The brilliant Michele Navajas is the Poet of the Week, for this week’s W3 Prompt #137. Michele invites us to write a Tanaga, a poetry form from the Philippines. To create a four-line poem on the theme of Love. 🌹
Please click details below to read her guidelines.
DETAILS: Mich’s prompt guidelines
Form: Tanaga
(could be double, triple, etc.)
Theme:Love
TANAGA
Four lines (a quatrain);
Syllabic: Each line contains seven syllables (7-7-7-7);
Rhyming: It is usually a rhyming poem;
AABB is the traditional rhyme scheme;
Variations in rhyme scheme are allowed (like AAAA, ABAB, ABBB, AAAB, ABBA, and non-rhyming)
Kiss Me
Kiss me quick before I cry,
If you don’t, I’ll surely die,
Sweet and sultry let it be,
Swiftly, softly, please kiss me.
Lesley Scoble, December 2024
Timelapse video (20 secs) excerpt of the drawing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
My thanks to Michele Navajas for introducing me to this poetry form.
My gratitude to David Bogomolny, for hosting his inspiring We’ave Weekly prompts.
Enormous thanks to you, for popping by and reading my poem!
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; mime artist; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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