At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form with an invitation to write a Wayra, a short poetry form (five lines 5-7-7-6-8) non-rhyming. The Wayra is a popular form from Peru and Bolivia (you can learn more by clicking on the link to dVerse below).
dVerse Poets – Poetry Form – The Wayra
“Free yourself from any load that impedes you.” Charmaine J. Forde
The Bell Tolls Peal a ding, ding, dong, when the sonorous brass bongs what do I need to put down, heavy weight title mine, suffocating leaden deadweight. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Nice one! 🙂 Great use of the onomatopoeia
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Thank you so much for that 🙂
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The image, quote, and your poem all work very well together.
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Many thanks Liz, much appreciated (as always)
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You’re most welcome, Paul.
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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Many thanks Devlin
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That’s a lot of weight and pressure to carry. I love the quote and photo!
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Thank you Grace
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Aww. Such a cool one. And that photo. Wow. Thanks.
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well thank you indeed for reading and taking time with this Selma.
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My pleasure. 💕
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Wonderful, she says … with a huge grin on her face.
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I like your response Helen, I sense that smile.
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very clever, and awesome photo too, Paul!
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David
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Thank you very much David 🙂
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The photo is painful to see, a perfect pairing with your beautifully-written poem, Paul ❤
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Many thanks Cheryl, very kind 🙂
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I absolutely love this! Yes, at times we must shed the extra weight that brings us down .. the poem puts me in the mind of toxicity that surrounds us .. and from which we need to refrain from indulging in. 💝💝
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Yes, that’s it really Sanaa, to shed that weight, it really crushes, thank you so much 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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