kindness holding a door a smile a smile a cup of tea thank you thank you sending flowers love you love you I'm listening kindness
Tanka Tuesday – Kindness is the theme prompt for this week. I’ve written this poem but it doesn’t fit any of the classic poetry forms, at least that I could find. I love it, so I decided to be kind to myself and share it anyways. It is a syllabic poem, so I think Colleen will like. The form is 2:4:2, the last word of one stanza is the first of the following on and the first word of the poem repeats as the last one. I am thinking a name for it, but first I’d like know from the poetry experts if there isn’t already a form like this one.
Another gesture of kindness I’m sharing here, is a self-kindness. A few minutes every morning I give to myself to play with colours, images. It’s a ‘me time’ that I use for art journaling.
Hope you enjoy both of my creativity forms.
Tea & Paper 
It is those small gestures that much such a big impact, Elizabeth! Well said 🙂
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The daily little things are what matters most! 🙂
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I am not an expert, but I think you can name your form, especially if you haven’t seen it before.
I went looking for your form with just the syllable counts ‘short poem with 2 by 4 by 2 syllables’
And I couldn’t find anything. Maybe ‘Daisy Chain” ? because you could lengthen it too, perhaps.
Good luck, nice piece.
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Great, Jules! I haven’t found anything similar either, I’ll think about a name for it! 🙂
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You’ve created a beautiful syllabic form, Elizabeth, and offered a beautiful poem on kindness. 💗
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Thanks, Gwen! Kindness is all about small gestures, so I thought a tiny poem would go well with it. Glad you liked!
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Wonderful! Love this response, Elizabeth 🙂
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Thanks, Harmony! Glad you liked it! 🙂
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This is brilliant. That “me time” is so important. I love this, Elizabeth. ❤
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Thanks, Colleen! I’m relieved that you liked it, I’m not sure if I should post it, I tried to add words to make Haiku, but I just like the simplicity of it so much! And yes, ‘me time’ always! 🙂
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Your short form fits right in to the brevity of words. Sometimes, less is more. 🎃🧡🎃
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Yes! 🙂 🙂
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Ah! This is such a refreshing breath of fresh, sweet air. 🙂
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Hi Meg, glad you felt the freshness of my words and image. Kindness is all about the small things around us.
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Lovely words for your poem!
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Thanks, Jane! Glad you liked it!
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