#till…the night sleeps#

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An attempt at a Shadorma Prose for Tanka Tuesday’s Poetry Challenge

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From Willow 
For your challenge this week, I would like you to create either a Shadorma Prose or an any type of prose, including a syllabic form. The subject or theme can be of your choosing.

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Warmth clings to the air, and I hear them tossing and turning, mumbling and complaining, but I don’t interfere. They’ll settle soon I know, if not from the heat then surely from the fatigue of whining.

I think back to the summer night I got to hear, when I feigned sleep and them two battled the heat, at my bedside they stood, peering at me with a tone unhappy that said…but how can she sleep so soundly in this heat …

Me … I hold back a laugh and wait for them to settle, wait for the night to settle too…


the nights tease
as the winds sigh heat –
exhaustion
rests beneath
star–dressed skies of dreams until
the night falls asleep

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Apologies for errors in form or format. 🙏

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https://tankatuesday.com/2025/11/18/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-38-18-11-2025/

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#safar#

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Sadje G’s: What do you see

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to travel between darksome shades to that of muted tones, sands shifting from a soft smooth to a treacherous flow … the colors, the patterns the pause … the journey.

Destinations can end journeys, i hear – when the fight to reach damages the path itself … paths meant to tell tales of life … tales inked by the hands of time … hands that hold us close through each fall each stride … each fall each stride carving memories meant to live on …

And here now, between these shades of shifting sands – a story unfolds…as a journey continues … and i wonder …. where are you … as I am here ...

for who knows whether tomorrow will come or not … and if destinations can end lifetime journeys as i hear – then let me be,  for as long as time permits – a traveler journeying through life …

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*safar : journey

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https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/11/17/what-do-you-see-315-17-november-2025/

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#fades to a bruise#

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Warnings and Instructions 😬

1. the poem must be written with an " internal rhyme" - means the words on the inside must rhyme. 🥴

2. My concentration was on the inside rhyming words - not on the sentences. 😬 

3. Lastly, if it makes no sense to you ... know that it's not only you...😋

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we wait …

when time turns bitter a heart – the wound bleeds for – ever

bleeds darksome thoughts that ooze pain in shards of crimson hues

a pain that claws to cling closer and digs to dwell deeper

when time turns bitter a heart – the wound bleeds for – ever

and lost is the wonder of now that must hold its breath longer

as misused goes the gift of today – unwrapped and unused

till time turns anchor to a bitter heart – wounds to heal better

and as thoughts ooze hope  –  bleeding wounds will fade to a bruise…

we wait …

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Apologies for errors in form or format...🙏

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From Shaun : 

I’m generally a rhymer having long been a lyricist but do like experimentation too. In these busy times I’m also a fan of brevity. So for today’s prompt let’s try a poem that utilises internal rhyme where possible and keep the length between 8 and 16 lines.

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https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/11/12/w3-prompt-185-weave-written-weekly/

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#tender strength#

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Sadje G’s: What do you see

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from branches with a tender grip … sway

silver threads of a silken softness … as

nature sets the scene to serene … so gentle

falls a curtain of sunshine … in golden

hues these rays do glisten … the winds too

carry their warmth in passing … through …

branches of such tender strength … silvern

strands of a silken softness

sways at ease …

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What do you see # 314- 10 November 2025

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#dusky skies#

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Susi Bock’s SenHai Saturday

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dusky skies exhale
in fiery shades of sunset
tender touch of warmth


rippled neath the weight
stories writ by footprints sink
sands turn a crisp page

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https://iwriteher.com/2025/11/08/senhai-saturday-25/

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