Once, we painted the door to shared dreams of two
Unloved, it now reminds me of you
Fades of time corrode its sheen
Too long left unseen
Glum relic
Pinned
Pedantic
with hope grating thin
My soul barters for its queen
Must I swap new greens for an old blue
Or evolve, to sparkle in different hues
Great expectations
On the tip of a lone gaze
longing for the stars
I stretch for the heighest leaf
When grass below has all I need
An Andaree poem for Colleen’s tankatuesday
Based on image prompt from Caley’s #writephoto
And theme from Reena’s xploration challenge.
The tanka continuation was inspired by Sadje’s whatdoyousee
Today’s Tiny Treasure
... Shine little glow worm glimmer glimmer Shine little glow worm glimmer glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love’s sweet voice is calling yonder Shine little glow worm glimmer glimmer Hey there don’t get dimmer dimmer Light the path below above Lead us on to love ... Extract from this beautiful rhythmic poetry and song. Glow worm by LadySighs
An Andaree has an 11/9/7/5/3/1/3/5/7/9/11 syllable structure with an AabbcbcbbaA rhyme scheme.
Hope you enjoy.
Looking forward to your thoughts
Shalom
Namaste
Namarie
Tales Told Different 
Beautiful, poignant poem Jude. Thanks for joining in my friend
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Thank you so much, Sadje.🌼
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You’re most welcome
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Beautiful way of combining the prompts, Jude. Love the Tiny Treasure too
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Thank you so much, Michaela.🌼
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I like your poetry. I like trying different styles but usually settle on some I like best. 🙂
Thanks for the reference to my blog.
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Thank you so much. It was a pleasure featuring your beautiful piece. Yeah we do always find favourites.
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This was great. I like the poem at the end. I found this image online once as well, and for awhile developed an unhealthy obsession with that door.
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Thank you so much, Rei. It is a spelling image.🙏🏾🌼
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Love it.
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I stretch for the highest leaf
When the grass below has all I need
Unparalleled poignancy in these lines, Jude!
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Thank you for appreciating them, Reena.🌼
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
Doors and blades of grass ….by Jude Itakali
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Lovely poetry, Jude. I love the blue door theme!!
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Thank you so much, Colleen.🌼 Hope the classes are going well.
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Yes. I’ll be teaching for my first time, so I have plenty of prep to get done.
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Evolve! Excellent use of a difficult form, as always. (K)
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Thank you so much, Kerfe.💖🌼
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A masterful blending of prompts, Jude! I love your Today’s Tiny Treasure. 💖
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Thank you so much, Eugi. The Tiny treasure is awesome.
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You’re most welcome, Jude.
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Excellent take.
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Thank you so much, Caley.
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Beautiful, Jude. Very clever how the prompts complement each other, you have such an eye for these things. Thank you for a wonderful #writephoto contribution. KL ❤
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Thank you so much, Caley. It’s my pleasure.
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❤
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HI Jude, lovely poetry. I found it very relatable.
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“I stretch for the heighest leaf
When grass below has all I need”
These two lines are so powerful! Great poem, Jude! 🙂
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you so much, Yvette.
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Sometimes the things we want get mixed up with the things we need.
To have a good foundation – that allowes us to reach 🙂
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Very wise, indeed.
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(((Hugs)))
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That form works very well with what you’re saying. Beautiful poem, Jude. I just searched for your website and it brought me here. It says I’m following you. Maybe I’ll start seeing you in my feed again.
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Thank you so much, Jade. I hope so. I’ve only just seen this comment.🙏🏾
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