The Versesmith

  Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge  Synonyms Only & a Specific Form Selma has asked us to write a tanka using synonyms for Mindless and Humdrum .  After reading some of the synonyms (on  www.thesaurus.com ) I was reminded of something my niece's uncle said about the music at her wedding reception.   credit  no pleasing uncle he always criticized her down to little things called wedding music  white bread we just called him  moronic      ©2024 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #tankatuesdayweeklypoetryprompt #tankatuesday #synonymsonly #tanka #synonyms

Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 331  Synonyms Only words: flow and wave  I have written three, 5/7/5. on these summer nights my only cool breezes from circulating fans flapping banners high the vast crowd streams through downtown demands of justice the trickle tells all a pipe leakage underground my cash flutters off ©2023 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #tankatuesdayno331 #haiku #zappai #syllabicpoetry #syllabicpoem #synonympoetry #senryu 

 Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 307 words not to use: change and grow  I have written two, as change can be taken more than one way.  This first is a Kelly Lune, syllable count of 5/3/5, invented by Robert Kelly.  Jack Collom later introduced the word count 5/3/5 Lune. Coins in my pocket. So few, yet saved may multiply.  This second is a zappai, 5/7/5. Make a difference. Cultivate kindness to all in abounding love.   ©2023 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #tankatuesdayno307 #syllabicpoetry #kellylune #zappai #synonymsonly #tankatuesdaypoetrychallenge #tankatuesdayweeklypoetrychallenge 

 Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 301   Choose two Synonyms words: new & experience   Mindlovemiseries Menagerie Photo Challenge #447 Image credit  https://unsplash.com/@codyhiscox No skill of humankind e're carved these unfamiliar walls, in shadows deep and damp, where echo words of god.   ©2023 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #tankatuesday #kouta #mindlovemiseriesmenagerie #poetryprompt #syllabicpoetry #photoprompt #japanesepoetry #fourlinepoetryform 

MindLoveMisery's Menagerie  Same, Same, But Different – Saturday Mix, 27 November 2021 This week we are diving into the depths of our thesaurus and exploring the world of synonyms. Same Same But Different Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. That’s right, you need to dig out your thesaurus and find a synonym for each word instead. Your words are: die wrinkle hurry day hear  Prompt word synonyms in red.  Attend ! All perish . Hustle rs for the buck or those who slow to feel the sun . Our lives are but a pucker in eternity’s fabric. ©2021 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved  #SSBD