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What is Anguish?

Posted by Erlyn Olivia on
Image by mollyroselee from Pixabay
Sullen is
the air being inhaled
a wrecked land
empty souls
the once lush -  now arid flat
no promises left

Moment's gone
though it had its chance
with eyes closed
picture them
fragrant of cherry blossoms
cries of children's joy

It's still there
beating deep at night
feelings of
uneasy
some things never moved beyond
they stuck in the past

Written using #shadorma.

#NaPoWriMo2021 – Day 20

Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge #222 – Ekphrastic (photo above)

FOWC with Fandango – Fragrant

MMA Storytime’s Word of the Day – Wreck

14 Comments

  1. MMA Storytime says:
    April 21, 2021 at 4:12 am

    ⭐️

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 21, 2021 at 1:32 am

      Thank you

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  2. RuthScribbles says:
    April 21, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    “some things never moved beyond” ❤️

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 21, 2021 at 3:11 pm

      Thank you, Ruth.

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  3. Colleen M. Chesebro says:
    April 23, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    Olivia, this shadorma sequence is excellent. I loved how you picked up the vibrations of the past in the image with your words. Well done. ❤

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 23, 2021 at 3:25 pm

      Thank you for your comment, Colleen. I appreciate it. Thanks for allowing Anita to choose the image too. She picked a great one. 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend.

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      1. Colleen M. Chesebro says:
        April 24, 2021 at 2:58 pm

        Thanks so much Olivia. ❤

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  4. Home Study from the Grateful Heart says:
    April 23, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    Lovely but sad. I too loved the line, “some things never moved beyond”.

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 24, 2021 at 2:51 am

      Thank you kindly for reading and commenting. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  5. Home Study from the Grateful Heart says:
    April 24, 2021 at 2:54 am

    Thank you. You do the same!

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  6. judeitakali says:
    April 24, 2021 at 6:09 am

    Beautifully written shadorma(s)

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 24, 2021 at 3:48 pm

      Thank you, Jude. 🙂

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      1. judeitakali says:
        April 25, 2021 at 5:09 pm

        My pleasure 🍁

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