happens every day above the vast azure water, it still offers me the hope that I’ll need as the moment fades away into darkness. Someday I will venture outside my guarded world, where the gentle waves and salty breeze are the only movements in this paradise. Here, a storm brings gentle rain, and the sunbeams provide growth around me, yet nothing changes. The sameness has become my personal prison in a place that some consider perfection. I long to captain my boat into those beautiful colors and see what is beyond my horizon.
nature’s artistry
awakens my stagnant soul
inspiration flows
Terrific, Denise.
Thanks, John 🙂
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Nice haibun, Denise. “The sameness has become my personal prison” speaks to a lot of people, I suspect.
Thanks, Priscilla 🙂 I imagine it will speak to many you are right.
Wow, Denise… I would never have thought of it as a prison if you hadn’t written so!
<3
David
It can be if we never get beyond what is comfortable. Thank you, David:)
Sail on, sailor!
Happily heading out xo
To captain your boat … love that! Beautiful and poignant Haibun, Denise 💕🙂
Thank you, Harmony 🙂 I love at that point we have a choice. Xo
Oh my, Denise! This is just fabulous! I can SO relate to all of it. Sameness can be a prison of sorts. Congratulations on a wonderful response to the prompt!
Thank you, Jan 🙂 It sure can be, and hold us back from our passion and purpose. Xo
What lovely haibun to lead us into what comes at the end. Splendid, D.L. I like it. Thanks for sharing XoXo
Thank you, Selma 🙂 There is always that beauty awaiting us. Xo
A wonderful response to the prompt and what a beautiful image! The art of Mother Nature is inimitable! Loved it Denise
Thank you, Balroop 🙂 Mother Nature always inspires and offers us so much beyond that. Xo
This is beautiful, Denise! Well done! 🙂
Thank you, Yvette xo
This really is a lovely poem, Denise. Beautiful imagery.
Thank you, Robbie xo
I love this, Denise! The imagery of your haibun is amazing. 😀 xo
Thank you, Vashti xo
I think many of us are stir-crazy after limited access over the last two years.
May we soom be able to move forward in complete freedom. 🙂
That is definitely in there too. Yes, I hope for that very soon!
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Your words conjure the most breathtaking images.
scoxoxo
Thank you, Sandra 🙂 Your words made my day xo
So beautiful and evocative. What indeed lies beyond the horizon?😌
Thank you, Jude. I think that is what fiction is made of 🙂
I love the imagery in this, Denise. Beautifully written.
Thank you, Jacquie. So happy you enjoyed it xo
The sunset photo is intensely beautiful, Denise. Your thoughts and poems are beautiful.
Thank you, Miriam. There is something so special about a sunset.
I know, Denise. I get very sentimental about sunset.
Stunning, Denise. This is so beautiful. Well done. <3
Thank you, Diana 🙂 There is something so special to capture in that moment.
<3
Have a great reading/writing weekend.
scoxox
Thank you, Sandra. I hope yours was full of great things xoxo
Always tough to break free of a comfort zone and a routine that binds us.. enjoy the sail into the sunset..♥
It is tough to tug ourselves out of that comfort but so worth it to sail into that beauty xo
Okay… how did I manage to comment on the wrong post? Feel free to delete it…
I love the poem though too. Hugs on the wing.
Lol…deleted. I swear WP is haunted and does what it wants.
Thank you xo
Love all the color and nature elements you combined into this Haibun/Haiku, Denise. P.S. Grrr, still not receiving your post notifications even after signing up twice now. I came over to check from your leaving comment on my blog. Arg, Worstpress. 🙂 xx
Thank you, Debby 🙂 I really love doing haibuns. Sorry you are having issues with WordPress/Worstpress. I’ve had it decide to unsubscribe me many times, I just think the people are on a break or something. Geezh! xo
Lol Denise. It’s happened with a few blogs I follow. Then I resubscribe, and mysteriously, a few weeks later, I get posts in duplicate and triplicates. Oye! And my favorite to write are haibuns and tankas too. Hugs xx
It’s crazy! With all the good that comes with all this fun tech, that balance on the other side is always there creeping around in the shadows causing all kinds of issues…lol xo
Aint that the truth! <3