24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 24, 3/5/24, Part I, Wintering Insects Awake (March 5 โ 19) Keichitsu ๅ่ Colleen challenges us to use any one of the 24 forms of Japanese poetry to respond to this challenge.
| In the Sky | In the Ground & Water | In Our Lives |
| March winds Spring Mists The First Butterfly of Spring Spring Sunsets Rainbows | March Mountains Laughing Mountains Spring Mud Wintering Insects Dandelions tulips daffodils Cowslip Primroses Garlic, Garlic Chives Butterbur Scapes The Seaside in Spring Clam Digging Eating Shellfish Firefly Squid | St. Patrickโs Day Graduation Day in Japan |
Today I want to write a Shadorma. The Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5 for a total of 26 syllables with no set rhyme scheme. When writing a Shadorma, I would concentrate on a specific subject. Add a title to the Shadorma.
Sunday Stills – Too Late – Snow to Rain
Terri Webster Schrandt who hosts Sunday Stills wants rain to go away.
Last week was Snow to Rain season. Prescott is a week behind. I walked out of the house to take a few pictures before going to lunch. What seemed like rain, was snow turning to rain in the 43 degree spring thaw.
I walked out onto the patio and tried a close up like Terri had taken of her patio. Not as spectacular as a droplet, but the raindrops made an interesting pattern on the tile.
A little farther into the street, I thought I try to capture a splatter. The snowy drops did not have the force of full-on rain. They made a concentric circular shape.
By the time I got to the parking lot where I was meeting my friends for lunch, the snow had gotten its second wind and showed its true color.
Thursday Doors
Dan Antion of No Facilities hosts Thursday Doors each week.
Vince gets something in his brain for lunch, and nothing else will do. His favorite fish and chips place closed, so he hunted online for a new place. What he found was the Gurly Grill. It is on the main street that runs east and west through downtown Prescott. We’d driven by it thousands of times.
“This property has been placed on the National Registry of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.”
Lincoln Forestalled Confederate Control
Southerners
Eyed rich resources
Silver, gold
in the West
Lincoln had a plan to win
Congress ratified.
Divided
New Mexico's land
Wild West
President
Lincoln appointed Gurley
As the governor.
ยฉMarsha Ingrao
Shadorma 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllables
In 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to divide the New Mexico territory approximately in half, creating Arizona territory out of the Western half. John Addison Gurley, Ohio Congressman was appointed as Governor but died at age 49 on August 19, 1863 before he could began his Gubernatorial duties. Gurley Street was named in his honor.
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84 responses to “Tanka Tuesday – March Winds, Sunday Stills – Rain. Thursday Doors”
Lovely verses and fun history.
It is way too bad when good folks pass young… *sigh*
I like the comparitive photos of the town ๐
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Thanks, so much, Jules!
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Loved all of your poems and the photos were wildly interesting. You are rockin your poetryโฃ๏ธ
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Thanks, Cindy. I submitted a poem yesterday to Spillwords. First time ever! I enjoy writing them so much – always have. I don’t feel I’ve got the depth of feeling that you have, but that’s just who I am. I’m lucky to get out some description, LOL A person has to feel deeply to write deeply, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t feel as deeply as I used to. Isn’t that weird? My mom said that to me once, that I seemed to feel things more deeply than she did. And I think I did – then.
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oh i’m so delighted for you and you are a wonderful poet. I love what you do and the fact that YOU love it is soooo awesome. I remember that this was important to you and i love how you manifested it. I love you are witnessing your own change of self. Kudos to you and can’t wait to read the pub when it comes outโฃ๏ธ
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Thanks, Cindy.
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Always, Marsha๐
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Good Day to you dear Marsha. Your poems were wonderful and true to the point. So how was the fish at Burly Grill? I am always on the lookout for a fish fry! When I lived in Ohio during Lent there were so many great fish fryโs all over! I have to go hunting for them here!
Thanks for such a lovely post.
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You’re welcome. I’ll be by to read yours tomorrow. You’re always welcome to come up and see us. We’ll take you there!
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Marsha, this was a delightful post! I enjoyed your poetry and photos. The Laughing Mountain was so well done. Great imagery! ๐
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Thank you, Colleen. I was pleased with how it came out. The kigo words help write the poetry, don’t they?
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They do, and that’s why I wanted to concentrate on the kigo words. They are so useful. Kigo words help show the imagery!
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Yes, and that’s something I’m working on this year!
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You’re doing an excellent job with your poetry.
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Thank you so much, Colleen. I hope to publish some of it maybe by the end of the year or early next year.
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That’s fabulous, Marsha. The opportunities are endless. ๐
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We should talk sometime. You are the expert! ๐
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Unfortunate for me to live so far from that best ever pot pie crust. Life is so unfair.
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hahaha. It was delicious – even left over! Next time you come this way, I’ll treat you to Chicken Pot Pie at Gurley’s Grill.
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So much interesting information! I loved your photos of the weather.
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Thanks, Chel. Weather changes every day, doesn’t it?
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Yes, even within a day in the transition seasons!
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So true! ๐
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What a lovely post, Marsha! I love how you combined poetry with visual treats! Laughing hills and chilly March winds are superb images!
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Thanks, Balroop. I’m trying. Poetry is my writing adventure this year. ๐
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love your poem and what stunning photos, Marshaโฃ๏ธ
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Thanks, Cindy! I’m loving poetry this year. ๐
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You’re so welcome! I love how you went for it and how prolific you are๐
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Great poems, Marsha!
Yvette M Calleiro ๐
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Thanks, Yvette! ๐
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Your photos are great. The patio one is fun. Love all your photos.
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Thanks, Kirstin. I had fun with them.
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What a sky!โIt’s so interesting to see how the street has changed in the last 100+ years.
And I really like your water photos.โ(K)
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Thank you so much! I was actually thrilled to see the rain – which is not much like me! LOL
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We’ve had so much rain. But as one of my neighbors noted, it’s probably always like this in pre-spring, we just forget.
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It’s easy to forget. There’s enough similarity to the year before. That’s why pictures are handy – if we want to remember. Most of the time, we don’t care one way or the other what it was like last year if it’s newsworthy this year – or just plain gorgeous. We’ve already made it through last year successfully – for the most part, right?
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It’s true. We are wedded to our present conditions, good or bad.
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so true! ๐
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It’s always great to have more than one eaterie you can count on for delicious food. Good on Vince for finding a new place for you to enjoy.
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I’ll share that thought with him. I love that he enjoys finding new things for us to do and see. He is particularly good at that. ๐
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You are becoming quite the poet, Marsha!
My husband and I have a favorite fish & chips place that is not too far from us. I don’t know what we’d do if they closed… it’s our guilty pleasure. How were the f&c at the Gurly Grill – did they measure up?
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He thought they were great. I was taken by the pot pie – best anywhere ever!
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wow. What a Shadorma treat you gave us this week. A real treasure.
enjoyed it lots. Happy Spring, Marsha.
everything about this post is lovely. Xoxo
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Thank you so much Selma!
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โฆvery welcome and happy womenโs day ๐ค
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Same to you, my friend. ๐
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What extraordinary photos! Isn’t it wonderful to find a new favorite place? My #4 Daughter is always introducing me to places I’ve never heard of but come to favor.
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We loved it. I’m glad you have adventurous daughter #4. What a blessing! xxx
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Beautiful poetry, Marsha. Tell Vince I fell bad for his loss of a favorite fish and chips place. That’s hard to accept. I love the door and the other photos. I hope you have a great weekend.
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Thanks, Dan. I’ll tell Vince. It will cheer him up. He’s suffering with a cold or allergies right now and doesn’t even want fish and chips! He is wearing his Gurley Man t-shirt, though. ๐
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Such a lovely post, Marsha.โYour poems are beautiful and the photos of the ice, sleet, and snow are lovely.โI love the close ups.โAnd a nice peek at Gurley.โI like comparing the photos or the past and present.โ:-)โ
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I’m surprised at how closely they matched. That’s a small town for you. Prescott used to be the capital of the territory, but Phoenix is the one that blossomed out uncontrollably. Prescott has grown away from the city, too, but the city itself is so rocky, that growth is limited naturally.
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Our town is a lot smaller (pop 2000 or so), but the old-timey pictures look similar. We were a booming mill town back in the day and then almost died away when the mill closed.
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We lived in Cottage Grove. That town was very poor – always up and down based on the health of the two mills just outside of town. There was no other basis for the economy when we lived there in the 70s.
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Sounds familiar.
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You’ve probably driven right through it, if you’ve gone through Eugene to Medford.
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Hi
Your pictures are excellent.
Patio tile in the rain amazing capture the pic. I much like. Amazing the second pic for concentric circular shape.
Beautiful spring weather snowing & rainy. I like. Beautiful doors design. Nice written post.
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Thank you Raj. Did you go to Terri’s the host’s post to see her rainy patio? It is amazing!!!
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where ? Who’sโTerri?
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Terri’s blog is called Second Wind Leisure. Her challenge is called Sunday Stills. If you google either one of those names, you will find her.
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Okay Thanks Marsha!
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You’re welcome. https://secondwindleisure.com/2024/03/03/sunday-stills-rain-rain-go-away/
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Hi Marsha, your pictures are beautiful and different. Maybe I should share some rain pictures too. I really enjoyed your poems and the little bit of history your shared.
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Thanks, Robbie! Fellow history buffs! ๐
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Marsha, you’ve turned blogging into a full time job!โBut you are my heroine.โPoetry flows from your pen!โWith shadorma, do you just think of your subject and ‘bend’ the words to fit?โI can’t think how else I’d do it.โPoetry rules bamboozle me.โ26 forms!โWhy?โAnd I love your rainy tile puddle and the guy’s t-shirt.โI never did see a pic of Vince with his fish and chips?
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I guess I forgot to put it in. I processed it. I’ll add his fish and chips. I get distracted when I’m working my full-time blogging job by real life!
Yes, I do think of the subject and bend the words to fit. The last poem was hard to bend because all the lines wanted to stay at 4 syllables, which was either too many or too few! Thanks for your kinds words. ๐ xxxxxx
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Marsha I loved this post, you gave us everything and more I loved your Shadorma, especially the analogy to big brothers… My big brothers were always pushing me around like hurricanes!
The weather snow to rain is a perfect description and your photos are great ! Your Thursday Doors too are just so interesting such a warm colour…. I love the guys teashirt and especially enjoyed the history lesson, thank you. Great multi subject post ๐๐๐๐
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Thanks, Willow. I’m getting carried away with writing poems. It’s my new focus this year, I think!
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I think that’s great and you are doing a great job ๐๐๐
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Thanks Willow. It’s fun, right?
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Yes indeed it is ๐๐
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Well done on the droplet patterns, Marsha! They look great, but would they work as a puzzle? Hmmm…
I love your poetry about the changing capricious March weather. I really feel that Prescott and Spokane are related weather-wise, like long lost cousins. By the way I still like the rain but I’m done with it for a while ;(
And how interesting about the Arizona almost governor. Glad he was immortalized in this way.
I have a question…how do you get notifications of new blog posts from people you follow? The Reader, email? I’m asking because I don’t receive email notifications anymore from several bloggers, most of whom are self hosted. I don’t get Colleen’s and I have to go to her website to read her posts. Just curious.
Awesome job and thank you for adding Sunday Stills to your inspiration for your poetry this week ๐
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I don’t usually sign up for email notifications. For some reason I get a few notifications directly in my notifications. The rest come from the reader. But I primarily visit the folks that make a comment on my blog or one of the challenges that I do. I have a hard time just getting through all of those. The ones who haven’t commented in a while, sometimes, if I have a few minutes, I’ll visit. Even though I don’t have too many participants like you do, I have about that many who leave me comments, and I have two challenges running basically each week. Story Chat continues producing comments for the entire two weeks it runs, then I do a summary post. Now with the extra post per week of two or three challenges, I am busier than ever.
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Your poems are lovely and spot on. The laughing mountain tears! Well done
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Thanks, Sadje I thought those kigo words worked out very well. ๐
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They did. Youโre always welcome
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Marsha, your shadorma was awesome! I loved it!
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Thank you, Carol Anne. I really got into those this week. The last one was particularly hard to write. The other two about the weather were fairly easy.
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